Series
Word and the Void
Terry Brooks · 3 novels · 1 novella · 1 novelette · 1991–2018
Shannara is a series of high fantasy novels written by Terry Brooks, beginning with The Sword of Shannara in 1977 and concluding with The Last Druid which was released in October 2020; there is also a prequel, First King of Shannara. The series blends magic and primitive technology and is set in the Four Lands, which are identified as Earth long after civilization was destroyed in a chemical and nuclear holocaust called the Great Wars. By the time of the prequel First King of Shannara, the world had reverted to a pre-industrial state and magic had re-emerged to supplement science.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Imaginary Friends(2 works)
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
Map
Word and the Void at the centre, 1 subseries around it, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1990s4
- 2000s0
- 2010s1
Shape
3 novels · 1 novella · 1 novelette
1 author
Mood
Grim and intense: 75% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book4 of 5 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Running with the Demondarkest · calmest
- Imaginary Friendsbrightest · most intense