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This fanlisting is for the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind.
Book One - Wizards First Rule
In the aftermath of the brutal murder of his father, a mysterious woman, Kahlan
Amnell, appears in Richard Cypher's forest sanctuary seeking help... and more.
His world, his very beliefs, are shattered when ancient debts come due with
thundering violence.
In a dark age when it takes courage to live, and more than mere courage to challenge those who hold dominion, Richard and Kahlan must take up that challenge or become the next victims. Beyond awaits a bewitching land where even the beat of their hearts could betray them. Yet, Richard fears nothing so much as what secrets his sword might reveal about his own soul. Falling in love would destroy them - for reasons Richard can't imagine and Kahlan dare not tell him.
In their darkest hour, hunted relentlessly, tormented by treachery and loss, Kahlan cals upon Richard to reach beyond his sword - to invoke within himself something more noble. Neither knows that the rules of battle have just changed... or that their time has run out.
This is the beginning. One book. One Rule. Witness the birth of a legend.
Book Two - Stone of Tears
Kahlan has at last gained the one goal she had always thought was beyond her
grasp... love. Against all odds, the ancient bonds of secret oaths, and the
dark talents of men long dead, Richard had won her heart.
Amid sudden and disastrous events, Richard's life is called due to satisfy those treacherous oaths. To save his life, Kahlan must forsake Richard's love and cast him into the chains of slavery, knowing there could be no sin worse than such a betrayal.
Richard is determined to unlock the secrets bound in the magic of ancient oaths and to again be free. Kahlan, alone with the terrible truth of what she has done, must set about altering the course of a world thrown into war. But even that may be easier than ever winning back the heart of the only man she will ever love.
Book Three - Blood of the Fold
In a world as rich and real as our own, Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell stand
against the ancient forces which besiege the New World - forces so terrible
that when they last 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 and treachery plague the world, and only Richard and Kahlan can save it from an Armageddon of unimaginable savagery and destruction.
Terry Goodkind, author of the brilliant fantasy bestsellers Wizard's First Rule and Stone of Tears, has created his most masterful epic yet, a sumptuous feast of magic and excitement replete with the wonders of his unique fantasy vision.
Book Four - Temple of the Winds
Return to the world of Richard Cypher, whose adventures have stirred the blood
and filled the hearts of legions of satisfied readers. When Richard was a simple
woods guide, he never dreamed he would get caught up in magic, war, and dangers
so extraordinary that the fate of his entire world would hang on his actions
and decisions. Over the course of his journeys Richard learned to accept his
true role, first as the Seeker and the wielder of the Sword of Truth, and then,
in Stone of Tears, as the new Lord Rahl and the war wizard who led the fight
against the Keeper and his dark minions.
Everything Richard has learned thus far, all the wisdom, the magic, and the conviction he holds, will be for naught as the power-mad Emperor Jagang returns with his multitude of demonic underlings. For Richard must now challenge the impossible: the magic that thwarts magic, the three-thousand-years-sealed-away fortress of evil that has begun to infect the world with a terrible, sorcerous plague. He must find the Temple of the Winds. But once the shadow of betrayal falls across that mission, Richard must accept the Truth and find a way to undo the damage...or his world will perish.
Book Five - Soul of the Fire
Book Six - Faith of the Fallen
Bestselling New York Times author Terry Goodkind revisits his gripping Sword
of Truth books with the eagerly anticipated Faith of the Fallen. In the sixth
installment of this beloved series, Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell struggle
against threats to the freedom of the world, testing both their endurance and
their love for one another. As his beloved Kahlan lies close to death, Richard
-- who distrusts prophecy more than anyone -- is confronted by a compelling
vision that bears a terrible price: taking Kahlan away from the protection of
the army he leads, and abandoning his people to a grim fate.
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, who is poised to unleash his formidable fury on the New World.
Meanwhile, in Emperor Jagang's sprawling encampment, Nicci, a Sister of the Dark, is tormented by her memory of Richard yet is captivated by the inexplicable strength that she saw in this gaze. Despite her hunger to understand the source of his indomitable will, her burning passion to destroy him commits her to the unthinkable and draws her into a haunting, epic conflict.
This latest compelling installment in the Sword of Truth series showcases Richard and Kahlan's further struggles against the relentless, monolithic forces of the Imperial Order, resulting in Goodkind's most captivating novel yet.
Book Seven - Pillars of Creation
"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 on
domination, Jennsen finds 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.
Book Eight - Naked Empire
"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.
Book Nine - Chainfire
"How much of this blood is his?"
"Most of it, I'm afraid," a second woman said as they both rushed along beside him.
As Richard fought to focus his mind on his need to remain conscious, the breathless voices sounded to him as if they were coming from some great dim distance. He wasn't sure who they were. He knew that he knew them, but right then it just didn't seem to matter.
The crushing pain in the left side of his chest and his need for air had him at the ragged edge of panic. It was all he could do to try to pull each crucial breath.
Even so, he had a bigger worry.
Richard struggled to put voice to his burning concern, but he couldn't form the words, couldn't get out any more than a gasping moan. He clutched the arm of the woman beside him, desperate to get them to stop, to get them to listen. She misunderstood and instead urged the men carrying him to hurry, even though they already panted with the effort of bearing him over the rocky ground in the deep shade among the towering pines. They tried to be as gentle as possible, but they never dared to slow.
Not far off, a rooster crowed into the still air, as if this was an ordinary morning like any other.
Richard observed the storm of activity swirling around him with an odd sense of detachment. Only the pain seemed real. He remembered hearing it once said that when you died, no matter how many people were with you, you died alone. That's how he felt now-alone.
Book Ten - Phantom (expected release date is late February or March
2006.)
On the day she awoke remembering nothing but her name, Kahlan Amnell became
the most dangerous woman alive. For everyone else, that was the day the world
began to end.
As her husband, Richard, desperately searches for his beloved, who only he remembers, he knows that if she doesn't soon discover who she really is, she will unwittingly become the instrument that will unleash annihilation. But Kahlan learns that if she ever were to unlock the truth of her lost identity, then evil itself would finally possess her, body and soul.
If she is to survive in a murky world of deception and betrayal, where life is not only cheap but fleeting, Kahlan must find out why she is such a central figure in the war-torn world swirling around her. What she uncovers are secrets darker than she could ever have imagined.
Prequel - Debt of Bones
The exciting prequel to Terry Goodkind's much-loved, highly successful Sword
of Truth series--complete with a specially commissioned author's introduction
and exclusive full-page illustrations by artist Keith Parkinson! Goodkind's
fervent admirers have sent all his books in this landmark fantasy series soaring
to the top of the best-seller lists...and the Debt of Bones will surely continue
tradition. Pre-dating Wizard's First Rule, and featuring one of the fans' favorite
characters (First Wizard Zedd), this epochal tale gives fresh insight to that
later story. It begins as a young woman arrives at Aydrindril to petition for
help in the war against D'Hara and the vicious rule of Panis Rahl. Little does
the First Wizard, much less the woman herself, realize an act from her past
will force him into a cataclysmic duel of magic with Panis Rahl himself.
Synopsis' taken from TerryGoodkind.com.
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This layout is version one. Picture by Keith Parkinson. Edited in PS 7.0.
Applied - 6.30.05
Approved - 7.10.05
Launched - 7.15.05