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Naked Empire
Written by Terry Goodkind
Narrated by Jim Bond
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- Brilliance Audio
- Released:
- May 16, 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781543613216
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- Audiobook
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Beginning with Wizard’s First Rule and continuing with six subsequent fantasy masterpieces, Terry Goodkind has thrilled and awed millions of readers worldwide. Now Goodkind returns with a broad-canvas adventure of epic intrigue, violent conflict, and terrifying peril for the beautiful Kahlan Amnell and her husband, the heroic Richard Rahl, the Sword of Truth.
Richard Rahl has been poisoned. Saving an empire from annihilation is the price of the antidote. With the shadow of death looming near, the empire crumbling before the invading hordes, and time running out, Richard is offered not only his own life but the salvation of a people, in exchange for delivering his wife, Kahlan, into bondage to the enemy.
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Naked Empire
Written by Terry Goodkind
Narrated by Jim Bond
Description
Beginning with Wizard’s First Rule and continuing with six subsequent fantasy masterpieces, Terry Goodkind has thrilled and awed millions of readers worldwide. Now Goodkind returns with a broad-canvas adventure of epic intrigue, violent conflict, and terrifying peril for the beautiful Kahlan Amnell and her husband, the heroic Richard Rahl, the Sword of Truth.
Richard Rahl has been poisoned. Saving an empire from annihilation is the price of the antidote. With the shadow of death looming near, the empire crumbling before the invading hordes, and time running out, Richard is offered not only his own life but the salvation of a people, in exchange for delivering his wife, Kahlan, into bondage to the enemy.
- Publisher:
- Brilliance Audio
- Released:
- May 16, 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781543613216
- Format:
- Audiobook
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At this point, I'm reading the series just to finish it. I'm so tired of Goodkind's writing. In every book, he repeats himself over and over again. How many times do we have to read about the effect that drawing the Sword of Truth has on Richard or the entire history surrounding Confessors whenever Kahlan uses her power? Speaking of which, Goodkind never explains why Kahlan's power didn't have any effect on Nicolas. I also hate how convenient he comes up with Richard's solution to the problem with his gift. It's amazing how wizards much more experienced and far older than Richard didn't know that their theory on balance and how it relates to not eating meat were completely wrong.
I really hope The Wheel of Time series is better than this one.
This book doesn't really follow the main story. It is more a side story that is still a part of the larger story. Jagang only appears for a few chapters, but there is a new villain introduced that Richard has to take care of. Throughout the book, Richard and Kahlan are forced to help a group of people known as the Bandakar. We later find out who these people really are, and you will find out why Richard is forced to help, but I don't wan't to spoil anything. As this is going on, Zedd and Addie are protecting the Wizard's Keep, but loose it when they are captured by some men and a Sister of the Dark. They are taken to Jagang and tortured for information.
I was really worried about Zedd and Addie the entire time! I really didn't know what was going to happen to them. There were times when I almost cried because Zedd remembers some things from his past that are a bit upsetting. Lets just say I was really intrigued by their story and how it was resolved.
As for Richard and Kahlan's story, I really enjoyed it. I thought it was interesting to learn about these new people and see who they really were. The only problem with this part of the book was that these people were extremely misinformed and cut off from the rest of civilization, so Richard has to go into several lengthy speeches, and it started becoming a bit too preachy for me. Also, the new villain "Nicholas the Slide", was just annoying and not well developed. I couldn't stand all the repetitive details of his actions and thoughts. The battle that Richard and Nicholas have wasn't what I was expecting either.
Overall, it was a pretty decent story. There were slow parts, but they were filled with some history and other important information, and there were also a few enjoyable battles. I liked this book much more than the previous, but it is not my favorite.
I would recommend this book to anyone who has read this far into the series. It is a good and fun read, and better than the last book.