And then every subsequent reference for Nathan made sure to mention how he was a prophet, because we mustn’t forget that detail, and the reader may if it isn’t mentioned every time we re-encounter this character.
So maybe we should go see if the Prophet Nathan can help, because he’s a Rahl, a distant relation of Richard, and the last living prophet, and the palace would increase his magical powers. In fact, having some explanations repeated 7-8 times throughout the novel felt patronizing.įor example, every time Zedd couldn’t heal something, someone ‘casually’ remarked that Zedd’s power is decreased by the People’s Palace because the floorplan is a physical spellform that enhances a Rahl’s power, and while Zedd is Richard Rahl’s grandfather, he is not a Rahl himself. The hardcover edition is 528 pages and a huge chunk of it felt either repetitious or recycled material. Perhaps I’ve forgotten Goodkind’s particular style of writing, or maybe this book just needed a harsher edit.
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I read the Sword of Truth series many years ago now-I started book blogging in 2008 and I finished Confessor prior to that. In exchange for an impossible demand.įrom the publisher, Doubleday Canada, a division of Random House Canada As catastrophe approaches, the machine then reveals that it is within its power to withdraw the omen.
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As Zedd tries to figure out how to destroy the sinister device, the machine issues a cataclysmic omen involving Richard and Kahlan, foretelling an impending event beyond anyone’s ability to stop. The omens turn out to be astonishingly accurate, and ever more ominous. The machine awakens to begin issuing a series of increasingly alarming, if minor, omens. Now he returns with a powerful new tale from Richard and Kahlan’s world.Īn accident leads to the discovery of a mysterious machine that has rested hidden deep underground for countless millennia. It takes place after the end of Confessor, the eleventh book in the Sword of Truth series.įrom the beginning, with Wizard’s First Rule, Terry Goodkind set a new standard for epic storytelling. I’m guessing that book received a lukewarm review and thus The Omen Machine: A Richard and Kahlan Story was born. Although Terry Goodkind said he wouldn’t be writing any more Sword of Truth books, he sort of slipped up with The Law of Nines.
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