Terry Brooks the Shannara Chronicles Reading Order

 A post-apocalyptic fatasy series.

What is the Shannara series about?

High fantasy serial coming from American writer Terry Brooks, Shannara started in 1977 and ended in 2020, and is composed of more than 40 novels, short stories and graphic novels.

Gear up in the Four Lands, the Globe long after civilization was destroyed in a chemical and nuclear holocaust called the Dandy Wars, the Shannara blends magic and primitive engineering. At the beginning, as the world had reverted to a pre-industrial state and magic had re-emerged to supplement scientific discipline, the brothers Shea and Flick Ohmsford have to retrieve the Sword of Shannara to defeat the Warlock Lord who threatens the 4 Lands.

Shannara Books in Social club:

Shannara Books Publication in Order:

I. The Original Shannara Trilogy

1. The Sword of Shannara – Thousands of years after the destruction of the historic period of human being an d scientific discipline, new races and magic now rule the earth, only an imminent danger threatens. A horde of evil Demons is commencement to escape and bring death upon the state. Simply Wil Ohmsford, the last of the Shannara bloodline, has the power to guard the Elven Princess Amberle on a perilous quest to the save the earth, while the leader of the Demon force aims to stop their mission at any toll.
2. The Elfstones of Shannara – Thousands of years after the devastation of the age of human being an d scientific discipline, new races and magic now rule the world, but an imminent danger threatens. A horde of evil Demons is commencement to escape and bring death upon the land. Simply Wil Ohmsford, the last of the Shannara bloodline, has the power to baby-sit the Elven Princess Amberle on a perilous quest to the save the globe, while the leader of the Demon strength aims to finish their mission at whatever cost.
3. The Wishsong of Shannara – An ancient evil is stirring, intent on the consummate destruction of all life. The Druid Allanon sets out on a unsafe journeying to salve the world, reluctantly aided by Brin Ohmsford, daughter of Wil Ohmsford—for she alone holds the magic power of the wishsong. But a prophecy foretells doom, as evil nurses its plan to trap the unsuspecting Brin into a fate far more horrible than death.

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Ii. Heritage of Shannara

4. The Scions of Shannara – Since the expiry of the Druid Allanon, the Four Lands have changed greatly, with magic strictly forbidden in the Southland, now nether totalitarian rule. However Par still has some power of the Wishsong. When he accidently brings a mythic horror to life, a man calling himself Cogline drives it away. Cogline brings a message from Allanon: venture to the dread Hadeshorn, along with the other Scions of Shannara. For in the future, all life in the Four Lands volition be destroyed.
5. The Druid of Shannara – Aboriginal evil forces remain in control of the 4 Lands. To restore the Kepp of the Druid Allanon, Walker Boh sets out on a journeying to find the black Elfstone. After narrowly escaping death, he learns that the Elfstone lies in the hands of the Rock King. Now Walker Boh must venture into perilous, unknown lands with a strange ring of fellow travelers that includes Morgan Leah, whose once-magic sword has been broken; Quickening, the daughter of the ancient King; and Pe Ell, an assassin who hatches his own nighttime, sinister plot.
6. The Elf Queen of Shannara – Wren Ohmsford, Scion of Shannara, came from the Westlands, where she lived the life of a Rover. Now she, like her kinsmen, Par and Walker Boh, has been called upon to help the shade of Allanon fight the totalitarian ability of the Federation. She must notice the Elves, who disappeared from their strongholds more 1 hundred years ago . . .
7. The Talismans of Shannara – The Shadowen still swarm over the Four Lands, poisoning everything with their dark magic. And their leader is adamant to destroy all the Scions of Shannara. For Walker Boh, he dispatches the Four Horsemen. For Wren, he sends an untrue friend. And for Par, he devises the most terrible fate of all. With these traps cleverly laid, the charges given past the shade of the Druid Allanon are doomed to failure.

II bis. Prequel to the Original Shannara Trilogy

8. Outset King of Shannara – Banished from Paranor considering of his study of forbidden arcane arts, the Druid Bremen discovers that Brona, the evil Warlock Lord, and his dark forces are over again on the move, destroying everything in their path, and only a powerful weapon wielded by a united Four Lands can stop them.

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3. Give-and-take & Void

The Discussion & Void serial precedes the activeness in Genesis of Shannara trilogy and serves as the very kickoff of the Shannara saga.

