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Wizard's First Rule
Edited by James Frenkel
Map by Terry Goodkind
Cover Art by Doug Beekman
Publisher: TOR Fantasy
First Edition: September 1994
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 magical 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 utmost 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.
The book that started it all, Wizard's First Rule delivers intense action, romance, mystery, and much more! It was perhaps the greatest of the Terry Goodkind books, in my opinion.
Stone of Tears
Edited by James Frenkel
Map by Terry Goodkind
Cover art by Keith Parkinson
Publisher: TOR Fantasy
First Edition: October 1995
The masterful telling of Richard Cypher's odyssey that began in Wizard's First Rule continues with and 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 weild, 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 benevolent, 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 fowl magic of the Underworld?
Stone of Tears, in my opinion, the best book in the Sword of Truth series. Terry Goodkind maintains his gift of writing, and expresses it well in this book. Stone of Tears has everything anyone could ask for in an epic fantasy.
Blood of the Fold
Edited by James Frenkel
Map by Terry Goodkind
Cover art by Kevin Murphy
Publisher: TOR Fantasy
First Edition: October 1996
In a fantasy 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 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 unimaginable savagery and destruction.
Once again, Terry Goodkind has delivered another superb book to add to the classic Terry Goodkind series. Although I do not believe that this book was as good as his other books, I still believe that is was extraordinary and just as good as the other Sword of Truth books.
Temple of the Winds
Edited by James Frenkel
Map by Terry Goodkind
Cover art by Keith Parkinson
Publisher: TOR Fantasy
First Edition: October 1997
Return to the world of The Sword of Truth, which "has everthing one could ask for in an epic fantasy" (Publisher's Weekly), the world of Richard Cypher, whose adventures have stirred the blood and filled the hearts and 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.
After he rescued Kahlan Amnell, the Mother Confessor of the Midlands and the woman Richard would come to love, he left the forest and entered into a larger, and more perilous, world. In Wizard's First Rule they were the last hope against the forces of Darken Rahl, who had vowed to enslave the land on behalf of the Keeper, the embodiment of evil that ruled the Underworld.
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.
Richard managed to seal the Keeper in the Underworld and, in Blood of the Fold, defended the Midlands from the genocidal armies of the Blood of the Fold. Yet a greater threat remains. 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.
Temple of the Winds was outstanding, and perhaps the greatest of Terry Goodkind's works. This book had me on the edge of my seat the whole way through.
Legends
A collection of short stories, one of which is by Terry Goodkind...
"Debt of Bones"
Edited by Robert Silverberg
Map by Terry Goodkind
No Cover Art
Publisher: TOR Fantasy
First Edition: August 1998
This was an excellent short story. It kept me from going crazy for the wait to get Soul of Fire. This story was very interesting, and it answered many questions that I had about the Boundary and the lands.
