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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Found Terry Goodkind many years ago and fell in love with ALL of his books. We worth purchasing all his books but be sure to read them in sequence. He does refer to events that has happened in previous ones. His characters are excellent, well developed and hard to put down. Be sure you have the next day off because you will be hooked.
This was such a great and different book. Unfortunately the rest of them got to be predictable & trite.
The Wizard’s first rule is the truest statement in all of literature. Read the book to find out what that rule is and you’ll see.
I will read anything Terry writes. Love all the books.
A wonderful world of screwed up wizards and the lands they protect. Lord of the Rings as written by Monty Python.
Believable world, good characters. Well worth the time.
Amazing series
I absolutely love the Sword of Truth series
Absolutely a great opener for a wonderful series.
Read the entire series! Fantastic books.
Excellent series! Highly recommended.
My #1 all time favorite book ever
Series gets pedantic as it moves forward…but the first few books are good reads.
Memorable saga. I liked this whole series!
If you read this first book in the series, and like science fiction/fantasy written for adults, you will be hooked. Many, many novels in this series all over 500+ pages so you will be entertained for a very long time. Terry Goodkind is a master storyteller.
I have been reading this author for 30 years. You can’t go wrong.
Goodkind is an excellent writer
Enjoyable, Probably would read it again in the future if given the opportunity. Really requires you to read the remainder of the series, or you’ll never know how the story ends.
Some foreshadowing but you don’t realize until you’ve read more of the series.
Good book
A world worth visiting that you will never want to leave with characters you never want to lose.
I gave this book 4 stars because while the world is expansive and the characters reach out and grab you, sucking you in to make you care about them, I found some of the subject matter to be disturbing and upsetting. Torture and murder of children, rape by demon, etc.