The Scions of Shannara
- Published
- 1 January 1990
- Pages
- 544
- ISBN-13
- 9780345356956
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Scions of Shannara is the novel that opens The Heritage of Shannara, by Terry Brooks, first published in 1990 at 544 pages. It's followed in the reading order by The Druid of Shannara, in a series of 4 books that ran from 1990 to 1993.
Key facts about The Scions of Shannara
The Scions of Shannara is a novel by Terry Brooks. Readers have had it since 1990. It runs to 544 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Scions of Shannara. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780345356956 to find the main one.
The Scions of Shannara is book 1 of 4 in The Heritage of Shannara series. The series has 4 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
Additionally, Terry Brooks writes The Original Shannara Trilogy, The Magic Kingdom of Landover and Word and Void, plus 9 more series. Those series sit on our epic fantasy, fantasy and urban fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Brona is the latest published Terry Brooks book on file, from 25 August 2026.
About Terry Brooks
Terry Brooks is one of modern fantasy's most commercially important authors, best known for The Sword of Shannara (1977), which became the first work of fantasy fiction to appear on the New York Times bestseller list and proved, alongside Tolkien's continuing popularity, that there was a mass commercial audience for epic fantasy. See every Terry Brooks book in order.
Its place in The Heritage of Shannara
The Scions of Shannara is book 1 in the The Heritage of Shannara series. It is followed by The Druid of Shannara. See the full The Heritage of Shannara reading order.
Terry Brooks's Heritage of Shannara quartet jumps roughly a century past the Original Trilogy to follow Par and Coll Ohmsford, descendants of Wil and Brin whose wishsong magic has resurfaced in Par, alongside their reclusive relative Walker Boh, who is drawn back into the world of magic when the ghost of the long-dead Druid Allanon appears to each of them with a separate, urgent task. Allanon assigns Par to recover the lost Sword of Shannara, sends Walker Boh to reconstitute the destroyed Druid order and rebuild…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780345356956