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Terry Brooks
  • Bibliography:
    61 Books (16 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1977
  • Latest Book:
    March 2025
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About the Author

Terry Brooks was born on January 8, 1944 in the town of Sterling, Illinois. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in English literature. It was during college when he was given a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” that he decided to write fantasy fiction. It took him seven years to finish “The Sword of Shannara” which went on to become the first work of fiction to appear on the New York Times trade paperback bestseller list. Brooks has a law degree from Washington and Lee University and was a practicing attorney for many years. It wasn’t until the next two books in the Shannara series were published that he quit his law practice to become a full-time author. He has written over 30 books to date.



He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, Judine.



Full Series List in Order

The Dark Legacy of Shannara

1 - The Wards of Faerie (Sep-2012)
2 - Bloodfire Quest (Mar-2013)
3 - Witch Wraith (Jul-2013)

The Defenders of Shannara

1 - The High Druid's Blade (Mar-2014)
2 - The Darkling Child (Jun-2015)
3 - The Sorcerer's Daughter (May-2016)

Fall of Shannara

1 - The Black Elfstone (Jun-2017)
2 - The Skaar Invasion (Jun-2018)
3 - The Stiehl Assassin (Jun-2019)
4 - The Last Druid (Oct-2020)

Genesis of Shannara

1 - Armageddon's Children (Sep-2006)
2 - The Elves of Cintra (Sep-2007)
3 - The Gypsy Morph (Sep-2008)

Heritage of Shannara

1 - The Scions of Shannara (Feb-1990)
2 - Druid of Shannara (Mar-1991)
3 - The Elf Queen of Shannara (Mar-1992)
4 - The Talismans of Shannara (Feb-1993)

High Druid of Shannara

1 - Jarka Ruus (Aug-2003)
2 - Tanequil (Aug-2004)
3 - Straken (Sep-2005)

Legends of Shannara

Bearers of the Black Staff (Sep-2010)
The Measure of the Magic (Sep-2011)

Magic Kingdom of Landover

1 - Magic Kingdom for Sale--Sold! (Apr-1986)
2 - The Black Unicorn (Sep-1987)
3 - Wizard at Large (Aug-1988)
4 - The Tangle Box (Apr-1994)
5 - Witches' Brew (Apr-1995)
6 - A Princess of Landover (Aug-2009)

Paladins of Shannara

1 - Allanon's Quest (Jul-2012)
2 - The Weapons Master's Choice (Feb-2013)
3 - The Black Irix (Jun-2013)

Shannara Chronicles

The Sword of Shannara (Apr-1977)
The Elfstones of Shannara (Jul-1982)
The Wishsong of Shannara (May-1985)
The Scions of Shannara (Feb-1990)
Druid of Shannara (Mar-1991)
The Elf Queen of Shannara (Mar-1992)
The Talismans of Shannara (Feb-1993)
First King of Shannara (Mar-1996)
Ilse Witch (Sep-2000)
Antrax (Sep-2001)
The World of Shannara (Oct-2001)
Morgawr (Aug-2002)
In the Shadow of the Warlock Lord (Apr-2003)
The Druids' Keep (Jun-2003)
The Secret of the Sword (Jul-2003)
Jarka Ruus (Aug-2003)
Tanequil (Aug-2004)
Straken (Sep-2005)
Armageddon's Children (Sep-2006)
The Elves of Cintra (Sep-2007)
Dark Wraith of Shannara (Apr-2008)
The Gypsy Morph (Sep-2008)
The Heritage of Shannara (Dec-2008)
Bearers of the Black Staff (Sep-2010)
The Measure of the Magic (Sep-2011)
Allanon's Quest (Jul-2012)
The Wards of Faerie (Sep-2012)
The Weapons Master's Choice (Feb-2013)
Bloodfire Quest (Mar-2013)
The Black Irix (Jun-2013)
Witch Wraith (Jul-2013)
The High Druid's Blade (Mar-2014)
The Darkling Child (Jun-2015)
The Sorcerer's Daughter (May-2016)
The Black Elfstone (Jun-2017)
The Skaar Invasion (Jun-2018)
The Stiehl Assassin (Jun-2019)
The Last Druid (Oct-2020)

A Shannara Trilogy Prequel

First King of Shannara (Mar-1996)

Sword of Shannara

1 - The Sword of Shannara (Apr-1977)
2 - The Elfstones of Shannara (Jul-1982)
3 - The Wishsong of Shannara (May-1985)

