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Wizard's First Rule: Sword Of Truth

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Wizard's First Rule: Sword Of Truth

by Terry Goodkind
As told by: Terry Goodkind

Tom Doherty Associates | January 20, 1999 | Mass Market Paperbound

Millions of readers the world over have been held spellbound by this valiant tale vividly told.

Now, enter Terry Goodkind''s world, the world of the Sword of Truth.

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 their darkest hour, hunted relentlessly, tormented by treachery and loss, Kahlan calls 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.
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    Rating: 5/5

    Amazing!

    Pierre-Olivier Daloze

    4 weeks ago

    Richard Cypher never thought that helping Kalhan Amnell would transform his life into an extraordinary adventure. Wizards, dragons, magic creatures and epic fights will help him discover the power of the Sword of Truth that he has received from his grandfather. The descriptions are well written and the suspense won't let you close your book! It's a passionnate book and the series continues. Fans of epic, action and adventure stories, this book is for you!

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    Rating: 5/5

    Wizards First Rule

    Daniel Gallo

    3 months ago

    I loved this book, the characters in it make you love it and it doesn't start off slow, it just gets right into it.

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    Rating: 2/5

    mildly entertaining

    Ian Mitchell

    7 months ago

    It's hard to decide whether to review this book on its own merits or in the context of the rest of the series. This book isn't too bad - the characters and setting are a bit cliche, and Goodkind isn't anything exceptional as a writer, but there are enough twists to keep this book entertaining and the story itself is fairly good. Most fans of Robert Jordan or Christopher Paolini would probably enjoy this book when read as a stand-alone novel.

    I wouldn't recommend it for kids, since there are the first hints of Goodkind's seeming obsession with rape and torture later on in the book. I also wouldn't recommend the rest of the series - particularly starting around book 4 when Goodkind tries to turn it into a fantasy equivalent to Atlas Shrugged. He isn't strong enough as either a writer or philosopher to pull it off, resulting in an overly preachy set of novels that seem to be mainly comprised of long-winded speeches interspersed with his supposed heroes doing things like attacking peace protesters, along with graphic descriptions of his bad guys torturing, raping and killing babies (I guess being communists wasn't enough for Goodkind to convince readers that they were the bad guys, at least compared to his heroes).

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    RLM

    Rating: 4/5

    Good fantasy with great ending

    RLM

    13 years ago

    A solid fantasy with a good premise, this book really heats up in the last quater. The more adult content, and the resolution that leads to far less than a happy ending, raise the level of this book from routine to great.

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The Three Kingdoms are in Twilight, a grey time that might augur dawn or descent into darkness. Woodsman and warrior Richard Cyperh is selected to bear the powerful Sword of Truth. His enemy, Darken Rahl is a royal mage who controls armies, ghastly creatures and a horrible twisted magic. Experience a magical world that reflects our own, where truth and goodness are threatened by forces of darkness and deception. Follow Richard's odyssey for the sake of love, a journey that takes him into the darkest recesses of the human soul in Terry Goodkind's extraordinary Wizard's First Rule.  

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Millions of readers the world over have been held spellbound by this valiant tale vividly told.

Now, enter Terry Goodkind''s world, the world of the Sword of Truth.

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 their darkest hour, hunted relentlessly, tormented by treachery and loss, Kahlan calls 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.

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Millions of readers the world over have been held spellbound by this valiant tale vividly told.

Now, enter Terry Goodkind''s world, the world of the Sword of Truth.

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 their darkest hour, hunted relentlessly, tormented by treachery and loss, Kahlan calls 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.

"Wonderfully creative, seamless, and stirring."--Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Terry Goodkind is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. His books include the eleven-volume Sword of Truth series, beginning with Wizard's First Rule, the basis for the television show Legend of the Seeker. Goodkind was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, where he also attended art school. Alongside a career in wildlife art, he has also been a cabinetmaker and a 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. While continuing to maintain the northeastern home he built with his own hands, in recent years he and his wife Jeri have created a second home in the desert Southwest, where he now spends the majority of his time.

Mass Market Paperbound

848 Pages, 4.26 x 6.78 x 1.79 in

January 20, 1999

Tom Doherty Associates

English


0812548051
9780812548051

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"Wonderfully creative, seamless, and stirring."--Kirkus Reviews

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