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.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.