Stone of Tears

8:26 pm in Nerdtastic Books, Novels by Nerd Girl

Stone of Tears by:Terry Goodkind

Nerd rating 9/10

This story begins after Richard has killed Darken Rahl using the boxes of Orden and the wizard’s first rule. It starts in the garden of life with Chase the boundary warden, Zed the wizard and Rachel a girl. They are there looking at the aftermath of the death of lord Rahl, when they are looking to see what to do with the boxes of Orden they are attacked buy a screeling sent by the Keeper. The veil to the underworld has been torn by the magic of the boxes of Orden. They must find Richard to let him know, but he has already left to see the Mud people on Scarlet the dragon. Zed sets off to search for him.

While at the mud peoples village Richard and Kahlan decide to marry but they never have the chance. Richard starts to have headaches from his gift and finds out that he is a wizard too, he has gotten it from his father Darken Rahl and his grandfather Zedukus Zul Zorander. If Richard does not get His magic under control it will kill him.

This is where the Sisters of the light come into the book. They tell Richard he must come with them or die and he must put the Rada’ Han (like a collar) on his neck. With his previous experience with a collar he won’t do it so kahlan makes him, he does and ends up at the Palace of the Prophet.

At the palace he learns that he does not age normal there and he may be stuck there forever if he doesn’t learn magic or escape. He meets new friends and enemies while there, as he discovers  a group of sisters that work for the keeper called the sisters of the dark. Richard exposes them and escapes just in time to….. Ok lazy read the book already.