This is the complete list of works by American fantasy author

Terry Brooks Terence Dean Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two film novelizations. He has written 23 ''New York Times'' bestsellers during his writing career, and has ...

Bibliography

''Shannara'' series

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Original Shannara Trilogy ''The Sword of Shannara Trilogy'' consists of the first three ''Shannara'' novels (''The Sword of Shannara'', ''The Elfstones of Shannara'' and ''The Wishsong of Shannara'') by Terry Brooks. Though not originally written as a trilogy, the novels ...
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The Sword of Shannara ''The Sword of Shannara'' is a 1977 epic fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks. It is the first book in a titular trilogy. The novel interweaves two major plots into a fictional world called The Four Lands. One follows the protagonist ...

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The Elfstones of Shannara ''The Elfstones of Shannara'' is a 1982 epic fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks. It is the first sequel to ''The Sword of Shannara'' and the second book in '' The Original Shannara Trilogy''. It expands upon the history of the Elves, w ...

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The Wishsong of Shannara ''The Wishsong of Shannara'' is an epic fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks. It is the final novel in the Original Shannara Trilogy, with the other two being ''The Sword of Shannara'' and ''The Elfstones of Shannara''. The story revolve ...

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Heritage of Shannara ''The Heritage of Shannara'' is a series of four fantasy novels by Terry Brooks, set hundreds of years after the original ''Shannara'' trilogy. Unlike the original trilogy, however, this series is all one, cohesive story, in contrast to the three ...
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The Scions of Shannara ''The Scions of Shannara'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks. It is the first book in the '' Heritage of Shannara'' series, which takes place three hundred years after the end of the previous ''Shannara'' trilogy. The first versio ...

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The Druid of Shannara ''The Druid of Shannara'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks. The second book of his tetralogy of The ''Heritage of Shannara'', it was first published in 1991. Plot summary ''The Druid of Shannara'' takes off where ''The Scions o ...

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The Elf Queen of Shannara ''The Elf Queen of Shannara'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks, the third book of the tetralogy: The '' Heritage of Shannara''. It was first published in 1992. Plot summary Wren Ohmsford, a descendant of the legendary Jerle ...

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The Talismans of Shannara ''The Talismans of Shannara'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks, the fourth in his tetralogy ''The Heritage of Shannara''. Plot summary The Elves (Shannara), Elves and Paranor are both now back in the Four Lands, and the forme ...

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Prequel to the ''
Original Shannara Trilogy ''The Sword of Shannara Trilogy'' consists of the first three ''Shannara'' novels (''The Sword of Shannara'', ''The Elfstones of Shannara'' and ''The Wishsong of Shannara'') by Terry Brooks. Though not originally written as a trilogy, the novels ...
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First King of Shannara ''First King of Shannara'' is a 1996 epic fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks. Plot summary Horrified by the consequences of the First War of the Races, most of the Druids at Paranor stopped studying the arcane arts and turned to the ...

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'' Word & Void''

The '' Word & Void'' series precedes the action in ''

Genesis of Shannara ''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 Shann ...

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Running with the Demon ''Running with the Demon'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks, the first book in the '' Word & Void'' fantasy series. It was first published in 1997 by Ballantine's Del Rey division. The story takes place in a fictional town na ...

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Angel Fire East ''Angel Fire East'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks, the third and final novel in the '' Word & Void series'', a prequel to his ''Shannara'' series. It was first published in 1999 by Ballantine's Del Rey division. The novel t ...

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The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara ''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 Shann ...
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Ilse Witch Ilse Witch is a fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks, the first book in The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara fantasy trilogy. First published in 2000, it was the first novel in which Brooks described the use of futuristic technology, includi ...

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Antrax Antrax is the second book in Terry Brooks' ''The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara'' fantasy trilogy. It was first published in 2001. Plot The voyage to find the lost magic takes the companions to the continent of Parkasia. Here, they are split up, ...

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High Druid of Shannara ''High Druid of Shannara'' is a trilogy of fantasy novels in the ''Shannara'' series by Terry Brooks. Set 20 years after the events of ''The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara'', the series chronicles the adventures of Pen Ohmsford as he seeks to rescu ...
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Jarka Ruus ''Jarka Ruus'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks. It is the first book in the ''High Druid of Shannara'' trilogy in Brooks' ''Shannara'' series, and takes place 20 years after the events of ''The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara''. I ...

