Wards of Faerie
- Published
- 1 January 2012
- Pages
- 371
- ISBN-13
- 9780345523471
- Type
- novel
About this book
Wards of Faerie opens Terry Brooks's Dark Legacy of Shannara trilogy in 2012 at 371 pages, sending Ard Rhys Khyber Elessedil's expedition after the long-lost Elfstones a century after the High Druid of Shannara trilogy.
Key facts about Wards of Faerie
Terry Brooks wrote Wards of Faerie, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2012. The book has 371 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780345523471 to find the main one.
Wards of Faerie is book 1 of 3 in The Dark Legacy of Shannara series. The series has 3 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 The Heritage of Shannara, 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 Dark Legacy of Shannara
Wards of Faerie is book 1 in the The Dark Legacy of Shannara series. It is followed by Bloodfire Quest. See the full The Dark Legacy of Shannara reading order.
Terry Brooks's Dark Legacy of Shannara trilogy is set a century after the High Druid of Shannara trilogy, with Khyber Elessedil -- once Pen Ohmsford's companion, now Ard Rhys of a Druid order still viewed with deep public suspicion since the Third Council of Druids -- leading an expedition to recover the long-lost Elfstones, which could restore both magic's standing in the Four Lands and the order's fading authority. Wards of Faerie assembles the quest party, including descendants of the Ohmsford bloodline…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780345523471