Books like Swords and scimitars by Linda Lee Chaikin

The Lord of the Rings follows a fellowship of diverse companions across Middle‑earth as they seek to destroy a powerful ring that threatens all life.

A beloved fantasy series where ordinary children enter the magical land of Narnia, encountering talking animals, ancient magic, and epic battles while exploring themes of loyalty, sacrifice, temptation, and redemption.

Two brothers embark on an perilous quest to locate the legendary Sword of Shannara, the only blade capable of vanquishing an evil overlord and saving their realm.

Arthur, guardian of an infant heir, must unite a fractured Britain and repel Saxon invasions while navigating political intrigue and a doomed romance.

Terry Brooks weaves a dark, contemporary epic where humans and elves battle a demonic Void in a ruined America, with two pilgrims confronting untold mysteries and momentous events that could save or doom humanity.

In a future Shannara world, Druid Walker Boh leads a daring quest aboard the airship Jerle Shannara to decode a map that may unlock the most ancient magic—before the Ilse Witch and her dark allies seize it.

In the deadly city of Riverside, duels decide political power and a legendary swordsman’s reputation hangs in the balance when an unexpected death sparks conflict.

Teen hero Penderrin Ohmsford is tasked with rescuing his aunt Grianne from the forbidden realm of the Forbidding while confronting the tyrannical Druid Shadea a'Ru and defending the Free‑born forcesUnit of the Shannara world.

High Druid of Shannara follows Grianne Ohmsford, now the Ard Rhys, as political intrigue and betrayal threaten her leadership, forcing her nephew Pen, elf ally Ahren Elessedil and servant Tagwen on a quest to rescue her.

In a valley once shielded by magic, four ancient non‑demon races unite as the protective enchantment weakens and new predators emerge.

A young Druid discovers a lost Elven girl and the vanished Elfstones in a tumultuous period of the Four Lands, seven years after the High Druid series. Book #2

Christy is a nineteen-year-old teacher from North Carolina who moves to a poverty-stricken mountain community in Tennessee, struggling to adapt and find acceptance while her faith is tested by conflicting views on child rearing.

Three sisters struggle to reconcile their faith with the world outside the convent.

Jack, a young bard, flees the Sea of Trolls and ventures beneath the earth, where he encounters fair folk, elves, and mythic wonders while uncovering secrets about his sister Lucy amid Norse-inspired adventures.

A high‑fantasy adventure featuring elves, knights, and magic set against a medieval‑style backdrop.

A boy travels to Jerusalem to save his family’s lands and discovers a legendary relic in 'The Celtic Crusades' trilogy.

A sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West, shedding a revealing light on current hostilities The West and Islam--the sword and scimitar--have clashed since the mid-seventh century, when, according to Muslim tradition, the Roman emperor rejected Prophet Muhammad's order to abandon Christianity and convert to Islam, unleashing a centuries-long jihad on Christendom. Sword and Scimitar chronicles the decisive battles that arose from this ages-old Islamic jihad, beginning with the first major Islamic attack on Christian land in 636, through the Muslim occupation of nearly three-quarters of Christendom which prompted the Crusades, followed by renewed Muslim conquests by Turks and Tatars, to the European colonization of the Muslim world in the 1800s, when Islam largely went on the retreat--until its reemergence in recent times. Using original sources in Arabic and Greek, preeminent historian Raymond Ibrahim describes each battle in vivid detail and explains how these wars and the larger historical currents of the age reflect the cultural fault lines between Islam and the West. The majority of these landmark battles--including the battles of Yarmuk, Tours, Manzikert, the sieges at Constantinople and Vienna, and the crusades in Syria and Spain--are now forgotten or considered inconsequential. Yet today, as the West faces a resurgence of this enduring Islamic jihad, Sword and Scimitar provides the needed historical context to understand the current relationship between the West and the Islamic world--and why the Islamic State is merely the latest chapter of an old history.

When the enchanted borders of the Four Lands weaken, monstrous forces threaten to cross from the Forbidding. Elf Arling Elessedil holds the power to seal the breach, but her capture by the Federation’s Prime Minister forces her sister Aphen to embark on a quest to rescue her and protect the realm.