The Sword of Shannara: In the Shadow of the Warlock Lord: In the Shadow of the Warlock Lord

Terry Brooks

Aug 2009 · Del Rey

About this ebook

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Terry Brooks's The Measure of the Magic.

The fate of a world rests on an unlikely hero. . . .

Tucked away in peaceful Shady Vale, the young half-elf Shea Ohmsford gives little thought to the outside world. Yet far to the north, the evil Warlock Lord has dispatched shadowy Skull Bearers, creatures twisted by dark sorcery, to hunt him down. At the same time, a black-cloaked giant of a man appears in Shady Vale. He claims to be the mysterious Druid known as Allanon, a wizardly wanderer of vast knowledge and power–and he has come to see Shea. For Shea, he says, is the last descendant of an ancient Elven king. Only he, in all the world, can wield the fabled Sword of Shannara. And only the Sword can stop the Warlock Lord from destroying all that lives.

The Sword lies far from Shady Vale, in the Druid castle of Paranor. And Paranor has fallen under the shadow of the Warlock Lord. Yet all is not lost. Shea will rise to the challenge. Together with Allanon and a handful of brave companions, he begins a desperate quest into the very heart of evil. . . .

Ratings and reviews

Author should be fined for every "ly" adverb used. Show me, don't tell me. Use of grammar makes me want to get out my red pen. Where was the editor?

It is hard to get into because the beginning is boring but before long it becomes an amazing story that I can't put down. The other books are just as good if not better.

I see a lot of people complaining that terry brooks is copying tolkien... Sure they are very similar but its still a different story with different characters and different plot. Tolkien set the standard lol so a lot of ff novels will seem like a copy of it. At the end of the day, the worth of a book is whether it invoked anything in you while reading it. I loved the first book when i read it. Then i read the next...and the next... Now im waiting for the new releases because i read all of his books.

About the author

Terry Brooks has thrilled readers for decades with his powers of imagination and storytelling. He is the author of more than thirty books, most of which have been New York Times bestsellers. He lives with his wife, Judine, in the Pacific Northwest.