The Sword of Shannara

This was a lot better than I remember. I read it when I was 17 or 18, some 30 years ago, and continued through the saga as far as the Talismans of Shannara. I see now there were many others!

So, yeah, it's derivative. I get that. But that doesn't make it bad. I'm reminded of why I enjoy fantasy as a genre, particularly when I'm listening and walking the dogs in the hills and forests of the Scottish Isle of Arran, where I live.

I'm not sure whether I'll continue through the first trilogy, but I imagine I will, given that I enjoyed this reread a lot more than I expected to.