Sword of Shannara -- YA

1 - In the Shadow of the Warlock Lord (Apr-2003)
2 - The Druids' Keep (Jun-2003)
3 - The Secret of the Sword (Jul-2003)

Viridian Deep

1 - Child of Light (Oct-2021)
2 - Daughter of Darkness (Oct-2022)
3 - Sister of Starlit Seas (Nov-2023)

Voyage of the Jerle Shannara

1 - Ilse Witch (Sep-2000)
2 - Antrax (Sep-2001)
3 - Morgawr (Aug-2002)

The Word & the Void Trilogy

1 - Running With the Demon (Aug-1997)
2 - A Knight of the Word (Aug-1998)
3 - Angel Fire East (Oct-1999)

Multi-Author Series List

Star Wars

The Phantom Menace (May-1999)

Book List in Order: 61 titles



  • 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 litt...



  • Ancient, ultimate evil threatened the Elves and the Races of Man. For the Ellcrys, the tree created by long-lost Elven magic, was dying, loosing the spell of the Forbidding that locked the hordes of ravening Demons away from Earth. Already the Reaper...



  • Horror stalked the Four Lands as the Ildatch, ancient source of evil, stirred to new life, sending its ghastly Mord Wraiths to destroy Mankind. To win through the vile growth that protected the Ildatch, the Druid Allanon needed Brin Ohmsford -- fo...



  • FAIRY LAND -- C.O.D. Landover was a genuine magic kingdom, with fairy folk and wizardry, just as the advertisement had promised. But after he purchased it, Ben Holiday learned that there were a few details the ad had failed to mention. The king...



  • THE OUTCAST KING A year had passed since Ben Holiday bought the Magic Kingdom from the wizard Meeks, who had set a series of pitfalls against him. Ben survived, by the aid of three loyal friends: Questor Thews, an ill-trained wizard; Abernathy, a ...



  • A SPELL FOR ABERNATHY It all began when the half-able wizard Questor Thews announced that finally he could restore the Court Scribe Abernathy to human form. It was his spell that had turned Abernathy into a Wheaten Terrier--though with hands and a...



  • Forbidden Magic Three hundred years have passed since the death of Allanon, and the Four Lands are sadly changed. The Elves have vanished, and the Dwarves are enslaved. The Southland is now under the totalitarian rule of the Federation, and magic ...



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    In 1997, New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks reinvented the fantasy genre again, publishing the contemporary fantasy masterpiece RUNNING WITH THE DEMON, the first book in a trilogy of novels that would become known as the Word/Void series....



  • Quest for the Black Elfstone In the three hundred years since the death of the Druid Allanon, the mysterious, evil Shadow-en have seized control of the Four Lands. The shade of Allanon summons the four scions of Shannara: Par, Coll, Wren, and Walk...






  • The unthinkable has come to pass: Peter Pan has grown up! Attorney-at-law Peter Banning lives in a world of cellular phones, never-ending meetings, and fast deals--a world that leaves little time for his wife and two children. Yet when Peter vi...



  • The End of a Quest "Find the Elves and return them to the world of Men!" the shade of the Druid Allanon had ordered Wren. It was clearly an impossible task. The Elves had been gone from the Westland for more than a hundred years. "There was not...



  • THE ENDLESS QUEST The descendants of the Oven house of Shannara had all completed their quests. Walker Boh had restored the Druid's Keep with the Black Elfstone. Wren had restored the missing Elves to the Four Lands. And Par had found what was qui...



  • OH, WHAT A TANGLED WEB... Everything should have been quiet and pleasant for Ben Holiday, former Chicago lawyer become sovereign of the Magic Kingdom of Landover. But it wasn't. Horris Kew, conjurer, confidence-man, and trickster, had returned ...



  • Former Chicago lawyer Ben Holiday was proud and happy. And why not? The Magic Kingdom of Landover, which he ruled as High Lord, was finally at peace, and he and his wife, the sylph Willow, could watch their daughter Mistaya grow. And grow she did-...



  • The incomparable Terry Brooks takes us back to the beginning, in this spectacular prelude to the world's most beloved fantasy novels... THE SECOND WAR OF THE RACES Horrified by the misuse of Magic they had witnessed during the First War of the ...



  • In a sleepy steel-mill town, the ultimate battle between Good and Evil is about to begin... Sinnissippi Park, in Hopewell, Illinois, has long hidden a mysterious evil, locked away from humankind by powers greater than most could even imagine. But ...



