The Druid of Shannara
core novel 1991 Shannara
Record
| First published | 1991 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.04 (34,396 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| First-edition ISBN | 0-345-36298-5 |
| First-edition date | 1991-03 |
| Internal chronology | 14 |
Synopsis
The second book of the Heritage of Shannara tetralogy picks up directly after The Scions of Shannara. Walker Boh, tasked by the shade of Allanon with restoring the lost Druid castle of Paranor to the Four Lands, is injured in a harrowing encounter with a guardian called the Asphinx in the Hall of Kings and loses an arm before escaping to seek healing. He is aided by Quickening, a mysterious woman created by the King of the Silver River to perform impossible tasks, and by Morgan Leah, who is honoring a fallen friend, and Horner Dees, a weathered survivor who knows the way to the cursed, stone-transformed city of Eldwist.
Where it sits
- Universe: Shannara
- Series: The Heritage of Shannara core; position 2 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Terry Brooks
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 the series The Heritage of Shannara: position 2 of 4: previous The Scions of Shannara (1990) · next The Elf Queen of Shannara (1992)
- Internal chronology, within Shannara: position 14 of 32: previous The Scions of Shannara (1990) · next The Elf Queen of Shannara (1992)
Sources
- Terry Brooks official site
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannara
- https://www.isfdb.org
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Druid_of_Shannara
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