The Sword of Shannara

weish shared a tip "It's as if Brooks took the Lord of the Rings trilogy and condensed it down to one book. You've got the race of men, elves, dwarves, gnomes, and trolls. There's a big bad guy who is seemingly all powerful and inhuman. There's an unwilling good guy who needs a special talisman to defeat the bad guy. And finally, there's a fellowship of good guys who will help THE good guy get to the right place to defeat the bad guy. It's a good intro to high fantasy if you want to add it to your book collection!"