From #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry Goodkind comes The
First Confessor, the prequel to the Sword of Truth
In a time before legends had yet been born...
Married to the powerful leader of her people, safe among those gifted
with great ability, Magda Searus is protected from a distant world
descending into war. But when her husband, a man who loved life and
loved her, unexpectedly commits suicide, she suddenly finds herself
alone. Because she is ungifted herself, without her husband she no
longer has standing among her people, and she finds herself isolated in
a society that seems to be crumbling around her.
Despite her grief, she is driven to find the reasons behind why her
husband would do such a thing--why he would abandon her and her people
at such a profoundly dangerous time. Though she is not gifted, she
begins to discover that there may be more to her husband's suicide than
anyone knew. What she finds next, no one is willing to believe.
Without anyone to help her, she knows that she must embark on a mission
to find a mysterious spiritist, if she even exists, so that she may
speak with the dead. This quest may also be her last chance to unravel
what is really behind the mysterious events befalling her people. What
she discovers along the way is that the war is going far worse than she
had known, and that the consequences of defeat will be more terrifying
for her and her people than she could have imagined.
As mortal peril begin to close in around her, Magda learns that she is
somehow the key to her people's salvation.
Journey with Magda Searus into her dark world, and learn how true
legends are born.
