The Sword of Shannara is the first chapter in a brand new series with the name of Sword of Shannara Trilogy. It is a science fiction fantasy novel and written by Terry Brooks in a very exciting manner. He is an excellent American writer of epic fantasy and science fiction. He has also written a couple of film novelizations. The author has 23 of his novels in the bestselling list of New York Times. More than 25 million copies of his books have been sold worldwide. It is good enough excuse to pick his best novels for your next read. Therefore, the best ones from the author are his The Scions of Shannara and Star Wars Episode I novels.
The narration of this novel is in safe hands as it was handled by one of the greatest narrators ever. Yes, there is no prize on guessing the name of Scott Brick. He is loved for his nice and soft tone here. He tried a mix of few accents for different characters and that worked as well.
It was many years ago when the ancient Evil war almost ruined the entire world. The half-elfin Shea Ohmsford in the much peaceful Shady Vale had some idea about such issues. However, the assumedly dead Warlock Lord is planning hard to destruct each and everything in his wake.
The Sword of Shannara is very much close to the famous Lord of the Rings novel. This means that this novel lacked originality. It also means that if you are a fan of Lord of the Rings then you could try this one as well to get the story in a different perspective for a change.