The High Druid's Blade
core novel 2014 Shannara
Record
| First published | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.94 (6,474 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| First-edition ISBN | 978-0-345-54070-6 |
| First-edition date | 2014-07-08 |
| Internal chronology | 26 |
Synopsis
Opening the Defenders of Shannara series, the novel follows Paxon Leah, a humble shipping merchant descended from the legendary Highland kings of Leah, who discovers he carries dormant magic in his family's ancestral blade when he uses it to rescue his abducted sister from the dark sorcerer Arcannen. Recognizing that his newly awakened, untrained power is dangerous both to himself and to those around him, Paxon travels to Paranor to seek training from the Druid order and to master his abilities in the hope of becoming one of their protectors. Once there, however, he uncovers a hidden conspiracy within the Druids' own ranks, a sinister plot involving corrupted magic that has been used to twist an innocent person into an unwitting instrument of evil, a threat that, left unchecked, endangers both the Druid order and the wider Four Lands.
Where it sits
- Universe: Shannara
- Series: Defenders of Shannara core; position 1 of 3 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 Defenders of Shannara: position 1 of 3: next The Darkling Child (2015)
- Internal chronology, within Shannara: position 26 of 32: previous Witch Wraith (2013) · next The Darkling Child (2015)
Sources
- Terry Brooks official site
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannara
- https://www.isfdb.org
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/222282/the-high-druids-blade-by-terry-brooks/
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