Goodkind, Terry

The heroic Richard Rahl, the Sword of Truth, is faced with a wrenching decision when he is poisoned and must either deliver his wife Kahlan into bondage or be denied the antidote.

Kahlan lies close to death. Richard is confronted by a compelling vision that comes with a terrible price. Safety for Kahlen but a grim fate for Richard's people.

The beginning of the story of young Abby and the wizard Zedd Zorander. Abby is trapped between conflict and duty as the shadow of ancient betrayal affects his life.

"Turning twenty-seven may be terrifying for some, but for Alex, a struggling artist living in the Midwest, it is cataclysmic. Something about this birthday, his name, and the beautiful woman whose life he has just saved has suddenly made him--and everyone he loves--a target. A target for extreme and uncompromising violence..."--back cover.

Richard Cypher, a woodsman, saves Kahlan, a beautiful woman who is fleeing the evil mage Darken Rahl's assassins as she tries to find Zedd, the last of the great wizards, who can anoint a Seeker of Truth to fight Rahl's evil.

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. To defeat the evil Jagang and eliminate the sorcerous plague infecting the world, Richard must find the Temple of the Winds.

Richard Cypher, Seeker of Truth, has succeeded in throwing the vile Darken Rahl into the underworld, but the battle is not over yet as Rahl continues to wield his sinister power through a rip in the veil to the underworld, threatening to unleash the ultimate evil upon the world above.

Richard desperately searches for his long-lost wife, Kahlan Amnell, racing against time to find her before she can uncover the secrets of her lost identity, thereby making her vulnerable to evil.

Presents the ninth book in the Sword of Truth series in which Richard, gravely injured in battle, awakens from a spell cast by the sorceress Nicci to save his life, only to discover his wife, Kahlan, is missing, and he is the only one who seems to recall she ever existed.