9. Running with the Demon – Sinnissippi Park, in Hopewell, Illinois, has long hidden a mysterious evil, locked away from humankind by powers greater than nigh could even imagine. Just now the malevolent creatures that normally skulk in the shadows of the park abound bolder, and erstwhile secrets hint at a violent explosion.
10. A Knight of the Word – Eight centuries agone 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. So, after decades of service to the Word, an unspeakable act of violence shatters John Ross'due south weary organized religion. Haunted by guilt, he turns his back on his dread gift. But a fallen Knight makes a tempting prize for the Void, which could bend the Knight's magic to its ain evil ends.
11. Affections Fire East – The birth of a gypsy morph, a rare and dangerous creature that could be an invaluable weapon in his fight against the Void, brings John Ross and Nest Freemark together again. As a firestorm of evil erupts, threatening to eat lives and shatter dreams, they have but a single run a risk to solve the mystery of the Gypsy morph—and their own profound connexion.

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IV. The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara

12. Ilse Witch – When a half-drowned elf is found floating in the seas of the Bluish Split up, an quondam mystery resurfaces. Thirty years ago, an elven prince led an expedition in search of a legendary magic said to be more powerful than whatever in the world. Of all those who set out on that ill-fated voyage, not one has always returned. Until now. The rescued elf carries a map covered with mysterious symbols–and Walker Boh, the final of the Druids, has the skill to decipher them. But someone else understands the map's significance: the Ilse Witch, a ruthless young woman who wields a magic every bit potent as his ain. She will stop at zip to possess the map–and the magic it leads to.
13. Antrax – 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 balloon Jerle Shannara is being attacked by evil forces, the Druid's protégé, Bek Rowe, and his companions are being pursued by the mysterious Ilse Witch.
14. Morgawr – Harrowing confrontations with the merciless Ilse Witch and the monstrous Antrax have taken their price on the intrepid heroes aboard the balloon Jerle Shannara. Merely their darkest adversary now snaps at their heels, in the form of the Morgawr—feeder upon the souls of his enemies and centuries-former sorcerer of unimaginable might with a fleet of airships and a coiffure of walking expressionless men at his command.

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Five. High Druid of Shannara

15. Jarka Ruus – Twenty years take 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 defended herself to its goals of peace, harmony among the races, and defense of the Four Lands. Merely despite her devotion to the greater skillful every bit Ard Rhys, the High Druid of Paranor, Grianne still has bitter enemies. Even her few allies—chief among them her trusted servant Tagwen—know of the plots against her. But they could never anticipate the sudden, ominous disappearance of the Ard Rhys, in the expressionless of night and without a trace.
16. Tanequil – Nighttime magic has opened a gateway to the Forbidding and trapped within it Grianne Ohmsford, rightful Loftier Druid of Shannara. Rescuing Grianne volition be only the outset of the effort to return the Iv Lands to some semblance of peace. Only her immature nephew, Penderrin, has any promise of returning her to ability. But to breach the Forbidding and bring Grianne back to the natural world, Pen must find the fabulous Tanequil . . . and the talisman it alone can provide.
17. Straken – For reasons known only to himself, the King of the Silver River has charged young Penderrin Ohmsford, barely more than a boy, with the daunting task of rescuing his aunt, Grianne, Ard Rhys of the Druid order, from her forced exile in the terrifying dimension of all things damned: the Forbidding. With the noble dwarf Tagwen and the prodigal elven princess Khyber Elessedil by his side–and with the outcome of the bloody war between the Federation and the Free-born at pale–Pen has accustomed his mission without question. But not without gamble . . . or cede.

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6. The Genesis of Shannara

18. Armageddon'due south Children – In our world's nigh future, civilization has fallen into terrifying chaos. Navigating the scarred mural that in one case was America and guided by a powerful talisman, Logan Tom has sworn an oath to seek out a remarkable being born of magic and destined to lead the final fight against darkness. In time, Logan's path will cross with others: Angel Perez, herself a survivor of death-dealing forces, and a makeshift family of refugees forced to survive among street gangs, mutants, and marauders. Common purpose will depict Logan and his allies together.
19. The Elves of Cintra – Beyond the ruined landscape that is America, two pilgrims accept been summoned to serve the embattled cause of good. Logan Tom has journeyed to desolate Seattle to protect a ragged band of street urchins and the existence known equally "the gypsy morph," who is both mortal and magical, and destined to save mankind unless he is destroyed. Likewise, Affections Perez has her ain quest, one that will take her from the wreckage of Los Angeles to a distant, secret place untouched by the horrors of the nationwide blight. Just shut behind these alone Knights of the Word swarm the ravening forces of the Void.
20. The Gypsy Morph – In fortified compounds, survivors agree the line against wandering predators, rogue militias, and hideous mutations spawned from the toxic environment, while against them all stands an enemy neither mortal nor merciful: demons and their minions aptitude on slaughtering and subjugating the last of humankind.

