The Sword of Truth, Box Set II, Books 4-6: Temple of the Winds; Soul of the Fire; Faith of the Fallen [Box set] [Paperback]

Terry Goodkind (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 29, 2002

This Mass Market Boxed Set, is the Second Boxed Set of The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind:

The Box Set includes:
Temple of the Winds, 0-812-55148-6
Soul of the Fire, 0-812-55149-4
Faith of the Fallen, 0-812-57639-X

Book 4: Temple of the Winds
On the red moon will come the firestorm...

Wielding the Sword of Truth, Richard Rahl has battled death itself and come to the defense of the D'Haran people. But now the power-mad Emperor Jagang confronts Richard with a swift and inexorable foe: a mystical plague cutting a deadly swath across the land and slaying thousands of innocent victims.

To quench the inferno, he must seek remedy in the wind...

To fight it Richard and his beloved Kahlan Amnell will risk everything to uncover the source of the terrible plague-the magic sealed away for three millennia in the Temple of the Winds.

Lightning will find him on that path...

But when prophecy throws the shadow of betrayal across their mission and threatens to destroy them, Richard must accept the Truth and find a way to pay the price the winds demand...or he and his world will perish.


Book 5: Soul of the Fire
Sequel to the New York Times bestselling Temple of the Winds

Richard Rahl has traveled far from his roots as a simple woods guide. Emperor of the D'Haran Empire, war wizard, the Seeker of Truth--none of these roles mean as much to him as his newest: husband to his beloved Kahlan Amnell, Mother Confessor of the Midlands.

But their wedding day is the key that unlocks a spell sealed away long ago in a faraway country. Now a deadly power pours forth that threatens to turn the world into a lifeless waste.


dSeparated from the Sword of Truth and stripped of their magic, Richard and Kahlan must journey across the Midlands to discover a dark secret from the past and a trap that could tear them apart forever. For their fate has become inextricably entwined with that of the Midlands--and there's no place so dangerous as a world without magic...

Book 6: Faith of the Fallen
Sequel to the New York Times bestselling Soul of the Fire

Terry Goodkind author of the enormously popular Sword of Truth novels, has forged perhaps his best novel yet, pitting Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell against threats to the freedom of the world that will take them to opposite ends of the world to defeat the forces of chaos and anarchy.

Emperor Jagang is rising once again in the Old World and Richard must face him, on his own turf. Richard heads into the Old World with Cara, the Mord-Sith, while his beloved Kahlan remains behind. Unwilling to heed an ancient prophecy, Kahlan raises an army and goes into battle against forces threatening armed insurrection in the Midlands.

Separated and fighting for their lives, Richard and Kahlan will be tested to the utmost.

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About the Author

One of the most popular writers of fantasy today, Terry Goodkind divides his time between Maine and Nevada.

Product Details

• Paperback: 2405 pages
• Publisher: Tor Books; Reprint edition (August 29, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0765344947
• ISBN-13: 978-0765344946
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 5.2 x 4.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (65 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,234 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Terry Goodkind is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Sword of Truth series, Richard and Kahlan stories, author of The Law of Nines, and writer of Legend of the Seeker, the Sam Raimi produced, ABC television series based on The Sword of Truth books.

Goodkind was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, where he also attended art school, one of his many interests on the way to becoming a writer. Besides a career in wildlife art, he has been a cabinet maker and violin maker, and he has done restoration work on rare and exotic artifacts from around the world -- each with its own story to tell, he says.

While continuing to maintain the northeastern home he built with his own hands, in recent years he and his wife, Jeri, have created a second home in the desert Southwest, where he now spends the majority of his time.

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22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars for TotW--3 stars for SotF--and 5 stars for FotF, October 19, 2006

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Jeff Edwards "RadioJeff" (Twin Falls, Idaho) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sword of Truth, Box Set II, Books 4-6: Temple of the Winds; Soul of the Fire; Faith of the Fallen (Paperback)

I believe that judging this series as a whole will favorably argue that Goodkind is every bit the equal to Tolkien -- even though Terry Goodkind himself would probably balk at such a comparison. I have it on good authority a very large chunk of Sword of Truth fans are not even typical Fantasy readers in general (or at all). The social & political upheaval that is covered within the entire storyline is truly epic in scope. The first three books (Wizards First Rule, Stone of Tears & Blood of the Fold) are easily my all-time favorite Fantasy novels. Not an easy place to be in my opinion writing in the shadows of Terry Brooks, J.K. Rowling, George R.R. Martin and the mighty Tolkien (to name a few). While I believe books 1 & 2 are STILL the best, in this boxed set, two remarkable stories stand out.

First...Temple of the Winds is simply AWESOME. While after initially finishing Blood of the Fold I was slightly disappointed, after re-reading it several years later, I decided that it was actually very good...but Temple of the Winds surpasses it in every way (IMHO). The struggles against Emperor Jagang and his evil plots to conquer the world as he sees it is amazing. Just the very idea of the Temple I found to be incredibly original all the way around. The eventual outcome and how Richard had to lower himself in order to save his people -- and his beloved Kahlan -- was nothing short of compelling.

