The “wonderfully creative, seamless, and stirring” debut novel in the Sword of Truth epic fantasy series by the #1 New York Times bestselling author (Kirkus). Terry Goodkind’s debut novel, Wizard’s First Rule, was a phenomenon from the moment it was first published by Tor Books in 1994. In it, readers are drawn into the magical New World, where ordinary Westland forest guide Richard Cypher … Westland forest guide Richard Cypher accepts his extraordinary destiny. As a Seeker of Truth, Richard is the only one who can stop the tyrannical wizard Darken Rahl from seizing the all-powerful Boxes of Orden.
When the beautiful and mysterious Kahlan Amnell appears in Richard’s forest seeking help, his humble world is turned on its head. After proving that he can wield the Sword of Truth, Richard knows that a confrontation with Darken Rahl looms. But Kahlan beseeches him to reach beyond his sword and invoke his inner nobility in order to face the dangerous challenges ahead.
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This book was a bit surprising as I expected it to be a lot more interesting. I had to fight my way through the first 2/3’s of it. But the last 1/3 was, thankfully, a bit better. Not quite enough to pique my interest for the rest of the series, though.
So slow…
Wow, I read this so long ago – wonderful, wonderful characters a really moving love story. It’s a fantasy series, there are several more after this one.
Great series!!!
I loved this book and liked the next 2 books in the series….then it went down hill in my estimation.
second best fantasy saga
The entire series is awesome
the first few books in this series are very good. after a while, they get very bogged down and i only read the last 4 or five books just to finish the series. enjoy the first part of the series and then stop when you start getting bored with the characters.
Love the whole series.
This was a great beginning to a fantastic series.
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One of my favorite series
A delight to read!
the first in one of the most incredible series you will read with the most beloved characters. Nuff said!!
The series that was spawned from this first novel is an epic one. The basis of all that follows started well here. In many ways, this was my favorite. Richard is a man who grows through his suffering and becomes the stuff of legend.
Well worth reading.
Part of a series you want to read them all. You get into the authors world
One of my all time favorite fantasy series. This book was super. Later books got a bit preachy, but the series was well done and enjoyable to read.
My first book by Terry Goodkind. I was hooked. Love it. Rereading it right now.
Great fantasy book. First in a series and you’ll want to read the all.
After reading one of Terrys new books I went back to his beginnings with this first of his published books. While I found the writing style and setup sometimes a bit simplistic – the story and engagement was good. It was a fun read and I am looking forward to book 2 of the series stone of tears. …..