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Tanequil ''Tanequil'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks, part of the High Druid of Shannara trilogy of the ''Shannara'' series. First published in 2004, the book takes place immediately after the events of ''Jarka Ruus'' and is followed b ...

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Straken ''Straken'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks, the third book in his High Druid of Shannara trilogy. First published in 2005, it takes place immediately after the events of ''Tanequil''. Plot summary After receiving the darkwa ...

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The Genesis of Shannara The Genesis of Shannara is a series of novels written by Terry Brooks. The first book, ''Armageddon's Children'', was released by Del Rey Books on August 29, 2006, in the United States and by Orbit Books on September 7, 2006, in the United Kingdom. ...
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Armageddon's Children ''Armageddon's Children'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks, the first in his trilogy ''The Genesis of Shannara'', which bridges the events of Brooks' '' Word and Void'' trilogy with his ''Shannara'' series. It takes place in an a ...

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The Elves of Cintra ''The Elves of Cintra'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks, the second in his epic fantasy trilogy ''The Genesis of Shannara''. The series bridges the events of Brooks' '' Word & Void series'' with his acclaimed novel ''The Sword o ...

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The Gypsy Morph ''The Gypsy Morph'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks, the third in his trilogy entitled ''The Genesis of Shannara'', which bridges the events of Brooks' '' Word & Void series'' with his ''Shannara'' series. It takes place in an ...

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Legends of Shannara Legends of Shannara is a series of two fantasy fiction novels by Terry Brooks, published in the United States by Del Rey Books in 2010 and 2011, respectively. It bridges Brooks's '' Genesis of Shannara series'' and ''Shannara'' series, and covers e ...
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Bearers of the Black Staff ''Bearers of the Black Staff'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks, released on August 24, 2010, as the first of a two-part series called the ''Legends of Shannara''. In the series' timeline, it falls between the ''Genesis of Shanna ...

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The Measure of the Magic ''The Measure of the Magic'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks, released on August 23, 2011 as the second of the two part ''Legends of Shannara'' series. Set after '' Bearers of the Black Staff'' and before ''First King of Shannar ...

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''Paladins of Shannara''

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Allanon's Quest ''Allanon's Quest'' is a fantasy short story by Terry Brooks in his ''Shannara'' series. It is the first in a trilogy of short stories that make up the ''Paladins of Shannara'' series, first published in 2012. Plot summary Allanon is on a despera ...

'' (July 2012) (eBook short story, prequel to ''The Sword of Shannara'') # '' The Weapon Master's Choice'' (January 2013) (eBook short story) # ''

The Black Irix ''Black Irix'' is a fantasy short story by Terry Brooks in his ''Shannara'' series. It is the third in a trilogy of short stories that make up the ''Paladins of Shannara'' series, first published in 2013. Plot summary A year after the events of T ...

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The Dark Legacy of Shannara The Dark Legacy of Shannara is the title of a series of novels written by Terry Brooks. The first book, ''Wards of Faerie'', was released by Del Rey Books in August 2012. These novels take place a century after the ''High Druid of Shannara'' tril ...
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These books take place 100 years after the events in the ''

High Druid of Shannara ''High Druid of Shannara'' is a trilogy of fantasy novels in the ''Shannara'' series by Terry Brooks. Set 20 years after the events of ''The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara'', the series chronicles the adventures of Pen Ohmsford as he seeks to rescu ...

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Wards of Faerie ''Wards of Faerie'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks. Published in 2012, it is the first part of ''The Dark Legacy of Shannara'' trilogy. The book was released on August 21, 2012 through Del Rey Books. Set a century after '' Strak ...

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Bloodfire Quest ''Bloodfire Quest'' is a 2013 fantasy novel by American writer Terry Brooks, the second book of the trilogy ''The Dark Legacy of Shannara''. Released on March 12, 2013 by Del Rey Books, it continues the story of the Elfstones from ''Wards of Faeri ...

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Witch Wraith The Dark Legacy of Shannara is the title of a series of novels written by Terry Brooks. The first book, ''Wards of Faerie'', was released by Del Rey Books in August 2012. These novels take place a century after the ''High Druid of Shannara'' tril ...

