Faith of the Fallen (Sword of Truth, Book 6)

Fantasy series fans may argue over the relative merits of Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth, George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire, and Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, but in a world of middle books that go nowhere and endless waits between episodes, Goodkind is certainly still serving up some of the best fantasy on today's menu. The Seeker of Truth and his Mother Confessor sweetie are both looking a little worse for the wear after their chime-hunt in Soul of the Fire . To top that off, Lord Rahl finds himself a reluctant prophet with the vision that their cause, the fight for freedom against the Imperial Order, is essentially sunk. (Chalk that up to part of the Wizard's First Rule: people really are stupid.) The two lovers soon find themselves separated, Richard off to the Old World thanks to treacherous Sister of the Dark Nicci, and Kahlan left behind, forced to betray Richard and his prophecy by raising an army to fend off the approaching armies of Emperor Jagang. Whether it's fair or not, Goodkind will likely get beaten up a bit for visiting the trough once too often, à la Jordan. But fear not: Faith of the Fallen does progress at a good clip, and its conclusion--while by no means a final payout--should satisfy. --Paul Hughes Has Cover : Yes Calc Series A (group): Sword of Truth Number of Words in Auth: 2 Formats : EPUB, ZAB ABook : Have Title Parms BtoH : - - - - - - Compare Title Parm A to Author: gt Calc ESI Part 3 : 13 Calc ESI Part 2 : of Calc ESI Part 1 : 07 Custom Series : SIPY.Sword of Truth.Scifan.07 of 13._.ICBP Enter Series Index : 07 of 13 Record Notes : Perm IE IC 09 01 14 Calc Series Group : Sword of Truth Title Post Pound : Faith of the Fallen Words in Author Name: 2 Series Genre : Sword of Truth Previous Series Index: 7 Test Text Series Index: 7 Raw Title : Faith of the Fallen Title Parm A Prefix : Faith of the Fallen Title Length : 19 Title Parm A : Faith of the Fallen Record ID : 151 Enter New Series (Calced): Serified_AnE.Sword of Truth.Scifan.07 of 13._.ICBF Author Parm Cn : Goodkind ES Name : Sword of Truth Calc Genre : Sword of Truth Calc New Series : Sword of Truth.... Series Parm B : 7 Series Parm A : Sword of Truth Test Search : Faith of the Fallen / Terry Goodkind Number of Formats : 1 Title Pre Pound : Faith of the Fallen ES Suffix : _ Whole Title : Faith of the Fallen Title Suffix : Faith of the Fallen EBook : Have Uncomma Author : Terry Goodkind ES Genre : Scifan Compare Author : eq ES Group : Serified_AnE Test Compare Series to Entered: eq Calc ESI Combined : 07 of 190 Quick Search : Terry Goodkind Sword of Truth All Identifiers : ff:g/terry-goodkind/faith-of-fallen, goodreads:1300820, google:SsmaJuA8QfcC, isbn:9780312867867 Single Author : Terry Goodkind Sorted Author by LN, FN: Goodkind, Terry Calc Force Series : .Sword of Truth Num of Aut : 1 ES Cover Quality : ICBF Title Pre Parend : Faith of the Fallen Title Parm A Suffix : Fallen Author Parm A : Terry Goodkind

Terry Goodkind, author of the enormously popular Sword of Truth novels, has forged perhaps his best yet, pitting Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell against threats to the freedom of the world. They both must struggle at opposite ends of the world against the relentless, monolithic forces of the Imperial Order.

A Sister of the Dark captures Richard and takes him deep into the Old World, to the very heart of the Order, while his beloved Kahlan remains behind. Free because of Richard's sacrifice for her, but unwilling to abandon the cause of the Midlands, Kahlan violates not only prophecy but her last pledge to Richard, and raises an army against the advancing horde of the Imperial Order. Separated and fighting for their lives, Richard and Kahlan will be pushed to the limits of their endurance, and tested in their love for one another. Once again, the master storyteller weaves a riveting spell that will captivate even more fans for this incredible series.

Publishers Weekly

Sequel to Soul of the Fire in Goodkind's popular Sword of Truth series, this extended barrage of sword-swinging fantasy pits the New World's Seeker of Truth, Richard Rahl, and his wife, Mother Confessor Kahlen Amnell, against the lethal totalitarian forces of the Imperial Order under Jangang "the Just" and his gorgeous masochistic minion Nicci, aka Death's Mistress, a dreaded Sister of the Dark. After Richard helps a desperately wounded Kahlen heal in a mountain hideaway guarded by their ill-tempered blonde bombshell bodyguard, Cara, Nicci ensorcels Kahlen and forces Richard to abandon her for inhuman bondage in the Order-dominated Old World. Kahlen defies Richard's prophecy that arms alone will never defeat the Order. She takes command of the D'Haran army, hopelessly outnumbered against Jagang's black-magicked hordes who are invading the New World. Untangling all this gives Goodkind an ample canvas for enough disemboweling, spit roasting and miscellaneous mutilating of men, women and children to out-Sade the infamous marquis. His fans--and they are legion--will revel in vicarious berserker battle scenes and agonize deliciously as Richard, reduced to slavery by Nicci, toils to establish a bastion of capitalism in the cold gray heart of the Stalinesque Old World. All the ponderous sound and fury of Goodkind's attack on socialist-style do-gooders who are destroying the world, however, founders in a welter of improbable coincidences, heavy-handed humor and a disconcerting dependence on misusing the verb "smirk." For sheer volume of its Technicolor bloodbaths and its bathetic propagandistic bombast, this installment of Goodkind's fantasy saga makes an indelible impact; anyone who yearns for Goodkind is going to be in high clover. $250,000 ad/promo. (Aug.) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

Soul of the fire saw the political machinations that dogged the Midlands reach new heights as the Chimes ran free and threatened magic everywhere. Now Richard and Kahlan are thrown into their most desperate fight yet