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Format: Mass Market Paperback, Unabridged-CD, Unabridged-MP3, Abridged-CD
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: Nov 2002
Genre: Fiction - Fantasy - Epic
Retail Price: $9.99
Pages: 736
As Richard Cypher is slowly picking up the pieces following his father's murder, he meets a woman in need of help. This seemingly chance meeting sets into motion a chain of events that threaten not only the kingdom, but the world itself--not to mention Richard's own destiny.
I have enjoyed the past Terry Goodkind books. Truthfully the series is great, however I am bothered by the politics he brings into the series. It does go from a nice fantasy story to a fantasy story based around american politics. While regardless if you agree with him or not, I felt like at times I was reading a political essay rather than a fantasy novel. I actually gave up on the series after this, because reviews I read said that future books were doing the same, just a bit more than this one. I just perfer to keep real life politics out of fantasy novels. As the author he has that choice however, and other readers might actually enjoy such a thing.