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''The Defenders of Shannara''

Set 100 years after the events in ''

The Dark Legacy of Shannara The Dark Legacy of Shannara is the title of a series of novels written by Terry Brooks. The first book, ''Wards of Faerie'', was released by Del Rey Books in August 2012. These novels take place a century after the ''High Druid of Shannara'' tril ...

'' trilogy. The three novels are loosely connected, stand-alone novels. # ''The High Druid's Blade'' (July 2014) # ''The Darkling Child'' (June 2015) # ''The Sorcerer's Daughter'' (May 2016)

''The Fall of Shannara''

A four book series that is the chronological ending of the entire Shannara series. # ''The Black Elfstone'' (June 2017) # ''The Skaar Invasion'' (May 2018) # ''The Stiehl Assassin'' (June 2019) # ''The Last Druid'' (October 2020)

''Shannara'' related works

* ''The Guide to Shannara'' (1986) * ''

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'' (1991 & Spring 2013) (Word/Void (early draft) short story published in anthology ''Once Upon a Time: A Treasury of Modern Fairy Tales'', re-published in '' Unfettered: New Tales by Masters of Fantasy'') * ''

Shannara ''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 Shann ...

'' computer game (1995) by Lori Ann Cole and

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* ''The World of Shannara'' (2001) (companion book) with

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(Revised edition Fall 2009) * ''

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'' (2003) (short story published in anthology '' Legends II'') * ''

Dark Wraith of Shannara ''The Dark Wraith of Shannara '' is a graphic novel produced by Terry Brooks in his ''Shannara'' series. The story is set several years after the events of ''The Wishsong of Shannara'' and ''Indomitable''. Background The novel was released on Mar ...

'' (2008) (graphic novel) * '' Walker and the Shade of Allanon'' (Spring 2013) (short story published in ''Unfettered: New Tales by Masters of Fantasy'') * ''Small Magic: Short Fiction, 1977-2020'' (2021)

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Magic Kingdom of Landover The ''Magic Kingdom of Landover'' series is a series of six fantasy novels by Terry Brooks following the adventures of a former trial lawyer named Ben Holiday and the collection of friends and enemies that he encounters when he purchases a magica ...
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:''Note: This is not part of the Shannara series.'' # '' Magic Kingdom for Sale — SOLD!'' (1986) # ''

The Black Unicorn ''The Black Unicorn'' is the second novel in the ''Magic Kingdom of Landover'' series by Terry Brooks, and the follow-up to '' Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold!''. Published in 1987, the book revolves around the evil wizard Meeks, attempting to wre ...

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Wizard at Large ''Wizard At Large'' by Terry Brooks is the third novel of the ''Magic Kingdom of Landover'' series, following '' The Black Unicorn''. Written in 1988, the plot has Abernathy accidentally transported to Earth by one of Questor's ill-conceived spe ...

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The Tangle Box ''The Tangle Box'' by Terry Brooks is the fourth novel of the ''Magic Kingdom of Landover'' series. This book was first published on April 12, 1994. The plot has an inept old wizard, Horris Kew, accidentally releasing an evil creature called the G ...

'' (1994) # '' Witches' Brew'' (1995) # ''

A Princess of Landover ''A Princess of Landover'' by Terry Brooks is the sixth novel of the ''Magic Kingdom of Landover'' series. Publication ''A Princess of Landover'' was published in hardcover in the United States on August 18, 2009 and in the United Kingdom on Sept ...

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''Viridian Deep''

:''Note: This is not part of the Shannara series.'' # ''Child of Light'' (2021) # ''Daughter of Darkness'' (2022) # ''Sister of Starlit Seas'' (November 14, 2023)

Other

*
Why I Write About Elves
' (2005) (essay published as an Amazon short'') * ''The Writers Complete Fantasy Reference: An Indispensable Compendium of Myth and Magic'' (

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Books, 2000), with

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* '' Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life'' (2003) * ''

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'' — novelization of the film (Ballantine Books, 17 December 1991) . * '' Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' — novelization of the film (1999) * ''Street Freaks'' (2018)

References

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Bibliography

''Shannara'' series

''Original Shannara Trilogy ''The Sword of Shannara Trilogy'' consists of the first three ''Shannara'' novels (''The Sword of Shannara'', ''The Elfstones of Shannara'' and ''The Wishsong of Shannara'') by Terry Brooks. Though not originally written as a trilogy, the novels ...''