Second...Soul of the Fire was my first (and only) serious disappointment in this entire series to date. While I wasn't very pleased with 'Pillars of Creation' and how Goodkind totally changed gears on his faithful readers by shuffling his main characters into microscopic roles (they only appeared in the final 40 pages or so), in SotF he did a very similar act. He created the brand new city of Anderith and immersed us head-first into this entirely new plot-line and kept Richard & Kahlan to nearly secondary characters altogether. Even though Pillars almost eliminated Richard & Kahlan, I STILL found the overall storyline to be quite entertaining...but with SotF it just fell flat for me. At least half of the novel kept me interested, but every time we went back to the problems in Anderith, MY interest virtually died.

Third...Faith of the Fallen really IS long on commentary by Richard, almost as though he were running for office. What I found to be utterly compelling however is that to the people Richard is virtually preaching to, what he is saying actually FITS 100%. The worth of souls ARE great, and Richard sees this, and has this monumental struggle to prove it to those in bondage to the Order. The pacifists of this world will never really fully understand what this means, because they are so busy trying to iron over any so-called problems and shelter their families from the real-world consequences that almost ALWAYS happen when you take a back seat to the oppression that threatens to consume the world as we know it. In short, I loved this book. If you put aside your political beliefs, and the outright incorrect way in which many attempt to connect FotF to Atlas Shrugged, LOOK at the situation that Richard finds himself forcibly immersed into...how ELSE can he express himself and talk sense into those who passively sit by while the evil-doers of the Order slaughter innocent lives all in the name of the Maker? Goodkind got it totally right here and I wouldn't change a word.

All in all I would rate the series 5-stars.

Wizards First Rule 5 Stars
Stone of Tears 5 Stars
Blood of the Fold 5 Stars
Temple of the Wind 5 Stars
Soul of the Fire 3 Stars
Faith of the Fallen 5 Stars
Pillars of Creation 4 Stars
Naked Empire 5 Stars
Chainfire 5 Stars
Phantom 5 Stars

I just wish that Terry could write faster...but if it in any way compromised the quality of the stories, I am perfectly happy waiting however long it takes to read whatever he writes.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing books, December 27, 2009

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reader1840 - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sword of Truth, Box Set II, Books 4-6: Temple of the Winds; Soul of the Fire; Faith of the Fallen (Paperback)

I want to start with how happy i was that i did not read this popular series when i was younger. Just finishing up college and have not been able to relate to fantasy novels for a a couple of years tell i read these books.

What makes it different?

Well the world he creates is brilliant in its originality, the characters have a beautiful development (sound cheesy but extremely true), plot is phenomenal in each book, and i can keep going.

The greatest feature of the series is Goodkind's philosophy. Its beautiful in how real it is. I think the best way to describe it without giving anything away away is polarity between Wizards Rule's/ stupidity of man and the message of Faith of the Fallen/ beauty of man. For those who have not read the book, the characters act like people would in normal life- the good,the bad, the ugly, and the beautiful.

Advice- The last 300 pages of faith of the fallen need to be read in 2-3 days. Trust me make sure when you get to the last 300 pages that you have time to read it because you will end up not sleeping and skipping errands so you wont have to put the book down.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Losing It's Steam, February 12, 2011

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Arial Burnz "That's my two pence..." (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sword of Truth, Box Set II, Books 4-6: Temple of the Winds; Soul of the Fire; Faith of the Fallen (Paperback)

Book 4 is awesome and I couldn't put it down. However, things start going south when you hit Book 5. The only thing that has kept me reading are the characters, whom I have already fallen in love with. I'm not sure what's happened with the stories...either Goodkind got lazy or ran out of ideas OR his editors got lazy not caring about what they put on the shelves. As a writer, I know the editors are key in helping the writer shape the story into something consistent, but I think they may have taken a back seat because Goodkind's books got so popular. It's almost as if they said, "We don't have to edit these books as tightly as we did before. Goodkind's fans will buy it up anyway."

"Soul of the Fire" starts out with Richard and the Birdman pursuing the "chicken that's not a chicken", and though Kahlan thinks they're both crazy, she ends up being terrorized by this monster chicken as well, her life in danger. I couldn't stop laughing, and not in a good way. Then they leave the village to set out on this quest that Zedd urges them to pursue, with such urgency to the task...and they stop and contemplate what they're going to do next for a couple of CHAPTERS. So much for urgency. I really read the 5th book thinking, "I sure hope this all has a point," and thankfully, the fabulous ending of the book saved it, leaving me feeling 85% satisfied with the resolution, which is what kept me moving on to the next book.

Book 6 left me completely frustrated through the whole story, wondering where the hell it was going with Nikki's crazy quest of "Richard has the answer, but I don't know what the question is." She puts EVERYONE'S life in danger for this personal quest where she doesn't even know what she's looking for. Again, the ending redeemed the story, but this time I left feeling about 65% satisfied. Unfortunately, it just keeps getting worse after that.

Books 1-4 of Goodkind's stories are really good, but I would highly recommend NOT buying the entire series. Read them one at a time if you can get through them. I bought the entire series and just because I didn't want to have wasted my money, I'm TRUDGING through the remaining books. I've been on "Chainfire" (Book 9) for about 8 months, the book on my nightstand, waiting to be read. I just can't seem to get through more than 10 pages before I put it down disgusted saying, "Get to the freakin' point!" It has NOT given me any desire to read Goodkind's latest book.

I highly recommend books 1-4. GREAT stories, wonderful characters you fall in love with, and a world alive and full of magic. Just don't spoil it by reading the others.

That's my two pence...
Arial