The Shannara Series - Terry Brooks

The Sword of Shannara

One sentence Summary

an epic fantasy adventure set in a magical world.

Review

Riding on the coat tales of the 1970's resurgence of high fantasy Brooks decided to try his hand at it. The world he created is very much like Middle-earth, The characters are all now fantasy stereotypes  I believe they were already stock characters when Brooks began writing. The plot is typical of the fantasy of the era, the protagonist has to journey across the world to destroy something and save the world (sound familiar?). The writing at least isn't awful. I recommend it to teenagers or adults who really like The Lord of the Rings and have read everything else.  

5/10

The Elfstone of Shannara... I will eventually continue this series... eventually