  • Eight centuries ago the first Knight of the Word was commissioned to combat the demonic evil of the Void. Now that daunting legacy has passed to John Ross--along with powerful magic and the knowledge that his actions are all that stand between a livi...



  • A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, an evil legacy long believed dead is stirring. Now the dark side of the Force threatens to overwhelm the light and only an ancient Jedi prophecy stands between hope and doom for the entire galaxy. The Jedi ...



  • As a Knight of the Word, John Ross has struggled against the tireless dark forces of the Void for twenty-five years with the magic he wields. Now Ross has learned of the birth of a gypsy morph, a rare and dangerous creature formed of wild magics spon...






  • When a half-drowned elf is found floating in the seas of the Blue Divide, an old mystery resurfaces. Thirty years ago, an elven prince led an expedition in search of a legendary magic said to be more powerful than any in the world. Of all those who s...



  • Brave explorers led by the last Druid, Walker Boh, traveled across unknown seas in search of an elusive magic. But now it seems that Walker and his team were lured there for sinister, unforeseen purposes. As the crew aboard the airship Jerle Shannara...



  • The beloved Shannara series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks is universally acclaimed as a towering achievement, an unquestioned masterpiece in fantasy literature. Now, for the first time, all the wonders of Shannara have been gat...



  • Harrowing confrontations with the merciless Ilse Witch and the monstrous Antrax have taken their toll on the intrepid heroes aboard the airship Jerkle Shannara. But their darkest adversary now snaps at their heels, in the form of the Morgawr--feeder ...



  • 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, crea...



  • 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 Beare...



  • Evil will not give up without a fight. . . . Without the Sword of Shannara, the evil Warlock Lord cannot be defeated. Yet the quest for the mysterious talisman lies in ruins. The intrepid company of warriors assembled by the Druid Allanon to recov...



  • 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, ...



  • Twenty years have passed since Grianne Ohmsford denounced her former life as the dreaded Ilse Witch. Fulfilling the destiny predicted for her, she has established the Third Druid Council and dedicated herself to its goals of peace, harmony among the ...



  • An epilogue to The Wishsong of ShannaraThe time of the Shannara follows in the wake of an apocalypse that has destroyed the old world and very nearly annihilated its people as well. A thousand years of savagery and barbarism have concluded at the s...






  • Dark magic has opened a gateway to the Forbidding and trapped within it Grianne Ohmsford, rightful High Druid of Shannara. Rescuing Grianne will be merely the beginning of the effort to return the Four Lands to some semblance of peace. Only her young...



  • Young Penderrin Ohmsford is charged with the daunting task of rescuing his aunt Grianne, Ard Rhys of the Druid order, from her forced exile in the terrifying dimension of the Forbidding. Though Pen enlists the support of the noble dwarf Tagwen and th...



  • Here together for the first time in one volume are the first two books in Terry Brooks’ enthralling epic, The Heritage of Shannara.

    Since the death of the Druid Allanon, the Four Lands have changed profoundly, with magic strictly forbidden i...



  • Logan Tom is doomed to remember the past and determined to rescue the future. Far behind him lies a boyhood cut violently short by his family's slaughter, when the forces of madness and hate swept our world after decadent excesses led to civilization...



  • Across the ruined landscape that is America -- hopelessly poisoned, plague-ridden, burned, and besieged by demon armies bent on exterminating all mortal life -- two pilgrims have been summoned to serve the embattled cause of good. Logan Tom has journ...



  • THE FIRST-EVER GRAPHIC NOVEL SET IN THE WORLD OF SHANNARA!Possessing an awesome power he is only beginning to understand, young Jair Ohmsford must summon the devastating yet darkly seductive magic of the wishsong on a fateful mission to save his frie...



  • Eighty years into the future, the United States is a no-man's-land: its landscape blighted by chemical warfare, pollution, and plague; its government collapsed; its citizens adrift, desperate, fighting to stay alive. In fortified compounds, survivors...



  • After New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks completed The Sword of Shannara trilogy, millions of fans around the world clamored to immerse themselves again in his dazzling world. Brooks answered with a quartet of beloved novels -- The He...



  • After fourteen years, New York Times bestselling fantasy master Terry Brooks has returned to the magic kingdom of Landover. The remarkable realm of dragons, demons, wizards, and wonders that wove an irresistible spell in five classic novels throws op...



  • For more than three decades, New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks has ruled the epic fantasy realm with his legendary Shannara series. With each new novel the mythos has deepened, ever more fascinating characters have arisen, and increasing...






