Sword of Truth
Overview
 
The Sword of Truth is a series of thirteen epic fantasy
High fantasy
High fantasy or epic fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy that is set in invented or parallel worlds. High fantasy was brought to fruition through the work of authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, whose major fantasy works were published in the 1950s...

 novels written by Terry Goodkind
Terry Goodkind
Terry Goodkind is an American writer and author of the epic fantasy The Sword of Truth series as well as the contemporary suspense novel The Law of Nines, which has ties to his fantasy series, and The Omen Machine, which is a direct sequel thereof. Before his success as an author Goodkind worked...

. The books follow the protagonists Richard Cypher, Kahlan Amnell and Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander on their quest to defeat oppressors who seek to control the world and those who wish to unleash evil upon the world of the living. While each novel was written to stand alone except for the final three that were intended to be a trilogy, they follow a common timeline and are linked by ongoing events that occur throughout the series.

The series began in 1994 with Wizard's First Rule
Wizard's First Rule
Wizard's First Rule, written by Terry Goodkind, is the bestselling first book in the epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth. Published by Tor Books, it was released on August 15, 1994 in hardcover, and in paperback on July 15, 1997. The book also was re-released with new cover artwork by Keith...

and Goodkind has since written ten more novels in addition to a novella titled Debt of Bones
Debt of Bones
Debt of Bones is a novella by Terry Goodkind. It was first published in the 1998 anthology Legends then later published as a stand alone book in hardcover in 2001 and in paperback in 2004.-Plot summary:...

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Quotations

"oh, but how I do love it when men I respect marry smart women. Nothing marks a man's character better than his attraction to intelligence." -Ann

""Profit" is a dirty word only to the leeches of the world. They want it seen as evil, so they can more easily snatch what they did not earn." -Victor

"We all can be only who we are, no more, no less." -Kahlan Amnell|Kahlan

"Pity for the guilty is treason to the innocent." -Kahlan Amnell|Kahlan

"There is no such thing as pure good or pure evil, least of all in people." -Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander|Zedd

"Nothing is ever easy." -Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander|Zedd

"Think of the solution not the problem." -Richard Rahl|Richard

"When you are out numbered, and the situation is hopeless, you have no option-you must attack!" -Richard Rahl|Richard

 
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