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Sword Of Truth

15 books in reading order by Goodkind, Terry

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  1. Sword Of Truth

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    Sword Of Truth

    by Goodkind, Terry

    The first book in the Sword of Truth series introduces a classic Epic Fantasy story with an unlikely hero fighting against evil.

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  2. Stone Of Tears

    Book 2

    Stone Of Tears

    by Goodkind, Terry

    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...

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  3. Blood Of The Fold

    Book 3

    Blood Of The Fold

    by Goodkind, Terry

    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...

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  4. Temple Of The Winds

    Book 4

    Temple Of The Winds

    by Goodkind, Terry

    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...

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  5. Soul Of The Fire

    Book 5

    Soul Of The Fire

    by Goodkind, Terry

    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...

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  6. Faith Of The Fallen

    Book 6

    Faith Of The Fallen

    by Goodkind, Terry

    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...

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  7. The Pillars Of Creation

    Book 7

    The Pillars Of Creation

    by Goodkind, Terry

    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...

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  8. Naked Empire

    Book 8

    Naked Empire

    by Goodkind, Terry

    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

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  9. Chainfire

    Book 9

    Chainfire

    by Goodkind, Terry

    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...

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  10. Phantom

    Book 10

    Phantom

    by Goodkind, Terry

    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...

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  11. Phantom

    Book 10

    Phantom

    by Goodkind, Terry

    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,...

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  12. Confessor

    Book 11

    Confessor

    by Goodkind, Terry

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

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  13. The Omen Machine

    Book 12

    The Omen Machine

    by Goodkind, Terry

    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,...

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  14. The Third Kingdom

    Book 13

    The Third Kingdom

    by Goodkind, Terry

    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...

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  15. Severed Souls

    Book 14

    Severed Souls

    by Goodkind, Terry

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

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