• The Sword of Shannara

  • The Shannara Series, Book 1
  • By: Terry Brooks
  • Narrated by: Scott Brick
  • Length: 26 hrs and 21 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (9,619 ratings)

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The Sword of Shannara

By: Terry Brooks
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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The Sword of Shannara is the first volume of the classic series that has become one of the most popular fantasy tales of all time.

Long ago, the wars of the ancient Evil ruined the world. In peaceful Shady Vale, half-elfin Shea Ohmsford knows little of such troubles. But the supposedly dead Warlock Lord is plotting to destroy everything in his wake.

The sole weapon against this Power of Darkness is the Sword of Shannara, which can be used only by a true heir of Shannara. On Shea, last of the bloodline, rests the hope of all the races.

Thus begins the enthralling Shannara epic, a spellbinding tale of adventure, magic, and myth....

©1977 Terry Brooks (P)2003 Books on Tape, Inc.

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Prequel to the mtv mini-series

I thought I was getting the start of the mtv mini-series but was nicely surprised when it was the backstory about the main character’s father. I’m looking forward to the next in the series.

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Loved it, it was easy listening!! I could picture what was happening as he read





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What a great story

I read this book twice while in high school and was delighted to see the whole series is available.

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Beautiful narration

Read this book a long time ago. It was like revisiting old friends. The reading totally made this fantasy world knew again to me.

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classic reading of a classic book

outside of the Lord of the rings this is one of my favorite tales and series. incredibly well done

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good readings

read this book many years ago and I enjoyed listening to again ready for the next book in the series

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One of my favorites.

I first read this book when it was first released. I was hooked then. Audible has made the experience wonderful in reliving the first time I read this bringing even a more involved experience.

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starts out a bit slow, but gets better

I nearly gave up on it at one point because it started to drag on with excessive details and dreams or flashbacks of what had just happened. But once past this the story gets much better.

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i really enjoyed the story; however it was a lot of info and a bit hard to follow at times. i had to listen to it over and over, but i was so interested in finding out what would happen to everyone i didn't mind it.
i am not a fan of the reader. he never pronounced shannara correctly NOT ONCE and it drove me crazy every time he said the word I'd get annoyed and distracted.
If he reads all of the sries I will not be getting them on here.

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An amazing story!!!

One of my favorite books of all time. It's an amazingly well told story, with many subplots and wonderful characters, that rivals any other in it's genre. And it was even better than the first time having it read to me by Audible. Awesome

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