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The Sword of Shannara
- The Shannara Trilogy, Book 1
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 26 hrs and 21 mins
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Summary
50 million Terry Brooks copies sold around the world
The Shannara Chronicles is now a major TV series
Volume one in the classic best-selling series from one of the all-time masters of fantasy.
Long ago, the world of the Four Lands was torn apart by the wars of ancient Evil. But in the Vale, the half-human, half-elfin Shea Ohmsford now lives in peace - until the mysterious, forbidding figure of the druid Allanon appears, to reveal that the supposedly long-dead Warlock Lord lives again.
Shea must embark upon the elemental quest to find the only weapon powerful enough to keep the creatures of darkness at bay: the fabled Sword of Shannara.
Critic reviews
"If Harry Potter has given you a thirst for fantasy and you have not discovered the magic of Terry Brooks, you are in for a treat." (Rocky Mountain News)
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- Tamsin
- 30-10-20
well..
I did really enjoy it. It's a rip off of the Lord of the Rings, but if you can get past that you'll enjoy it. I have it only 4 stars for that. It was very well written though.
The only real down side is the narrators bad accents. I found them quite distracting tbh - if I wanted to listen to Dick Van Dykevs London accent I'd watch Mary Poppins. But apart from this, I thought it was very well narrated and at a good pace
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- H W Bruce
- 04-09-16
Epic
If you're a fan of Tolkien or Martin then you will like this. Brooks is a great writer with a habit of using words to much but that's not really a problem.
If you are look for an enjoyable book this is it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-01-18
Trust and Truths
Sometimes truth can set you free and sometimes it can hamper your freedom to fight. Sometimes you have to trust those you fear... and sometimes fear as all you are able to fight.
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- Tony
- 27-12-18
Good story
loved the story and narration just got fed up with the word several which was used several times.
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- Shen
- 16-09-16
absolutely fantastic. narrated perfectly also! !
one of the best books on audible without a doubt! would recommend it to everyone and already have!
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- Customer
- 04-11-17
slow start but worth it
it takes a while to get going but the patience pays off eventually. ending is a little meh but worth it all the same :)
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- murray
- 08-02-17
Good but long winded
Wow this was a long book!!! I really loved the story and did not feel like it was a poor Tolkien copy like some others. My only Criticism would be that some bits were soooo long winded... I almost stopped listening sometimes until the explanations had stopped. Also why did the narrators accent sometimes go Scottish??
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- Nick
- 27-02-24
Disappointing Narration
One of my favourite books of all time killed by soulless narration that sounds like the guy is reading from a text book.
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- Abdullmm
- 09-04-17
Companionable
I was worried that the narration will be bad as I saw in other reviews but I was pleasantly surprised to find it okay. The book was a pleasant driving companion on my long cross country trip.
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- Emily
- 11-03-18
LOTR simplified
it was a good book but too much like LOTR. I listened to it while I was at work so I may have missed sections. The theme was so much like LOTR it was a bit disappointing, but I did get into it and want to finish it.
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