The Sword of the Truth, Book 12 - The Omen Machine
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Authors: Terry Goodkind
There is darkness,” the boy said.
A penny for your future, sir?”
Following Rikka deep into the private, warmly paneled corridors of…
Kharga Trace?” Benjamin asked.
Kahlan watched Zedd pace across the gold and blue carpet…
Well,” Zedd finally said into the hush, “at least you…
As he made his way into the grand hall, Richard…
Not long after Richard had sent the captain to collect…
Richard stepped back to the waiting group of officials, mayors,…
Time itself seemed to stop.
How is she?” Zedd asked when Richard closed the door…
Richard and Zedd followed Nathan into a narrow hallway lit…
Kahlan sat up with a start.
Richard stood when the door opened. Out of the corner…
Out in the corridor, as Ludwig was leaving, Richard spotted…
How’s your hand?” Richard asked.
Kahlan woke to the distinctive sound of Richard’s sword coming…
It was a long journey down to the dungeons, but…
Richard held his tongue. He wasn’t in the mood to…
Kahlan ingratiated herself with the representatives by first laying out…
Everyone inched forward, eager to finally hear what none of…
The room had fallen dead silent. No one dared blink.
Richard closed the double doors behind him as he stepped…
Richard was lost in kissing the soft, sensual curve of…
Out of the corner of her eye Kahlan saw the…
High up in the People’s Palace, Richard and Kahlan, with…
As they ducked, trying to avoid being hit by the…
Richard held the glowing sphere out ahead of him as…
Kahlan looked from Richard’s troubled face to the glowing symbol…
Outside of the Garden of Life hundreds of heavily armed…
Kahlan’s throbbing hand lay in her lap as she sat…
Zedd peered again at the metal strip when Nathan handed…
Looking more concerned than either Zedd or Nathan, Nicci didn’t…
Zedd waved a hand, insisting on being the first one…
Richard turned his attention to Benjamin, standing back out of…
Hannis Arc, working on the tapestry of lines linking constellations…
Mohler did not look up to meet the steady gaze…
Richard yawned. He looked up from the complexities of translating…
As he ran down the service hallway, Richard could smell…
As Richard passed between phalanxes of guards and through the…
Richard couldn’t begin to imagine what it could all mean—…
The door carefully opened a crack in response to his…
Orneta straightened a little, pushing back with a hand braced…
Kahlan woke with a start when she heard the howls.
Kahlan followed close on Richard’s heels as they ran past…
Kahlan tried to follow Richard into the room, but Cara,…
His sword still gripped tightly in his hand, Richard circled…
Richard stood alone, hands clasped behind his back, staring at…
Henrik lifted his head from gulping water out of the…
After a frightening race along the trail as it tunneled…
As Henrik made his way along the causeway made of…
Jit sat cross-legged in the middle of the room, nested…
The man glanced down at the warm, wet place growing…
Henrik feared to take a step toward the Hedge Maid.
As the Hedge Maid started out toward a shadowy opening…
Henrik thought that the winds must have stilled to make…
Kahlan woke with a start, panting in terror. A blur…
Still drifting back from that distant place that felt completely…
What’s this about me and my gift?” Nathan asked as…
With his foot, Richard flipped over the carpet. He didn’t…
The situation calls for a choice, and I’ve made it,”…
The group with Queen Orneta fell silent as the Mord-Sith…
Before the woman could prod her with the weapon, Orneta…
Ludwig was pouring himself a last glass of wine when…
Richard was shocked and angry.
Kahlan woke to the feel of warm breath on her…
Kahlan slowly pulled in a deep breath, preparing herself.
It was deep in the middle of the night by…
When the violence of the wizard’s fire at last subsided,…
Well isn’t that something,” Zedd said as he stepped out…
Nicci stepped up beside Richard. “Darkness has found it?”
When Richard had finished filling the bin with metal strips,…
Kahlan woke, confused at feeling herself rocking. She winced as…
Anything at all?” Richard asked Berdine in a quiet voice.
In the distance, paths meandered through elaborate gardens, but the…
Patrols that had spotted Richard ran up to see what…
Kahlan woke with a start. She squinted out at the…
As Kahlan guided her horse among immense pines, she frequently…
Kahlan was confounded at the construction of the enclosed, candlelit…
Kahlan ran the words through her mind again, not sure…
Richard stood staring through the soft haze of drizzle at…
Crouched low, Richard made his way along the top of…
Richard dropped into a crouch as he landed. Glowing, hooded…
It came to him.
In a blink, before the Hedge Maid could have second…
If he lives,” Cara said, “I’m going to kill him.”