Um ihren geliebten Richard zu retten, befreite Kahlan die Chimären. Jetzt drohen diese, die Magie zu vernichten — und damit Kahlans Heimat!

Als Richard Rahl nach einer schweren Verwundung aus tiefer Bewusstlosigkeit erwacht, ist seine geliebte Gefährtin Kahlan verschwunden – und niemand außer ihm scheint sich überhaupt an sie zu erinnern. Während er sich verzweifelt auf die Suche nach ihr macht, stellen seine Freunde fest, dass auch ihre Erinnerungen an Richard selbst immer mehr verblassen. Schon bald wird sich niemand mehr entsinnen, dass er von einer alten Prophezeiung zum Retter der Menschheit ausersehen worden war …

Jennsen wird von Kindheit an von quälenden inneren Stimmen heimgesucht, die ihr ganzes Sein beherrschen. Ihre verzweifelte Suche nach Rettung ist gleichzeitig eine Suche nach ihrer im Dunkeln liegenden Herkunft – doch das Streben der jungen Frau führt sie und die Bewohner des Reichs D’Hara immer tiefer ins Unheil. Endlich scheint sich ein rettender Ausweg zu zeigen: die Vernichtung von Richard Rahl und seiner Frau Kahlan, die Jennsen für die Abgesandten des Bösen hält. Die beiden haben sich nach langer Trennung wieder gefunden und wollen zurück zu ihrem Volk – und ahnen noch nicht, dass sie sich nicht nur auf der Flucht vor dem drohenden Wintereinbruch befinden. Die unerschrockene Jennsen lauert ihnen auf, als sie plötzlich einen fürchterlichen Verrat ihres Halbbruders erkennt. Und langsam zu begreifen beginnt, dass die Wahrheit ihrer Existenz in den „Säulen der Schöpfung“ verborgen liegt ...

Richard Cypher hat über seinen Vater triumphiert — der machtgierige Magier Darken Rahl ist tot! Doch aus dem Sieg erwächst eine neue, allumfassende Bedrohung: Im Schleier zwischen der Welt der Lebenden und dem Reich der Toten hat sich beim Kampf zwischen Vater und Sohn ein gefährlicher Riss aufgetan. Und nun droht der dunkle Hüter der Unterwelt in die Menschenwelt zu wechseln und alles Leben zu vernichten ...

Die Magie schwindet im Land D’Hara. Richard Rahl, vom verachteten Bastard zum Herrscher des Landes aufgestiegen, erhält von seinem Lehrmeisteister Zeddicus Z’ul den Rat, die Burg der Zauberer aufzusuchen - nur dort kann er ein Gegenmittel gegen dieses Verebben finden. Doch die entfesselten Mächte der Unterwelt stellen sich ihm in den Weg. Und die Macht des Schwertes der Wahrheit könnte nicht ausreichen, den tückischen Kaiser Jagang zurückzuhalten. Es droht die Vernichtung nicht nur Richards und seiner geliebten Kahlan, sondern D’Haras und der gesamten Welt ...

A novel of the nobility of the human spirit.A novel of ideas.New York Times bestselling author Terry Goodkind returns with an extraordinary new novel of the majestic Sword of Truth. Richard, the Lord Rahl and the Seeker of Truth, has returned to his boyhood home, Hartland.When a Sister of the Dark captures Richard, he makes a desperate sacrifice to ensure that his beloved Kahlan remains free. Taken deep into the Old World and forced to labor for the tyrannical evil he’s sworn to defeat, he is determined to remain defiant even in the heart of darkness.Kahlan, left behind and unwilling to abandon the cause of the Midlands, violates prophecy and breaks her last pledge to Richard. Finally she will come face to face with the architect of the terror sweeping her land—the mad dreamwalker, Emperor Jagang.While Kahlan faces Jagang’s vast horde, Richard discovers the truth of the Imperial Order’s rule. Forced to endure his ordeal without magic, without the Sword of Truth, without his love, he stands against the despair and soulnumbing regime of the Old World, his hope kept alive only by the knowledge of the rightness of his cause.

