Balinor Buckhannah
First hardcover edition (Random House)
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| Author | Terry Brooks |
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| Illustrator | The Brothers Hildebrandt |
| Cover artist | The Brothers Hildebrandt |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Original Shannara Trilogy |
| Genre | Epic fantasy |
| Publisher | Ballantine/Del Rey |
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1977 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 726 pp |
| ISBN | (First edition) |
| Preceded by | First King of Shannara |
| Followed by | The Elfstones of Shannara |
The Sword of Shannara is a 1977 epic fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks. It is the first book of the Original Shannara Trilogy, followed by The Elfstones of Shannara and The Wishsong of Shannara. Brooks was heavily influenced by J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and began writing The Sword of Shannara in 1967. It took him seven years to complete, as he was writing the novel while attending law school. Ballantine Books used it to launch the company's new subsidiary Del Rey Books. Its success boosted the commercial expansion of the fantasy genre.
The novel interweaves two major plots into a fictional world called the Four Lands. One follows the protagonist Shea Ohmsford on his quest to obtain the Sword of Shannara and use it to confront the Warlock Lord (the antagonist). The other plot shadows Prince Balinor Buckhannah's attempt to oust his insane brother Palance from the throne of Callahorn while the country and its capital (Tyrsis) come under attack from overwhelming armies of the Warlock Lord. Throughout the novel, underlying themes appear of mundane heroism and nuclear holocaust.
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