The Scions of Shannara

I need a way to rate the book and then a way to separately rate the edition I got. I have the audio I got from OverDrive and the gain is so low that with the recording turned up all the way, my speakers turned up all the way and going into my computers audio controls and jacking them up all the way......more

This was much better than I expected. I read the previous Shanara trilogy years ago and I remember thinking the first novel was a total Lord of the Rings ripoff. The second two were better but still followed the same structure of a quest to find some magical item to defeat a magical enemy. This first......more

For The Sword of Shannara Trilogy, author Terry Brooks wrote three separate, but loosely-connected tales. In The Heritage of Shannara, he tells one large, epic tale over the space of four books. It was quite a departure from the pattern of the previous stories, and, if the first book is any indicati......more

So while I though the first Trilogy good, this has been GREAT! A fantastic ride through a good adventure courtesy of Terry Brooks. I really love how he continually brings up events from the last 3 books in a non invasive manner that flows well with the story and also at the same time serves as a rem......more

I first read this book about 3-4 years ago, but it was apparently so forgettable that I couldn't remember a thing about it apart from the very bare bones of the plot. Even when I started skimming through it to remind myself of more details (so that I could read its sequels), I had almost no memory o......more