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Goodkind, Terry

Goodkind, Terry

Author Biography & Works

Terry Lee Goodkind was an American writer. He was known for the epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth, as well as the contemporary suspense novel The Law of Nines (2009), which has ties to his fantasy series. The Sword of Truth series sold 25 million copies worldwide and was translated into more than 20 languages. Additionally, it was adapted into a television series called Legend of the Seeker which premiered on November 1, 2008, and ran for two seasons until May 2010.

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Books by Goodkind, Terry

Sword Of Truth

Sword Of Truth

(Sword Of Truth) Start here

This one falls under the "Terribly Written Books" category AND the "Overrated Books With Undeserved Hype". Woah, double kill!Some people might be wondering why bestselling author Terry Goodkind is missing...

Stone Of Tears

Stone Of Tears

(Sword Of Truth)

Richard and Kahlan have defeated Darken Rahl and want to be married, but the veil to the underworld has been torn, and Rahl is summoning from beyond it a power...

Blood Of The Fold

Blood Of The Fold

(Sword Of Truth)

With the barrier between the Old World and the New down, the Imperial Order advances on the free lands of the Midlands. Richard Rahl decides that the only way to...

Temple Of The Winds

Temple Of The Winds

(Sword Of Truth)

As Richard and Kahlan prepare for their wedding in Aydindril, a wizard attempts to assassinate Richard, and a Sister of the Dark, on the orders of the Emperor Jagang, unleashes...

Soul Of The Fire

Soul Of The Fire

(Sword Of Truth)

In Eliot Pattison's Soul of the Fire, When Shan Tao Yun and his old friend Lokesh are abruptly dragged away by Public Security, he is convinced that their secret, often...

Faith Of The Fallen

Faith Of The Fallen

(Sword Of Truth)

With Kahlan close to death, Richard Rahl is confronted by a vision that demands a terrible price: that he leave his people behind. The two are separated, Richard going to...

The Pillars Of Creation

The Pillars Of Creation

(Sword Of Truth)

Jennsen is the daughter of Darken Rahl, born without magic, and she and her mother have lived in hiding for years, afraid of the new Lord Rahl. Soldiers kill her...

Naked Empire

Naked Empire

(Sword Of Truth)

The latest Sword of Truth novel from multiply New York Times-bestselling Terry Goodkind--a new, sprawling epic adventure focusing on the central figures of Richard and Kahlan

Chainfire

Chainfire

(Sword Of Truth)

Richard struggles to find his missing wife Kahlan in spite of the bizarre fact that no one else seems to believe she actually exists or that he is married to...

Phantom

Phantom

(Sword Of Truth)

A recreation of the life of the Phantom of the Opera unmasks the Paris Opera House inhabitant, telling how he was born disfigured and how he became a side-show freak,...

Confessor

Confessor

(Sword Of Truth)

The climactic final novel of the #1 New York Times bestselling Sword of Truth series

Phantom

Phantom

(Sword Of Truth)

Kahlan has been erased from the memory of everyone but a few, including Richard, by the Chainfire spell, and so no one believes that she exists. Richard searches for her...

The Omen Machine

The Omen Machine

(Sword Of Truth)

After the war with the Imperial Order, Richard and Kahlan have settled in the People's Palace and hope for peace. Then a mysterious machine, buried underground for thousands of years,...

The Third Kingdom

The Third Kingdom

(Sword Of Truth)

Terry Goodkind returns to the lives of Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell—in The Third Kingdom, the direct sequel to his #1 New York Times bestseller The Omen Machine. Richard saw...

Severed Souls

Severed Souls

(Sword Of Truth)

"Severed Souls -- A sweeping new novel of Richard Rahl, Kahlan Amnell, and their world from New York Times Bestselling author, Terry Goodkind"--

The Sword Of Truth

The Sword Of Truth

Most would argue that this series gets worse with every addition. But Wizard's First Rule is good enough to get the series included on the list. It's probably more of...

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