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First King of Shannara audiobook
- By: Terry Brooks
- Narrator: Scott Brick
- Category: Epic, Fantasy, Fiction
- Length: 3 hours 47 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2003
- Language: English
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First King of Shannara Audiobook Summary
Horrified by the misuse of magic they had witnessed during the First War of the Races, the Druids at Paranor devoted themselves to the study of the old sciences, from the period before the collapse of civilization a thousand years before. Only the Bremen and a few trusted associates still studied the arcane arts. And for his persistence, Bremen found himself outcast, avoided by all but the few free-thinkers among the Druids.
But his removal from Paranor was not altogether a terrible thing, for Bremen learned that dark forces were on the move from the Northlands. That seemingly invincible armies of trolls were fast conquering all that lay to their south. That the scouts for the army–and its principal assassins–were Skull Bearers, disfigured and transformed Druids who had fallen prey to the seductions of the magic arts. And that at the heart of the evil tide was an archmage and former Druid named Brona!
Using the special skills he had acquired through his own study of Magic, Bremen was able to penetrate the huge camp of the Troll army and learn many of its secrets. And he immediately understood that if the peoples of the Four Lands were to escape eternal subjugation they would need to unite. But, even united, they would need a weapon, something so powerful that the evil magic of Brona, the Warlock Lord, would fail before its might…
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First King of Shannara Full Details
| Narrator | Scott Brick |
| Length | 3 hours 47 minutes |
| Author | Terry Brooks |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group |
| Release date | May 08, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9780736698207 |
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The publisher of the First King of Shannara is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: fantasy, fantasy books, epic fantasy, action and adventure, adventure fantasy, science fiction and fantasy, science fiction action adventure, science fiction books, science fiction and fantasy books, Shannara, magic users, magic, magic and fantasy, druids, Paranor, arcane arts, trolls, dark magic, the Four Lands, warlock, high fantasy, epic fantasy series, magic and fantasy series, military, sf, sff books, dark fantasy, sword and sorcery, series, war, action, adventure, fantasy fiction, elves, demons, high fantasy books, epic, sff, Fiction, Fantasy, Epic, Fiction, Action & Adventure, Fiction, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure The BISAC Subject Code is Epic, Fantasy, Fiction
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The publisher of the First King of Shannara is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Random House Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9780736698207.
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