A novel of the nobility of the human spirit.A novel of ideas.New York Times bestselling author Terry Goodkind returns with an extraordinary new novel of the majestic Sword of Truth. Richard, the Lord Rahl and the Seeker of Truth, has returned to his boyhood home, Hartland.When a Sister of the Dark captures Richard, he makes a desperate sacrifice to ensure that his beloved Kahlan remains free. Taken deep into the old World and forced to labor for the tyrannical evil he's sworn to defeat, he is determined to remain defiant even in the heart of darkness.Kahlan, left behind and unwilling to abandon the cause of the Midlands, violates prophecy and breaks her last pledge to Richard. Finally she will come face to face with the architect of the terror sweeping her land-the mad dreamwalker, Emperor Jagang.While Kahlan faces Jagang's vast horde, Richard discovers the truth of the Imperial Order's rule. Forced to endure his ordeal without magic, without the Sword of Truth, without his love, he stands against the despair and soulnumbing regime of the Old World, his hope kept alive only by the knowledge of the rightness of his cause.

A novel of the nobility of the human spirit.A novel of ideas.New York Times bestselling author Terry Goodkind returns with an extraordinary new novel of the majestic Sword of Truth. Richard, the Lord Rahl and the Seeker of Truth, has returned to his boyhood home, Hartland.When a Sister of the Dark captures Richard, he makes a desperate sacrifice to ensure that his beloved Kahlan remains free. Taken deep into the Old World and forced to labor for the tyrannical evil he’s sworn to defeat, he is determined to remain defiant even in the heart of darkness.Kahlan, left behind and unwilling to abandon the cause of the Midlands, violates prophecy and breaks her last pledge to Richard. Finally she will come face to face with the architect of the terror sweeping her land—the mad dreamwalker, Emperor Jagang.While Kahlan faces Jagang’s vast horde, Richard discovers the truth of the Imperial Order’s rule. Forced to endure his ordeal without magic, without the Sword of Truth, without his love, he stands against the despair and soulnumbing regime of the Old World, his hope kept alive only by the knowledge of the rightness of his cause.

'The Sword of Truth series was my masterwork. Yet, life for these characters goes on after the conclusion of that series. For years readers have been asking about Richard and Kahlan's children. This is that story' TERRY GOODKIND. In 1994 *Wizard's First Rule* introduced Richard Cypher, a young woodsman seeking answers and vengeance in the aftermath of his father's murder, and Kahlan Amnell, a mysterious young woman pursued by a bloodthirsty tyrant's assassins. The Sword of Truth is one of the most ambitious fantasy series ever written. It was a decades-long masterwork that has been translated into 20 languages and sold 26 million copies. After 16 volumes and one novella, it concluded in 2016 with *Warheart*. The Children of D'Hara picks up immediately after the conclusion of the Sword of Truth series. The story will be told in instalments, as novella-length episodes published every three months. *Hateful Things* is the second novella.

*Heart of Black Ice* is the climactic conclusion to Terry Goodkind's *New York Times* bestselling Nicci Chronicles.* In the wake of the brutal war that swept the Old World in *Siege of Stone*, a new danger is forming along the coast. Taken captive by their enemies, King Grieve, along with Lila and Bannon are about to discover the terrifying force that threatens to bring destruction to the Old World. The Norukai, barbarian raiders and slavers, have been gathering an immense fleet among the inhospitably rocky islands that make up their home. With numbers greater than anyone could have imagined, the Norukai are poised to launch their final and most deadly war.

In 1994 Wizard's First Rule introduced Richard Cypher, a young woodsman seeking answers and vengeance in the aftermath of his father's murder, and Kahlan Amnell, a mysterious young woman pursued by a bloodthirsty tyrant's assassins.The Sword of Truth is one of the most ambitious fantasy series ever written. It was a decades-long masterwork that has been translated into 20 languages and sold 26 million copies. After 16 volumes and one novella, it concluded in 2016 with Warheart.The Children of D'Hara picks up immediately after the conclusion of the Sword of Truth series. The story will be told in installments, as novella-length episodes published every three months. Into Darkness is the fifth novella.