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Vii. Legends of Shannara

21. Bearers of the Black Staff – The cocoon of protective magic surrounding the valley has at present vanished. When Sider Ament, the only surviving descendant of the Knights of the Discussion, detects unknown predators stalking the valley, he fears the worst. And when skilful Trackers notice 2 of their ain gruesomely killed, there tin be no doubt: The once condom haven has been made vulnerable to whatsoever still lurks in the exterior wasteland.
22. The Measure out of the Magic – As he lay dying, Sider Ament, bearer of the last black staff and protector of the valley, gave stewardship of the powerful talisman to the young Tracker Panterra Qu. Now the newly all-powerful Knight of the Word must take up the battle against evil wherever it threatens: from without, where an ground forces of bloodthirsty Trolls is massing for invasion; and from within, where the Elf king of Arborlon has been murdered, his daughter stands defendant, and a heinous conspiracy is poised to subjugate the kingdom.

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8. Paladins of Shannara

(eBook brusk story, prequel to The Sword of Shannara)

23. Allanon's Quest – The history is thus: The once-Druid Brona, seduced by his pursuit of night magic, was forever transformed into the Warlock Lord—whose evil would be the downfall of the Four Lands and the decease of the Races. Confronting him, the Elven King Jerle Shannara wielded the fabled sword that bore his surname and triumphed. Or so information technology was believed. But though the Nighttime Lord was driven out . . . he was not destroyed.
24. The Weapon Primary'due south Choice – His extraordinary—and deadly—skills have earned Garet Jax renown and infamy as the man chosen the Weapons Master. Rootless, solitary, and endlessly sought after, he roams the Iv Lands, loyal to none simply himself . . . and whomever tin afford his services equally warrior, assassinator, and avenger for hire. But Lyriana is unlike any who accept come up to him before: as cute equally she is bold, as enigmatic as the distant city she is desperate to relieve, and possessed of an intangible, irresistible allure that entices even the hardened Garet Jax more than than any amount of golden or silver ever could.
25. The Black Irix – Shea Ohmsford has had quite enough of quests. A twelvemonth after surviving a harrowing odyssey, he is still plagued by troubling memories and dreams. A mysterious trafficker in spells and potions provides a restorative nostrum for the stricken Shea . . . along with a warning: Shea will break his vow to never over again exit Shady Vale. And and then the potion-maker's prophecy comes to laissez passer.

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IX. The Nighttime Legacy of Shannara

These books accept place 100 years after the events in the Loftier Druid of Shannara trilogy.[4]

26. Wards of Faerie – Tumultuous times are upon the world at present known as the 4 Lands. Users of magic are in conflict with proponents of science. The dwindling Druid order is threatened with extinction. A sinister politician has used treachery and murder to rise as prime number government minister of the mighty Federation. Meanwhile, poring through a long-forgotten diary, the young Druid Aphenglow Elessedil has stumbled upon the hugger-mugger account of an Elven daughter's heartbreak and the shocking truth about the vanished Elfstones, which once warded the lands and kept evil at bay.
27. Bloodfire Quest – The quest for the long-lost Elfstones has drawn the leader of the Druid order and her followers into the hellish dimension known as the Forbidding. At present the hunt for the powerful talismans that can relieve their globe has become a serial of groovy challenges: a desperate search for kidnapped comrades, a relentless battle against unspeakable predators, and a grim race to escape the Forbidding alive. But though liberty is closer than they know, it may come at a terrifying price.
28. Witch Wraith – Young Elf Arling Elessedil possesses the enchanted means to close the breach and again seal the denizens of the Forbidding in their prison. But when she falls into the easily of the powerful Federation's diabolical Prime Minister, her efforts may be doomed. Only her adamant sister, Aphen, who bears the Elfstones and commands their magic, has any hope of saving Arling from the hideous fate her captor has in store.

