Severed Souls
By Terry Goodkind
- Release Date: 2014-08-05
- Genre: Epic Fantasy
Description
From Terry Goodkind, author of the Sword of Truth series, comes Severed Souls, a New York Times best selling novel of Richard Rahl, Kahlan Amnell, and their world.
From the far reaches of the D'Haran Empire, Bishop Hannis Arc and the ancient Emperor Sulachan lead a vast horde of Shun-Tuk and other depraved "half-people" into the Empire's heart, raising an army of the dead in order to threaten the world of the living. Meanwhile, far from home, Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell must defend themselves and their followers from a series of terrifying threats, despite a magical sickness that depletes their strength and which, if not cured, will take their lives...sooner rather than later.
"Richard saw the point of a sword blade sticking out from between the man's shoulder blades. He spun back toward Richard after throwing the woman out of the opening, ready to attack. It seemed impossible, but the man looked unaffected by the blade that had impaled him through the chest.
It was then, in the weak light from the fire pit off to the side, that Richard got his first good look at the killer.
Three knives were buried up to their brass cross-guards in the man's chest. Only the handles were showing. Richard saw, too, the broken end of a sword blade jutting out from the center of the man's chest. The point of that same blade stuck out from the man's back.
Richard recognized the knife handles. All three were the style carried by the men of the First File.
He looked from those blades that should have killed the big man, up into his face. That was when he realized the true horror of the situation, and the reason for the unbearable stench of death."
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Reviews
It's hard to say.....
1By GuywholovesscotlandBut I've become increasingly bored reading these last few novels. Confessor was at least interesting but these Dark Lands books are becoming a chore to read. This is all very hard to say since I'm a huge fan of Terry Goodkind but he consistently repeats himself with the same babble. The characters seem to shift between larger than life people to be petty teenagers fighting over who's the king on the school yard. The SOT series inspired me to be a better person but these Dark Lands novels almost make me think he is prolonging the story to make a bit more money and draw the story out a bit more. This makes me very sad to say any of this. Period.Always a Fan
5By Sara Anne L.This book was action packed and there seemed to be a lot of running away for most of it. Loved all the characters, and was especially heartbroken at the end. I will always be a fan of Terry Goodkind, but I have to say that his first series was amazing and his new books definitely fall short of his earlier writing style.Slow start
3By MhedrickMost of the initial chapters are repetitive. Almost as if the author had a page quota to fill but only so much of the storyline with which to fill the pages. The last third of the book is where the real story begins. Quite a cliffhanger, but without that I might have decided to stop reading the series. I have to say, it really pales in comparison to the first SOT series.Not bad
3By Michael HuntingtonI enjoyed it especially the end but I've noticed in your last 3-4 books you end up spending about 15chapters explaining the same thing over and over. I know in SOT you only had that at the beginning of the books as refresher which is fine but it was short and coinciet were in this I was hundreds of pages in and they were still being ambushed on the middle of a conversation and then they explained that same conversation another 10-20 times at every opportunity instead of a simple "so then I told red why it is important that we need to make haste". Not saying repetition is bad but it is when it's repeated dozens of times that could have been used to character build or develop more aspects of the story or even more combat and action.I cried
5By KessFamI cried so much. It was sad and amazing. My daughter had reread the last few chapters a hundred times looking for loopholes.Amazing, as usual.
5By Andikins15I started this trip backwards. I watched the show first and then discovered the books. Both are amazing. I have yet to read a Goodkind book that doesn't bring me to tears, or give me anxiety, or bring pure joy. You can't help but get sucked into the incredible world Mr. Goodkind has created, and along the way you fall in love with Richard and Kahlan. I don't think anyone could be satisfied with an ending to their breathtaking story. Please let there be more!Please tell me there's more!
5By jepoll00One of the best one's yet.So good
5By Jwhag03This book hard me in tears. Great read!Severed Souls
4By Jct2626Like all of Goodkind's books, this one leaves you with a mix of inspiration and desperation. That folks can show such evil and malice brings you to points of hurt and confusion. But it definitely sets in words concepts of virtue that ignite a wish for in reality.I cried
5By leendertZAPlease dear God, don't let the developments of this book be true. Cliffhanger upon cliffhanger, but the ending cannot be. It simply cannot be.Another fast read...
4By Fixxxer37I love Terry Goodkind's work. I don't care if the book covers 3 days of the Richard & Kahlan story or 3 years. It's a story, imaginative and fun. Keep up the good work. This is a lot of fun.Disappointment
1By IheartDancemusicI'm just hoping he ends this soon. The confessor was the last book in the SOT series. Everything after has been garbage. It's like he stopped caring about the characters he spent 12 very long books carefully developing. Can we please get a follow up to the First Confessor? Now that was Terry Goodkind gold.Terry's moral stand points
3By EAJ1976I'm just hoping that we aren't force fed another 200 pages of Terry's stupid rants. Most of his books now read like a broken record. I'm not well over a third of the book. Guess what's happened? Nothing. I mean nothing. They've done some running. Pages and pages of useless drivel. Do we need 20 pages of hearing about how nobody likes the poor confessors again like we do in all of his book?! I want to puke. Never again am I wasting money on this crap. Do yourself a favor and don't bother. I'm not even going to finish reading the book.It's like Xmas in August
5By AgabaegnazraelOne book a year, can't complain about that. I look forward to his upcoming release dates as soon as I finish the new book. Don't ever get discouraged Mr. Goodkind. Loved the trip to 3k years ago and the parallel universe. Interested to see them all tie together.It will be awesome
5By JnacmbnHow can people rate this book before it's even out? Especially giving it 1 star based on the number of pages they think it will be?! This book will be awesome regardless. Terry Goodkind is amazing.A Long book would be nice
3By Crazy one636I'd love to see the next book be as long as the very first at least 700 pages528 Pages
5By lawdeskLooks like the new book will be 528 pages.Question
1By Bob KtownI love Terry Goodkind as an author and think the series is the best. But, I have a question. How can this be a "sweeping new novel" covering Richard and Kahlan if it's only 250 pages long? This will be the 15th novel in the overall series and, except for Debt of Bones, they are all at least 2-3 times longer in length than this novel is projected to be. It would be a crime if this novel is as short as indicated. Hopefully, 250 pages is erroneous.
