Sword of Truth Books in Order

The last Richard and Kahlan novel opens with Richard lying on his own funeral bier and the D’Haran Empire on the brink of annihilation. Following an inner prompting no one else understands, Kahlan wagers everything on a desperate gamble that could either save their world or end it for good.

Marked by a stain of death that is slowly killing them, Richard and Kahlan race to find a cure even as undead hordes and fanatics push toward the heart of D’Hara. Their search forces them into impossible choices about what they are willing to sacrifice to save their people.

Poisoned by the essence of death and stripped of much of his magic, Richard finds himself and Kahlan stranded in the haunted Dark Lands. Surrounded by cannibals, restless dead, and strange allies, he must uncover a growing conspiracy that reaches back toward the heart of D’Hara.

Centuries before Richard and Kahlan, Magda Searus loses her husband, the First Wizard, to a shocking suicide. Refusing to accept the official story, she uncovers a conspiracy, confronts a rising enemy from the Old World, and forges a bond with a wizard that will create the first Confessor.

Soon after a strange boy delivers a chilling warning, common people begin speaking in perfect prophecies and a buried metal contraption awakens beneath the palace. As its omens grow ever darker and more precise, Richard and Kahlan must learn who built the omen machine and how to confront it.

The final volume of the Chainfire trilogy brings Richard and Kahlan’s long struggle to a climax. With the Boxes of Orden in play, the Imperial Order at the gates, and Kahlan still bound by forgotten magic, Richard must stake everything on one last, perilous use of ancient power.

Continuing the Chainfire story, Richard scours a war-torn world for Kahlan while the Imperial Order closes in on D’Hara. As corrupted magic spreads and prophecies twist out of shape, he must unravel how the spell that erased Kahlan is tied to a far greater catastrophe.

After nearly dying from a battlefield wound, Richard wakes to find Kahlan gone and everyone insisting she never existed. Hunted by a magical beast and doubted by his closest allies, he follows fragile clues that suggest a forbidden spell has rewritten memory and history itself.

On the journey home, Richard is poisoned by a desperate stranger from the hidden empire of Bandakar, whose pacifist people are being crushed by the Imperial Order. To earn the antidote, he must convince an entire nation that refusing to fight can be the most deadly choice of all.

Jennsen Rahl has spent her life running from assassins sent by the mysterious Lord Rahl, never knowing why. Immune to magic and guided by a charming stranger with his own agenda, she is drawn toward a confrontation that could upend the war between freedom and tyranny.

Nicci, a powerful Sister of the Dark, kidnaps Richard and drags him into the heart of the Imperial Order’s capital, binding Kahlan’s life to his obedience. While Kahlan leads embattled armies elsewhere, Richard quietly challenges an entire culture’s beliefs using work, art, and stubborn hope.

On their long-awaited wedding night, Richard and Kahlan accidentally unleash the chimes, a force that is draining magic from the world. Drawn into the politics of Anderith and its devastating weapon, they must outwit both local leaders and the Imperial Order to avert disaster.

A Sister of the Dark breaches the legendary Temple of the Winds and unleashes a magical plague that races across the Midlands. Bound by cruel prophecy, Richard and Kahlan face heartbreaking choices as they hunt for a way into the temple and a cure before their world dies.

During the war against D’Hara, a desperate young woman confronts First Wizard Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander to demand payment of an old debt and the rescue of her child. Her plea forces Zedd into a fateful choice that will reshape the borders and magic of the entire New World.

Now Lord Rahl, Richard moves to unite the free lands under D’Haran rule before the fanatical Blood of the Fold and the invading Imperial Order can cleanse the world of magic. As betrayal and zealotry rise, he and Kahlan fight separate battles that will decide everyone’s future.

In the wake of Darken Rahl’s defeat, Richard’s awakening magic is killing him and a tear between the worlds has unleashed forces from the underworld. Torn from Kahlan, he must submit to the Sisters of the Light for training while war spreads across the Midlands.

After his father is murdered, forest guide Richard Cypher rescues a mysterious woman and is named the Seeker of Truth. Armed with a deadly sword and guided by a reclusive wizard, he must stop tyrant Darken Rahl from seizing an ancient world-shaping power.