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Debt of Bones
A debt of bones knows no bounds, least of all death.
When Abby arrives in the great city seeking help,
she has no idea that her desperate appeal will turn
out to be anything but simple, or that what she
carries with her in a tattered burlap sack could
unleash annihilation.
Amid the sweep of a world besieged by war, Debt of
Bones is the story of a young peasant woman's
struggle to win the aid of the most important man
alive. Both share the shadow of an ancient debt
that, if called due, could send the fate of
countless lives tumbling towards catastrophe.
Abby finds herself trapped not only between both
sides of the war but in the mortal conflict
between two powerful men. For Zedd, who commands
power most men can only imagine, granting Abby's
request would mean forsaking his sacred duty.
With the storm of the final battle about to break,
they are caught up in a desperate fight to save
the life of a child, but neither can escape the
deadly spectre of betrayal and treachery.
With time running out, their only choice may be a
debt of bones. The world � for Zedd, for Abby, for
everyone � will never again be the same.
Wizard's first rule
A SWORD OF TRUTH,
TO DESTROY A PRINCE OF LIES.
Twilight has fallen upon the Three Kingdoms: a grey time that
could foretell either dawn or descent into bitter night. Richard
Cypher, woodsman and warrior, is chosen to bear the powerful
Sword of Truth, but his enemy, Darken Rahl, is a royal mage who
commands armies, hideous beasts and-more terrible by far-a
twisted magic.
Terry Goodkind tells the compelling story of a magic world
that mirrors our own, a world in which goodness and honesty are
besieged by the forces of darkness and deceit. Richard Cypher's
odyssey is a journey of the outmost risk and uncertain reward for
the sake of love. It's a journey into the darkness of the human soul.
An extraordinary adventure has begun. Join us in discovering
where it will lead.
Stone of Tears
The masterful telling of Richard Cypher's odyssey that began in
Wizard's First Rule continues with an ordeal that will test him, body
and soul.
Using his emerging arcane talents and the power of the Sword of
Truth which only he can wield, Richard faces the ultimate evil, the
dread Keeper of the Underworld, who has freed the spirit of
Richard's nemesis, Darken Rahl. Unless Richard can control his
powers, no one, not even Richard's beloved Kahlan, the powerful
yet benevolant Mother Confessor, will survive the Keeper's plot.
But keeping Richard from his magic are the Sisters of the Light,
who while vowing to train him to discipline his talent, hold his
liberty-- his very life-- in their hands. Can Richard win his
freedom before his world is destroyed by the foul magic of the
Underworld?
Blood Of The Fold
In a fantasy world as rich as our
own, Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell stand
against the ancient forces which besiege the
New World--forces so terrible that when last
they threatened, they could only be withstood
by sealing off the Old World from whence they
came. Now the barrier has been breached, and
the New World is again beset by their evil
power.
War, monsters, and treachery plague the
world, and only Richard and Kahlan can save it
from an armageddon of unimaginable savagery
and destruction.
Temple of the Winds
ON THE RED MOON WILL COME THE FIRESTORM...
Wielding the Sword of Truth, Richard Rahl has battled death
itself and come to the defense of the D'Haran people. But now
the power-mad Emperor Jagang confronts Richard with a swift
and inexorable for: a mystical plague cutting a deadly swath
across the land and slaying thousands of inoccent victims.
TO QUENCH THE INFERNO, HE MUST SEEK REMEDY IN THE WIND...
To fight it Richard and his beloved Kahlan Amnell will risk every-
thing to uncover the source of the terrible plague--the magic
sealed away for three millenia in the Temple of the Winds.
LIGHTNING WILL FIND HIM ON THAT PATH...
But when prophecy throws the shadow of betrayal across their
mission and threatens to destroy them, Richard must accept the
Truth and find a way to pay the price the winds demand...or he
and his world will perish.
Soul of the Fire
Richard Rahl has traveled far from his roots as a simple
woods guide. Emperor of the D'Haran Empire, war
wizard, the Seeker of Truth--none of these roles mean
as much to him as his newest: husband to his beloved
Kahlan Amnell, Mother Confessor of the Midlands.
