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Epic FantasyFae & Fairy FictionAdventure

The Elfstones of Shannara

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  • 1982 first published
  • 608 pages
  • ★ 4.3 (3 ratings)
  • 23 editions
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The Elfstones of Shannara is a 1982 epic fantasy and fae fiction novel by Terry Brooks. It deals with elves, good and evil and magic.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 53 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 23 editions across 3 languages.

At about 608 pages, most readers finish it in 11–12 hours.

About The Elfstones of Shannara

Ancient, ultimate evil threaterned the Elves and the Races of Man. For the Ellcrys, the tree created by long-lost elven magic, was dying, losing the spell of Forbidding that locked the hordes of ravening Demons away from Earth. Already the Reaper, most fearsome of demons, was free. Only one source of protection was powerful enough to stop it: The Elfstones of Shannara. The stones and the right to use them belonged to Wil Olmsford, given him by his grandfather Shea. Allanon, legendary Druid guardian, summoned him from his studies in Storlock to protect Amberle, the elven girl who must carry a sees of the tree to the mysterious Bloodfire, life-source of earth, there to be quickened and to creat a new Ellcrys. While Allanon and the Elves fight a hopeless war against the emerging demons, Wil and Amberle plunge forward in a seemingly impossible quest to find the Bloodfire.
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  • Shannara, Imaginary place
  • Elves
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Fantasy
  • American Fantasy fiction
  • Epic fantasy
  • Good and evil
  • Magic
  • Action & adventure science fiction

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Who wrote The Elfstones of Shannara?

The Elfstones of Shannara was written by Terry Brooks and first published in 1982.

What genre is The Elfstones of Shannara?

It is usually shelved as Epic Fantasy, Fae & Fairy Fiction and Adventure.

How long is The Elfstones of Shannara?

The median edition has 608 pages, about 11–12 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Elfstones of Shannara?

Readers who like it often enjoy Streams of Silver, The Silmarillion and The Fellowship of the Ring.

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