Twilight has fallen upon the Three Kingdoms: a grey time that could foretell either dawn or descent in 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 comands armies, hideous beasts and-more terrible by far-a twisted magic
The Sword of Truth Series
The series follows Richard, Kahlan, and their companions as they fight to save the world from evil. Each book introduces new dangers, a magical rule, and tests of trust and faith. Despite betrayals and dark twists, the heroes rediscover the truth and their bond grows stronger.






Recommended Reading Order
- 1
- 2
Stone of Tears
- 992 pages
- 35 hours of reading
A fantasy adventure in which a woman warrior, the Mother Confessor, leads a rag tag force of young people against the army of an evil tyrant, waging a campaign of extermination. By the author of the Wizard's First Rule.
- 3
Blood of the Fold
- 640 pages
- 23 hours of reading
There is an alternate cover edition here.Richard comes to terms with his true identity as a War Wizard. The New World, and all the freedom of humankind, is under threat from the Imperial Order after he had brought down the barrier between the Old and New World. The Imperial Order has already sent delegations and armies into the New World. Richard's only option to stop the invasion is to claim his heritage and unite all free kingdoms and provinces under one rule and one command.
- 4
Richard Cypher, war wizard and wielder of the Sword of Truth, must battle the power-mad Emperor Jagang who returns with his multitude of demonic underlings. But to defeat the evil Jagang and eliminate the sorcerous plague infecting the world, Richard must find the Temple of the Winds
- 5
In the previous volume of this NEW YORK TIMES bestselling series of fantasy novels, our hero, Richard Rahl, wielder of the Sword of Truth and his lover Kahlan unwittingly released upon the New World a terror from the malign and wild magic of the Old World. The Chimes now run free in the Midlands and Richard and Kahlan, powerful in their own right, begin to see their own magic undermined, leaving the people of the New World vulnerable to the encroaching evil that Darken Rahl first unleashed in WIZARD¿S FIRST RULE.
- 6
The Wizard¿s Sixth Rule, the most important rule there is . . . And one that Richard Rahl, Seeker of Truth, has just worked out for himself. Sometimes it seems that life is naught but a dance with death for the war wizard and his lover Kahlan, until Richard suddenly and irrevocably turns his back on the fight, leaving the people of the New World to fend for themselves. As Kahlan struggles to understand his words, Richard is gone without warning ¿ plucked from her side by a Sister of the Dark known as ¿Death¿s Mistress¿. Without Richard¿s unique magic, there may be nothing left for the New World but life under the crushing weight of the Imperial Order of Jagang the Just . . .
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Sequel to the New York Times bestselling Faith of the FallenNew York Times bestselling author Terry Goodkind has created his most lavish adventure yet. 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.With winter descending and the paralyzing dread of an army of annihilation occupying their homeland, Richard Rahl and his wife Kahlan 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.Meanwhile, Jennsen finds herself drawn into the center of a struggle for conquest and revenge. Worse yet, she finds her will seized by 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 must stop the relentless, unearthly threat which has come 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.Discover breathtaking adventure and true nobility of spirit. Find out why millions of readers the world over have elevated Terry Goodkind to the ranks of legend.
- 8
Naked Empire
- 752 pages
- 27 hours of reading
Beginning with Wizard's First Rule and continuing with six subsequent fantasy masterpieces, Terry Goodkind has thrilled and awed millions of readers worldwide. Now Goodkind returns with a broad-canvas adventure of epic intrigue, violent conflict, and terrifying peril for the beautiful Kahlan Amnell and her husband, the heroic Richard Rahl, the Sword of Truth. Richard Rahl has been poisoned. Saving an empire from annihilation is the price of the antidote. With the shadow of death looming near, the empire crumbling before the invading hordes, and time running out, Richard is offered not only his own life but the salvation of a people, in exchange for delivering his wife, Kahlan, into bondage to the enemy.
- 9
Chainfire
- 768 pages
- 27 hours of reading
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. 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.
- 10
Phantom
- 592 pages
- 21 hours of reading
Bestselling author Terry Goodkind's epic Sword of Truth series continues with the next stunning installment, PhantomOn 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.
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Confessor
- 757 pages
- 27 hours of reading
The climactic final novel of the #1 New York Times bestselling Sword of Truth series
- 12
The Omen Machine
- 512 pages
- 18 hours of reading
The instant #1 New York Times bestseller, now in paperback
- 13
"The bloodthirsty Jit is dead, and against all odds Richard and Kahlan have survived. But a new menace has attacked them in the Dark Lands. Infected with the essence of death itself, robbed of his power as a war wizard, Richard must race against time to uncover and stop the infernal conspiracy assembling itself behind the wall far to the north. His friends and allies are already captives of this fell combination, and Kahlan, also touched by death's power, will die completely if Richard fails. Bereft of magic, Richard has only his sword, his wits, his capacity for insight -- and an extraordinary companion, the young Samantha, a healer just coming into her powers. Compelling, fast-moving, and intense, The Third Kingdom is a powerful tale that welcomes new readers to Terry Goodkind's world, while opening up new vistas of worldbuilding for longtime readers of the adventures of Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell"--
- 14
Severed Souls
- 558 pages
- 20 hours of reading
A new Kahlan and Richard adventure from internationally bestselling author, Terry Goodkind.
- 15
WARHEART
- 480 pages
- 17 hours of reading
Terry Goodkind's Warheart is the direct sequel to, and the conclusion of, the story begun in The Omen Machine, The Third Kingdom, and Severed Souls. All is lost. Evil will soon consume the D'Haran Empire. Richard Rahl lies on his funeral bier. It is the end of everything. Except what isn't lost is Kahlan Amnell. Following an inner prompting beyond all reason, the last Confessor will wager everything on a final desperate gambit, and in so doing, she will change the world forever.








