Naked Empire (Sword of Truth) - Hardcover

Goodkind, Terry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0765307332 ISBN 13: 9780765307330

Publisher: Tor Books, 2003

Synopsis

"You knew they were there, didn't you?" Kahlan asked in a hushed tone as she leaned closer.

Against the darkening sky, she could just make out the shapes of three black-tipped races taking to wing, beginning their nightly hunt. That was why he'd stopped. That was what he'd been watching as the rest of them waited in uneasy silence.

"Yes," Richard said. He gestured over his shoulder without turning to look. "There are two more, back there."

Kahlan briefly scanned the dark jumble of rock, but she didn't see any others.

Lightly grasping the silver pommel with two fingers, Richard lifted his sword a few inches, checking that it was clear in its scabbard. A last, fleeting glimmer of amber light played across his golden cape as he let the sword drop back in place. In the gathering gloom of dusk, his familiar, tall, powerful contour seemed as if it were no more than an apparition made of shadows.

Just then, two more of the huge birds shot by right overhead. One, wings stretched wide, let out a piercing scream as it banked into a tight gliding turn, circling once more in assessment of the five people below before stroking its powerful wings to catch its departing comrades in their swift journey west.

This night they would find ample food.

About this title

About the Author:

Terry Goodkind is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. His books include the eleven-volume Sword of Truth series, beginning with Wizard's First Rule, the basis for the television show Legend of the Seeker. Goodkind was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, where he also attended art school. Alongside a career in wildlife art, he has also been a cabinetmaker and a violin maker, and he has done restoration work on rare and exotic artifacts from around the world -- each with its own story to tell, he says. While continuing to maintain the northeastern home he built with his own hands, in recent years he and his wife Jeri have created a second home in the desert Southwest, where he now spends the majority of his time.

From AudioFile:

Terry Goodkind fans will enjoy this eighth volume in the Sword of Truth fantasy series. Richard and Kahlan continue their struggle against the imperial order. This time a twisted wizard enslaves a mountain kingdom that's been sealed away from the wider world for three thousand years. Richard must win both freedom for the people and the antidote to a poison that's slowly killing him. Jim Bond has a pleasant low-tenor voice. He makes Terry Goodkind's characters, and their convictions, come through strongly and clearly. Bond smoothly handles the thrust and parry of the story's philosophical debates, as well as the actual swordplay and sorcery of the explosive combat scenes. R.G.M. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Tor Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0765307332
• ISBN 13: 9780765307330
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 672