Dunkelheit senkt sich über die Midlands herab, und das Böse droht die letzten freien Menschen zu überwältigen. Der einzige Mann, der das Unheil noch aufhalten kann, ist Richard Rahl, der Herrscher D’Haras. Sein Reich ist die letzte Bastion gegen das Böse aus der Alten Welt. Doch Richard gelangt zu einer entsetzlichen Erkenntnis: Er muss zulassen, was geschehen wird!Allein - getrennt von seiner geliebten Kahlan und seinen Freunden und ohne die Stütze des Schwerts der Wahrheit - nimmt er die Bürde dieser Entscheidung auf sich. Denn er hat etwas erkannt, was niemand sonst akzeptieren will. Was mit dem ersten Gesetz der Magie begonnen hat, wird mit dem letzten aller Gesetze enden - jenem ungeschriebenen Gesetz, das seit dem Anbeginn der Zeiten nicht mehr ausgesprochen wurde. Und wenn die Sonne zum nächsten Mal aufgeht, wird die Welt für immer verändert sein.

Beginning with Wizard’s First Rule and continuing with six subsequent fantasy masterpieces, Terry Goodkind has thrilled and awed millions of readers worldwide. Now Goodkind returns with a broad-canvas adventure of epic intrigue, violent conflict, and terrifying peril for the beautiful Kahlan Amnell and her husband, the heroic Richard Rahl, the Sword of Truth.Richard Rahl has been poisoned. Saving an empire from annihilation is the price of the antidote. With the shadow of death looming near, the empire crumbling before the invading hordes, and time running out, Richard is offered not only his own life but the salvation of a people, in exchange for delivering his wife, Kahlan, into bondage to the enemy.

Beginning with Wizard’s First Rule and continuing with six subsequent fantasy masterpieces, Terry Goodkind has thrilled and awed millions of readers worldwide. Now Goodkind returns with a broad-canvas adventure of epic intrigue, violent conflict, and terrifying peril for the beautiful Kahlan Amnell and her husband, the heroic Richard Rahl, the Sword of Truth.Richard Rahl has been poisoned. Saving an empire from annihilation is the price of the antidote. With the shadow of death looming near, the empire crumbling before the invading hordes, and time running out, Richard is offered not only his own life but the salvation of a people, in exchange for delivering his wife, Kahlan, into bondage to the enemy.

Beginning with Wizard's First Rule and continuing with six subsequent fantasy masterpieces, Terry Goodkind has thrilled and awed millions of readers worldwide. Now Goodkind returns with a broad-canvas adventure of epic intrigue, violent conflict, and terrifying peril for the beautiful Kahlan Amnell and her husband, the heroic Richard Rahl, the Sword of Truth.Richard Rahl has been poisoned. Saving an empire from annihilation is the price of the antidote. With the shadow of death looming near, the empire crumbling before the invading hordes, and time running out, Richard is offered not only his own life but the salvation of a people, in exchange for delivering his wife, Kahlan, into bondage to the enemy.

On the day she awoke remembering nothing but her name, Kahlan Amnell became the most dangerous woman alive. For everyone else, that was the day that the world began to end.As her husband, Richard, desperately searches for his beloved, whom only he remembers, he knows that if she doesn’t soon discover who she really is, she will unwittingly become the instrument that will unleash annihilation. But Kahlan learns that if she ever were to unlock the truth of her lost identity, then evil itself would finally possess her, body and soul.If she is to survive in a murky world of deception and betrayal, where life is not only cheap but fleeting, Kahlan must find out why she is such a central figure in the war-torn world swirling around her. What she uncovers are secrets darker than she could ever have imagined.

On the day she awoke remembering nothing but her name, Kahlan Amnell became the most dangerous woman alive. For everyone else, that was the day that the world began to end.As her husband, Richard, desperately searches for his beloved, whom only he remembers, he knows that if she doesn’t soon discover who she really is, she will unwittingly become the instrument that will unleash annihilation. But Kahlan learns that if she ever were to unlock the truth of her lost identity, then evil itself would finally possess her, body and soul.If she is to survive in a murky world of deception and betrayal, where life is not only cheap but fleeting, Kahlan must find out why she is such a central figure in the war-torn world swirling around her. What she uncovers are secrets darker than she could ever have imagined.