The masterpiece that started Terry Goodkind’s NY Times bestselling epic Sword of Truth

In the aftermath from the brutal murder of his father, a mysterious woman, Kahlan Amnell, appears in Richard Cypher’s forest sanctuary looking for help . and even more. His globe, his very beliefs, are shattered when ancient debts come credited with thundering violence.

Inside a dark age it requires courage to live, and a lot more than mere courage to challenge those who hold dominion, Richard and Kahlan must take up that about Wizard’s First Rule challenge or end up being the next victims. Beyond awaits a bewitching land where even the very best of their hearts could betray them. However, Richard fears nothing at all a lot as what secrets his sword might reveal about his own soul. Falling in love would ruin them–for factors Richard can’t imagine and Kahlan dare not say.

In their darkest hour, hunted relentlessly, tormented by treachery and loss, Kahlan phone calls upon Richard to attain beyond his sword–to invoke within himself something more commendable. Neither knows that the rules of battle have got just transformed . . . or that their time has go out.

Wizard’s First Guideline is the beginning. One publication. One Rule. Witness the birth of a story.