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X. The Defenders of Shannara

Set 100 years afterwards the events in The Dark Legacy of Shannara trilogy. The 3 novels are loosely connected, stand-lonely novels.

29. The High Druid's Blade – 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 antiquarian sword that hangs higher up Paxon'due south fireplace. Running his family's small shipping business organisation, Paxon leads a tranquility life—until extraordinary circumstances overturn his uncomplicated world . . . and rewrite his destiny.
30. The Darkling Child – After taking up his enchanted sword against the dark magician Arcannen, Paxon Leah has become the sworn protector of the Druid order. Now a critical hour is at hand, as a beloved High Druid nears the end of her reign and prepares to laissez passer from the mortal earth to the one beyond. There is piddling time for Paxon to mourn his friend and benefactor earlier duty summons him. For in a distant corner of the Four Lands, the magic of the wishsong has been detected.
31. The Sorcerer's Girl – The mysterious, magic-wielding Druid order has existed for long ages, battling any evil that threatens the Four Lands—and struggling to be understood and accustomed by outsiders. Just their hopes of building goodwill are dashed when a demon'south murderous rampage at a peace summit leaves their political opponents dead—casting new suspicions upon the Druids and forcing them to abscond from enemies both mortal and monstrous.

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XI. The Fall of Shannara

A four book series that will be the chronological ending of the entire Shannara series.

32. The Black Elfstone – Across the Four Lands, peace has reigned for generations. But now, in the far north, an unknown enemy is massing. More troubling than the carnage is the strange and wondrous power wielded by the attackers—a breed of magic unfamiliar even to the Druid order. Fearing the worst, the High Druid dispatches a diplomatic party under the protection of the order'south sworn guardian, Dar Leah, to confront the mysterious, encroaching force and discover its purpose.
33. The Skaar Invasion – The Iv Lands are nether siege. Wielding a magical ability virtually impossible to combat, mysterious invaders defeat the well-nigh fearsome Troll armies, so focus their savagery on the Druid guild—and all hope seems lost. Somewhen the invaders reveal a more than homo face, but understanding their motives in no way mitigates the brutality of their actions.
34. The Stiehl Assassin – The Skaar have arrived in the Four Lands, determined to cease at nothing less than all-out conquest. They desperately demand a new dwelling, only peaceful coexistence is not a concept they have ever understood. An advance force under the control of the mercurial princess Ajin has already established a foothold, but now the full Skaar regular army is on the march—and woe betide any who stand in its manner.
35. The Last Druid – As the 4 Lands reels under the Skaar invasion, our heroes must decide what they will run a risk to relieve the integrity of their dwelling house. Even equally one grouping remains to defend the Four Lands, another is undertaking a perilous journey across the ocean to the Skaar homeland, carrying with them a new piece of engineering science that could change the confront of the world forever.

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Shannara Books in Chronological Order:

1. "Imaginary Friends" – collected in the anthology Unfettered.
2. Running with the Demon
3. A Knight of the Word
4. Angel Burn East
5. Warrior (novella)
6. Armageddon'south Children
7. The Elves of Cintra
8. The Gypsy Morph
9. Bearers of the Black Staff
10. The Measure out of the Magic
11. First King of Shannara
12. "Allanon's Quest"
13. The Sword of Shannara
14. "The Blackness Irix"
15. The Elfstones of Shannara
16. "Aftermath"
17. "The Weapon Primary'south Selection"
18. The Wishsong of Shannara
19. Indomitable (short story)
20. The Nighttime Wraith of Shannara (Graphic Novel)
21. The Scions of Shannara
22. The Druid of Shannara
23. The Elf Queen of Shannara
24. The Talismans of Shannara
25. The "Last Ride"
26. Ilse Witch
27. "Walker and the Shade of Allanon" – nerveless in the anthology Unfettered.
28. Antrax
29. Morgawr
30. Jarka Ruus
31. Tanequil
32. Straken
33. Wards of Faerie
34. Bloodfire Quest
35. Witch Wraith
36. The High Druid's Blade
37. The Darkling Child
38. The Sorcerer's Daughter
39. The Black Elfstone
40. The Skaar Invasion
41. The Stiehl Assassinator
42. The Last Druid

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