  • After more than three decades of captivating epic fantasy readers, the storytelling magic of New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks's Shannara saga continues to enthrall. Now the fascinating chronicle of Shannara's prehistory reaches a thrill...



  • The legendary hero Allanon takes center stage in the first of three gripping new stand-alone eBook short stories set in the world of the fantasy-fiction phenomenon that is Shannara -- by beloved New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks. T...



  • Seven years after the conclusion of the High Druid of Shannara trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks at last revisits one of the most popular eras in the legendary epic fantasy series that has spellbound readers for more than three ...



  • A city besieged by a powerful warlock seeks salvation from a fabled warrior in the second of three gripping new stand-alone eBook short stories set in the world of the fantasy-fiction phenomenon that is Shannara--by beloved "New York Times" bestselli...



  • The adventure that started in Wards of Faerie takes a thrilling new turn, in the second novel of New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks’s brand-new trilogy -- The Dark Legacy of Shannara! The quest for the long-lost Elfstones has drawn ...



  • Lacking health insurance and diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2011, Shawn quickly accrued a massive medical debt that he did not have the ability to pay. That’s when New York Times best-selling author Terry Brooks offered to donate a short st...



  • An old friend urges Shea Ohmsford to take a dangerous risk in the concluding story of this gripping Shannara eBook series by New York Times bestselling fantasy master Terry Brooks. Shea Ohmsford has had quite enough of quests. A year after surviv...



  • For centuries the Four Lands enjoyed freedom from its demon-haunted past, protected by magic-enhanced borders from the dark dimension known as the Forbidding and the profound evil imprisoned there. But now the unthinkable is happening: The ancient wa...



  • Legend has it that Paxon Leah is descended from the royals and warriors who once ruled the Highlands and waged war with magical weapons. But those kings, queens, and heroes are long gone, and there is nothing enchanted about the antique sword that ha...



  • From New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks comes a thrilling stand-alone novel in his legendary Shannara series -- the perfect place for new readers to begin. After taking up his enchanted sword against the dark sorcerer Arcannen, Paxon L...






  • The inspiration for the epic MTV series, the world of Shannara is brimming with untold stories and unexplored territory. Now bestselling author Terry Brooks breaks new ground with a standalone adventure that's sure to thrill veteran readers and recen...



  • From New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks, one of the all-time masters of fantasy, comes the first book of an unforgettable new four-part Shannara series. ...



  • Following The Black Elfstone, The Skaar Invasion is the second book of the epic four-part conclusion to the Shannara series from one of the acknowledged masters of the fantasy genre. The Four Lands are under siege. Wielding a magical ability virt...





  • It begins with a dire call-right before his father disappears and his skyscraper home's doors explode inward. Street Freaks is the kind of thrilling futuristic story only New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks can tell.

    "Go into the ...



  • The Skaar have arrived in the Four Lands, determined to stop at nothing less than all-out conquest. They badly need a new home, but peaceful coexistence is not a concept they have ever understood. An advance force under the command of the mercurial p...



  • Hope blooms anew for the Four Lands in this riveting conclusion, not only to the Fall of Shannara series but to the entire Shannara saga -- a truly landmark event over forty years in the making! Since he first began the Shannara saga in 1977, Terr...



  • Escape to worlds full of adventure and magic in the first-ever Terry Brooks short story collection, featuring both new and fan-favorite stories from all three of his major literary worlds: Shannara, Magic Kingdom, and The Word & The Void. Terry Br...



  • The electrifying first novel of an all-new fantasy series from the legendary author behind the Shannara saga, about a human girl struggling to find her place in a magical world she’s never known At nineteen, Auris Afton Grieg has led an . . . un...



  • The thrilling second novel of an all-new fantasy series from the legendary author behind the Shannara saga, about a human girl adapting to her place in a magical world she’s only recently discoveredIt’s been two years since Auris escaped from the...



  • A rebellious young heroine begins a voyage of self-discovery in the third novel of an epic fantasy series set in the world of Viridian Deep, from the legendary author of the Shannara saga.Auris’s adoptive sister Char has always been the baby o...



  • The next novel from New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks....


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Terry Brooks has published 61 books.

The next book by Terry Brooks, Untitled Terry Brooks, will be published in March 2025.

The first book by Terry Brooks, The Sword of Shannara, was published in April 1977.

Yes. Terry Brooks has 16 series.