The Sword of Truth, Boxed Set III, Books 7-9: The Pillars of Creation, Naked Empire, Chainfire Mass Market Author: Visit Amazon's Terry Goodkind Page | Language: English | ISBN:
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The Sword of Truth, Boxed Set III, Books 7-9: The Pillars of Creation, Naked Empire, Chainfire Mass Market Description
About the Author
Terry Goodkind is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. His books include the eleven-volume Sword of Truth series, beginning with Wizard’s First Rule, the basis for the television show Legend of the Seeker. Goodkind was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, where he also attended art school. Alongside a career in wildlife art, he has also been a cabinetmaker and a 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.
- Mass Market Paperback: 2405 pages
- Publisher: Tor Fantasy; Slp Rep edition (October 3, 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0765356856
- ISBN-13: 978-0765356857
- Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 4.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
As a HUGE fan of the Sword of Truth series, I have picked up each novel with a renewed interest in where Terry Goodkind will send us next, and what will happen next in the monumental battle against Jagang's seeminly endless army of the Order. Most of the novels have been absolutely amazing -- with only two exceptions, one of which has been included in this boxed set.
Pillars Of Creation ****
If this had been the very first book in the series, it would have been received MUCH better than it originally was. I have three big reasons why, and they have NOTHING to do with how good the book is. Let me explain: I purchased this book originally in hardback, and I noticed that the inside front cover *teased* us with a miniature description of the storyline...the problem is the publisher manipulates you into thinking this story features the main characters of Richard, Kahlan and soforth. The second reason is that of ALL the Terry Goodkind novels, this is the ONLY one NOT packaged as a Sword of Truth Novel on the front (of the hardback edition). WHY??? I'll TELL you why: what little we actually see of Richard contains nothing about the actual Sword itself. The third reason is the MAIN problem with the way the novel was packaged in the first place: It really moves the entire storyline nowhere. I may discover that to be incorrect after I finish the 11th and final novel (not out as I write this) but thus far, you could easily skip from Faith of the Fallen directly to Naked Empire and lose virtually NOTHING. I simply do NOT understand this type of departure from the main storytelling. I have since actually interviewed Mr. Goodkind and he is WELL aware of how this bothers a large number of his readers, and yet his explanation didn't satisfy my interest in the WHY he actually did it.
This set contains books 7-9 of Terry Goodkind's wonderful epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth: The Pillars of Creation, Naked Empire, and Chainfire.
The Pillars of Creation - 4 stars.
This is not among the best books of the series--some of the new characters are better than others, and some parts of the story more engrossing than others--but it is still quite good. I especially liked Althea and her husband Friedrich, and Tom. Jennsen is a mixed case, but more good than bad. Oba was a bit annoying. Sebastian is one of the best new Goodkind characters, good or evil (perhaps in this case not obviously either), in a long time. The section when he takes Jennsen to meet Emperor Jagang for the storming of Aydindril stands up to almost anything in the series thus far.
And, as usual, Goodkind's story illustrates important political and philosophical themes. Here we have a novel about the crucial need of, appropriately enough in light of 9/11, good intelligence agencies (though this is hardly an Ian Fleming novel), and more deeply of using your own judgment rather than relying on what others tell you is the right or wrong thing to do. A worthy message well told.
Naked Empire - 4 stars.
In Naked Empire, Terry Goodkind weaves a plot that, through the action of the story, illustrates increasingly deeper themes with great relevance to our culture today. Politically, and most superficially, it is a story about the hopelessness of the doctrine of pacifism for establishing genuine peace, but that it rather leads to tyranny. Ethically, it is about whether people are justified in fighting for their values by retaliating against physical threats to them, or whether it is ever proper to turn the other cheek.
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