Terry Goodkind
Terry Goodkind was
born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, where he also
attended art school, one of his many interests on the way to becoming a
writer. Besides a career in wildlife art, he has been a cabinet maker,
violin maker, and he has done restoration work on rare and exotic
artifacts from around the world -- each with its own story to tell, he
says. In 1983 Goodkind moved to the forested mountains he loves. There,
in the woods near the ocean, he built the house where he and his wife,
Jeri, live, and came at last to tell his own stories.
I got into Goodkind over
the
winter and although I'm not a fan of the whole Fantasy/Quest genre, I
got
hooked. He tends to repeat himself, well, with so many sequels, I
guess
its important to fill in those who don't read books in order. His
characters
are super. These books are a must read for anyone who likes a
well-told
tale.
Cover Art By Keith Parkinson
Wizard's
First Rule |
Stone
of Tears |
Blood
of the Fold |
Temple of
the Wind
|
Soul
of Fire |
Faith
of the Fallen |
Pillars
of
Creation |
Naked Empire |
Sword of Truth - Reviews
Wizard's
First Rule
It's
the story of Richard Cypher, a modest
woodsman in a world achingly beautiful, alive with the joys of nature:
a world the reader comes to love as fiercely as do Richard and those
around him. Though a mere woodsman, he is the one destined to battle
the ultimate adversary - Darken Rahl, an evil mage who bids to destroy
all that Richard holds good and beautiful, dooming him and the rest of
the people of Westland to a living Hell of subjugation and degradation.
Stone
of Tears
Richard and Kahlan
must face Rahl and the
Keeper's terrible minions. But first, Richard must endure the
ministrations of the Sisters of Light, or die from the pain of magic
that is his birthright and his curse. While Richard undertakes the
arduous journey to the forbidden city of the Sisters, Kahlan must
embark upon a long and dangerous mission to Aydindril, citadel of the
old wizards, where she hopes to find Zedd and the help only he can lend
to their desperate cause. War, suffering, torture, and deceit lie in
their paths, and nothing will save them from a destiny of violent
death, unless their courage and faith are joined with luck and they
find the elusive, Stone of Tears.
Blood
of the Fold
The
Blood of the Fold, a group of fanatical
anti-magic zealots, have joined the forces thwarted by Richard and
Kahlan. They are the unwitting pawns of a sorcerous evil from the Old
World, a realm that has been magically sealed for thousands of years.
Richard, Kahlan, and their allies now face the combined might of two
worlds - the old and the new. This stunning confrontation threatens an
armageddon of unimaginable proportions unless Richard and Kahlan can
believe in the power of their love and their faith in the Truth.
Temple
of the Winds
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.
Soul
of Fire
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 could 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
The
latest volume in "The Sword of Truth" series
sees Richard Rahl, Seeker of Truth, suddenly turn his back on the
fight, leaving the people of the New World to fend for themselves.
Without Richard, there may be nothing for the people except oppression
under the Imperial Order of Jagang the Just.
Pillars
of Creation
Tormented
her entire life by inhuman voices, a
young woman named 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.
Jennsen
finds herself drawn into a struggle for conquest and revenge.
Worse yet, her will is seized by forces more abhorrent than anything
she ever envisioned. Only then does she realize that the voices were
real.
Naked
Empire
Chainfire Trilogy
*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.
*
You can skip this one without missing a beat. Except for the last
few chapters, it mainly rehashes stuff that's already happened in the
"Sword of Truth" series. Truthfully, I was more than
a little disapointed with this book. It's not up to the
author's usual standard. The Wizard's Ninth Rule is
pathetic.
*Phantom
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 that the world began to end.
As
her husband, Richard, desperately searches for his beloved, whom
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.
Okay, Terry's got it together
once again with this novel. The suspence had me unable to put the
book down until I had finished it.
*Confessor
Descending
into darkness, about to be overwhelmed
by evil, those people still free are powerless to stop the coming dawn
of a savage new world, while Richard faces the guilt of knowing that he
must let it happen. Alone, he must bear the weight of a sin he dare not
confess to the one person he loves…and has lost.
When
next the sun rises, the world will be forever changed.
Very satisfying
conclusion. About time too. Let's hope for something
new. I'm just a tad tired of this world.
Additional Art
Wizard's First Rule
Doug Beekman
|
Blood
of the Fold
Kevin Murphy |
A
young woman arrives at Aydindril to petition
for the help of the First Wizard in one of the many desperate conflicts
in the war against D'Hara and the vicious rule of Panis Rahl. Little
does the First Wizard, much less the woman herself know that the
woman's Debt of Bones - a deal struck years before committing the
Wizard to action - will tie him to a course of action that will result
in cataclysmic duel of magic with Panis Rahl himself.
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