Wizard's First Rule

Sword of Truth, Book 1

By: Terry Goodkind

Narrated by: Sam Tsoutsouvas

Length: 34 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

The masterpiece that started Terry Goodkind's New York Times bestselling epic Sword of Truth

In the aftermath of the brutal murder of his father, a mysterious woman, Kahlan Amnell, appears in Richard Cypher's forest sanctuary seeking help...and more. His world, his very beliefs, are shattered when ancient debts come due with thundering violence.

In a dark age it takes courage to live, and more than mere courage to challenge those who hold dominion, Richard and Kahlan must take up that challenge or become the next victims. Beyond awaits a bewitching land where even the best of their hearts could betray them. Yet, Richard fears nothing so much as what secrets his sword might reveal about his own soul. Falling in love would destroy them - for reasons Richard can't imagine and Kahlan dare not say.

In their darkest hour, hunted relentlessly, tormented by treachery and loss, Kahlan calls upon Richard to reach beyond his sword - to invoke within himself something more noble. Neither knows that the rules of battle have just changed...or that their time has run out.

Wizard's First Rule is the beginning. One book. One Rule. Witness the birth of a legend.

Epic edge: listen to more in the Sword of Truth series.

©1994 by Terry Goodkind. (P)2008 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

"Wonderfully creative, seamless, and stirring." ( Kirkus Review)

Loved it!

I just found my next series to binge read. great story, well written, narrator was amazing, and kept me engaged and guessing throughout. can't wait to read the rest of the series.

Awsome

so good they tried to make a series out of them but their endeavours fell short of the mark.

Wizards First Rule is unbelievable!

AWESOMELY RIVETING!
SUSPENSEFUL UNTIL THE VERY END!
I am a very big fan of epic fantasy, this one is at the top of my list now!

Great Book and Narrator

Not all reviews will be the same, as a great book to some, will be boring to others. The majority of reviews here are spot on.

Great Book in all senses. I loved the story line - The detractors say this book is too ....predictable...Yet...You will find those who complain usually like fantasy books with a different style, and yes, those books are....predictable...as well.

This is good versus evil, and the struggle therein. The narrator is absolutely great!!! The inflections he uses especially in pivotal parts in the story make the book come alive.

The author makes the characters come to life, and you find yourself quickly immersed in this world. There isn't 100 pages or 30 minutes of waiting to get into this novel - For me, I was drawn in immediately, and didn't want to stop.

Great story and performance

I enjoyed both the book and performance very much! I look forward to the next book in the series!

love this book

i love this book. not my favorite narrator but still a great book and part of an amazing series.

wizzards first rule

Easy listening, gripping. You will be sucked into another realm as you listen.

A Good Start.

As a first book, this one was good. Terry Goodkind did a very good job of character development and world creation. My one complaint is that he set the standard for the rest of his book, ie he created situations where his characters needed supernatural means to survive. Now a few of those situations were needed to reveal character's hidden talents, but to many in one book just starts to wear down the series if it continues with any frequency. If your main characters are backing themselves into that many corners one of two things are happening. Either your main characters are too stupid to survive, or in way over their heads and you have made your bad guys too good. In the first case it becomes pretty obvious fast if your characters are stupid and that's bad for buying in to the survivability of your characters. Goodkind avoids this by making his characters ignorant but smart. They aren't stupid so when they get into situations because of their ignorance you can buy into them getting out of it by using their brains. Where Goodkind makes his mistake is in the second situation. He makes his bad guys really good, but really dumb in some areas. You have the brains to send a deadly Mord Sith after your main character, but after your main character successfully defeats this same Mord Sith infront of your main bad guy, you give said main character free reign of the grounds for a number of days? Really? I realize Goodkind was trying to show arrogance in his main bad guy, but that's not arrogance that's stupidity. No bad guy that had amassed as much power as Darkin Raul could be that stupid. This and a few other occurances in the book are what drop it from a 4 star to a 3 star. This is a good story by itself, but a bad start to a series.

Sam Tsoutsouvas does a good job of presenting this work. He really kept me involved with the book with his presentation of the characters. He isn't the best reader on Audible, but he does a good job and I enjoyed his work. His reading actually lifted the overall rating of this book up a star from the story rating, for that he deserves credit for his achievement.

Beautiful classic fantasy!

A favorite series of mine, read beautifully. Sam Tsoutsouvas has captured the Seeker and his friends perfectly.

LOVE IT!!!

I love this book!!!! Terry Goodkind creates characters you can relate to. It is magical with unexpected twists and turns.
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