Terry Brooks

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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

    Shannara Chronicles
    Sword of Shannara - 1

    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...

  • The Elfstones of Shannara

    Shannara Chronicles
    Sword of Shannara - 2

    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...

  • The Wishsong of Shannara

    Shannara Chronicles
    Sword of Shannara - 3

    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...

  • Magic Kingdom for Sale--Sold!

    Magic Kingdom of Landover - 1

    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 Black Unicorn

    Magic Kingdom of Landover - 2

    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 ...

  • Wizard at Large

    Magic Kingdom of Landover - 3

    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...

  • The Scions of Shannara

    Heritage of Shannara - 1
    Shannara Chronicles

    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 ...

  • Imaginary Friends

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy

    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....

  • Druid of Shannara

    Heritage of Shannara - 2
    Shannara Chronicles

    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...



  • Hook

    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 Elf Queen of Shannara

    Heritage of Shannara - 3
    Shannara Chronicles

    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 Talismans of Shannara

    Heritage of Shannara - 4
    Shannara Chronicles

    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...

  • The Tangle Box

    Magic Kingdom of Landover - 4

    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 ...

  • Witches' Brew

    Magic Kingdom of Landover - 5

    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-...

  • First King of Shannara

    A Shannara Trilogy Prequel
    Shannara Chronicles

    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 ...

  • Running With the Demon

    The Word & the Void Trilogy - 1

    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 ...

  • A Knight of the Word

    The Word & the Void Trilogy - 2

    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...

  • The Phantom Menace

    Star Wars

    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 ...

  • Angel Fire East

    The Word & the Void Trilogy - 3

    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...



  • Ilse Witch

    Shannara Chronicles
    Voyage of the Jerle Shannara - 1

    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...

  • Antrax

    Shannara Chronicles
    Voyage of the Jerle Shannara - 2

    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 World of Shannara

    Shannara Chronicles

    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...

  • Morgawr

    Shannara Chronicles
    Voyage of the Jerle Shannara - 3

    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 Sword of Shannara, Part I

    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...

  • In the Shadow of the Warlock Lord

    Shannara Chronicles
    Sword of Shannara -- YA - 1

    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...

  • The Druids' Keep

    Shannara Chronicles
    Sword of Shannara -- YA - 2

    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 Secret of the Sword

    Shannara Chronicles
    Sword of Shannara -- YA - 3

    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, ...

  • Jarka Ruus

    High Druid of Shannara - 1
    Shannara Chronicles

    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 ...

  • Indomitable

    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...



  • Tanequil

    High Druid of Shannara - 2
    Shannara Chronicles

    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...

  • Straken

    High Druid of Shannara - 3
    Shannara Chronicles

    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...

  • The Heritage of Shannara Books One and Two

    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...

  • Armageddon's Children

    Genesis of Shannara - 1
    Shannara Chronicles

    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...

  • The Elves of Cintra

    Genesis of Shannara - 2
    Shannara Chronicles

    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...

  • Dark Wraith of Shannara

    Shannara Chronicles

    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...

  • The Gypsy Morph

    Genesis of Shannara - 3
    Shannara Chronicles

    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...

  • The Heritage of Shannara

    Shannara Chronicles

    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...

  • A Princess of Landover

    Magic Kingdom of Landover - 6

    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...

  • Bearers of the Black Staff

    Legends of Shannara
    Shannara Chronicles

    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...



  • The Measure of the Magic

    Legends of Shannara
    Shannara Chronicles

    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...

  • Allanon's Quest

    Paladins of Shannara - 1
    Shannara Chronicles

    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...

  • The Wards of Faerie

    Shannara Chronicles
    The Dark Legacy of Shannara - 1

    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 ...

  • The Weapons Master's Choice

    Paladins of Shannara - 2
    Shannara Chronicles

    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...

  • Bloodfire Quest

    Shannara Chronicles
    The Dark Legacy of Shannara - 2

    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 ...

  • Walker and the Shade of Allanon

    in Unfettered

    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...

  • The Black Irix

    Paladins of Shannara - 3
    Shannara Chronicles

    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...

  • Witch Wraith

    Shannara Chronicles
    The Dark Legacy of Shannara - 3

    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...

  • The High Druid's Blade

    Shannara Chronicles
    The Defenders of Shannara - 1

    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...

  • The Darkling Child

    Shannara Chronicles
    The Defenders of Shannara - 2

    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 Sorcerer's Daughter

    Shannara Chronicles
    The Defenders of Shannara - 3

    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...

  • The Black Elfstone

    Fall of Shannara - 1
    Shannara Chronicles

    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. ...

  • The Skaar Invasion

    Fall of Shannara - 2
    Shannara Chronicles

    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...

  • Warrior

  • Street Freaks

    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 Stiehl Assassin

    Fall of Shannara - 3
    Shannara Chronicles

    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...

  • The Last Druid

    Fall of Shannara - 4
    Shannara Chronicles

    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...

  • Small Magic: Short Fiction, 1977-2020

    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...

  • Child of Light

    Viridian Deep - 1

    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...

  • Daughter of Darkness

    Viridian Deep - 2

    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...

  • Sister of Starlit Seas

    Viridian Deep - 3

    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...

  • Untitled Terry Brooks

    New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks makes his triumphant return to the world of Shannara, delving deep into the origin story of the druid order and its enigmatic creator that will change the face of the Four Lands forever. One of the ...

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