Richard Cypher, his beloved Kahlan Amnell, and the wizard Zedd risk everything to combat an unspeakable evil that threatens to destroy their world and precipitate the ultimate apocalyps In a fantasy world as rich and real as our own, Richard Rahl and Kahlah Amnell stand against the ancient forces which besiege the New World--forces so terrible that when last they threatened, they could only be withstood by sealing off the Old World from whence they came. Now the barrier has been breached, and the New World is again beset by their evil power.
