First King of Shannara
core novel 1996 Shannara
Record
| First published | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.99 (31,751 ratings, collected 2026-08-06) |
| First-edition ISBN | 0-345-39652-9 |
| First-edition date | 1996-03 |
| Internal chronology | 9 |
Where it sits
- Universe: Shannara
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Terry Brooks
Notes
- Standalone prequel to the Original Trilogy; depicts the Druid Order's origin and Allanon's ancestor Bremen.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within Shannara (standalone work): position 8 of 34: previous The Talismans of Shannara (1993) · next Running with the Demon (1997)
- Internal chronology, within Shannara: position 9 of 32: previous The Measure of the Magic (2011) · next The Sword of Shannara (1977)
Sources
- Terry Brooks official site
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_King_of_Shannara
- https://www.isfdb.org
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