His Shannara series, which began with “The Sword of Shannara” in 1977, now stretches to over two dozen volumes, not counting those in the “Landover” and “Word and Void” sequences.

For the uninitiated, Chronicles is based on the Shannara series by Terry Brooks. The original trilogy started with The Sword of Shannara in 1977 and since then has expanded into 29 various novels ...