NMLP P-030708 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Sword of Shannara

Terry Brooks · Random House / Del Rey · 1977

The US Random House edition is the true first and Brooks's debut, a landmark of commercial epic fantasy.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-030708 for "The Sword of Shannara" by Terry Brooks (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-030708, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).