But their wedding is the key that unlocks a spell
sealed away long ago in a faraway country. Now a
deadly power pours forth that threatens to turn the
world into a lifeless waste.
Separated from the Sword of Truth and stripped of
their magic, Richard and Kahlan must journey across
the Midlands to discover a dark secret from the past
and a trap that would tear them apart forever. For their
fate has become inextricably entwined with that of the
Midlands-- and there's no place so dangerous as a
world without magic...
Faith of the Fallen
Richard, the Lord Rahl and the Seeker of Truth, has
returned to his boyhood home, Hartland.
When a Sister of the Dark captures Richard, he makes a
desperate sacrifice to ensure that his beloved Kahlan remains free. Taken
deep into the Old World and forced to labor for the tyrannical evil he's
sworn to defeat, he is determined to remain defiant even in the
heart of darkness.
Kahlan, left behind and unwilling to abandon the
cause of the Midlands, violates prophecy and breaks her last pledge to
Richard. Finally she will come face to face with the architect of the terror
sweeping her land--the mad dreamwalker, Emperor Jagang.
While Kahlan faces Jagang's vast horde, Richard
discovers the truth of the Imperial Order's rule. Forced to endure his ordeal
without magic, without the Sword of Truth, with his love, he stands
against the despair and soulnumbing regime of the Old World, his hope
kept alive by the knowledge of the rightness of his cause.
The Pillars of Creation
A woman's struggle for salvation from inner
demons and an ancient injustice takes on
terrifying dimensions. Tormented her entire
life by inhuman voices, Jennsen seeks to end
her intolerable agony. She at last discovers
a way to silence the voices. For everyone
else, the torment is about to begin.
Richard Rahl and his wife, Kahlan, have been
reunited after their long separation, but
with winter descending and the paralyzing
dread of an army of annihilation occupying
their homeland, they must venture deep into
a strange and desolate land. Their quest
turns to terror when they find themselves
the helpless prey of a tireless hunter.
Exploited by those intent of domination,
Jennsen find herself drawn into the center
of a violent struggle for conquest and
revenge. Worse yet, she finds her will
seized by dark forces more abhorrent than
anything she ever envisioned. Only then
does she come to realize that the voices
were real.
Staggered by loss and increasingly isolated,
Richard and Kahlan desperately struggle to
survive. But if they are to live, they must
stop the relentless, unearthly threat that
comes out of the darkest night of the human
soul. To do so, Richard will be called upon
to face the demons stalking among the
Pillars of Creation.
Naked Empire
Synopsis :
"You knew they were there, didn't you?" Kahlan asked in a
hushed tone as she leaned closer.
Against the darkening sky, she could just make out the shapes
of three black-tipped races taking to wing, beginning their
nightly hunt. That was why he'd stopped. That was what he'd
been watching as the rest of them waited in uneasy silence.
"Yes," Richard said. He gestured over his shoulder without
turning to look. "There are two more, back there."
Kahlan briefly scanned the dark jumble of rock, but she didn't
see any others. Lightly grasping the silver pommel with two
fingers, Richard lifted his sword a few inches, checking that
it was clear in its scabbard. A last, fleeting glimmer of
amber light played across his golden cape as he let the
sword drop back in place. In the gathering gloom of dusk,
his familiar, tall, powerful contour seemed as if it were no
more than an apparition made of shadows. Just then, two more
of the huge birds shot by right overhead.
One, wings stretched wide, let out a piercing scream as it
banked into a tight gliding turn, circling once more in assessment
of the five people below before stroking its powerful wings to
catch its departing comrades in their swift journey west. This
night they would find ample food.
Chainfire
After being gravely injured in battle, Richard awakes to discover Kahlan missing. To his disbelief, no one remembers the woman he is frantically trying to find. Worse, no one believes that she really exists, or that he was ever married. Alone as never before, he must find the woman he loves more than life itself....if she is even still alive. If she was ever even real.
From the Publisher;
With "Wizard's First Rule" and seven subsequent masterpieces, Terry Goodkind has thrilled readers worldwide with the unique sweep of his storytelling. Now Goodkind returns with a new novel of Richard and Kahlan, the beginning of a sequence of three novels that will bring their epic story to its culmination.