''Heritage of Shannara ''The Heritage of Shannara'' is a series of four fantasy novels by Terry Brooks, set hundreds of years after the original ''Shannara'' trilogy. Unlike the original trilogy, however, this series is all one, cohesive story, in contrast to the three ...''

Prequel to the ''Original Shannara Trilogy ''The Sword of Shannara Trilogy'' consists of the first three ''Shannara'' novels (''The Sword of Shannara'', ''The Elfstones of Shannara'' and ''The Wishsong of Shannara'') by Terry Brooks. Though not originally written as a trilogy, the novels ...''

'' Word & Void''

''The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara ''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 Shann ...''

''High Druid of Shannara ''High Druid of Shannara'' is a trilogy of fantasy novels in the ''Shannara'' series by Terry Brooks. Set 20 years after the events of ''The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara'', the series chronicles the adventures of Pen Ohmsford as he seeks to rescu ...''

''The Genesis of Shannara The Genesis of Shannara is a series of novels written by Terry Brooks. The first book, ''Armageddon's Children'', was released by Del Rey Books on August 29, 2006, in the United States and by Orbit Books on September 7, 2006, in the United Kingdom. ...''

''Legends of Shannara Legends of Shannara is a series of two fantasy fiction novels by Terry Brooks, published in the United States by Del Rey Books in 2010 and 2011, respectively. It bridges Brooks's '' Genesis of Shannara series'' and ''Shannara'' series, and covers e ...''

''Paladins of Shannara''

''The Dark Legacy of Shannara The Dark Legacy of Shannara is the title of a series of novels written by Terry Brooks. The first book, ''Wards of Faerie'', was released by Del Rey Books in August 2012. These novels take place a century after the ''High Druid of Shannara'' tril ...''

''The Defenders of Shannara''

''The Fall of Shannara''

''Shannara'' related works

''Magic Kingdom of Landover The ''Magic Kingdom of Landover'' series is a series of six fantasy novels by Terry Brooks following the adventures of a former trial lawyer named Ben Holiday and the collection of friends and enemies that he encounters when he purchases a magica ...''

''Viridian Deep''

Other

References

''
Original Shannara Trilogy ''The Sword of Shannara Trilogy'' consists of the first three ''Shannara'' novels (''The Sword of Shannara'', ''The Elfstones of Shannara'' and ''The Wishsong of Shannara'') by Terry Brooks. Though not originally written as a trilogy, the novels ...
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Heritage of Shannara ''The Heritage of Shannara'' is a series of four fantasy novels by Terry Brooks, set hundreds of years after the original ''Shannara'' trilogy. Unlike the original trilogy, however, this series is all one, cohesive story, in contrast to the three ...
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Prequel to the ''
Original Shannara Trilogy ''The Sword of Shannara Trilogy'' consists of the first three ''Shannara'' novels (''The Sword of Shannara'', ''The Elfstones of Shannara'' and ''The Wishsong of Shannara'') by Terry Brooks. Though not originally written as a trilogy, the novels ...
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The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara ''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 Shann ...
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High Druid of Shannara ''High Druid of Shannara'' is a trilogy of fantasy novels in the ''Shannara'' series by Terry Brooks. Set 20 years after the events of ''The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara'', the series chronicles the adventures of Pen Ohmsford as he seeks to rescu ...
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The Genesis of Shannara The Genesis of Shannara is a series of novels written by Terry Brooks. The first book, ''Armageddon's Children'', was released by Del Rey Books on August 29, 2006, in the United States and by Orbit Books on September 7, 2006, in the United Kingdom. ...
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Legends of Shannara Legends of Shannara is a series of two fantasy fiction novels by Terry Brooks, published in the United States by Del Rey Books in 2010 and 2011, respectively. It bridges Brooks's '' Genesis of Shannara series'' and ''Shannara'' series, and covers e ...
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The Dark Legacy of Shannara The Dark Legacy of Shannara is the title of a series of novels written by Terry Brooks. The first book, ''Wards of Faerie'', was released by Del Rey Books in August 2012. These novels take place a century after the ''High Druid of Shannara'' tril ...
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Magic Kingdom of Landover The ''Magic Kingdom of Landover'' series is a series of six fantasy novels by Terry Brooks following the adventures of a former trial lawyer named Ben Holiday and the collection of friends and enemies that he encounters when he purchases a magica ...
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