Wizards First Rule - a novel of incomparable scope and brimming with magical atmospheric detail. In a world where heart hounds stalk the boundaries for unwary human prey, blodd-sucking flies hunt on behalf of their Underworld masters, and where artists can draw more than your likeness, there is no place to hide, nowhere safe. For magic makes love twice as sweet, betrayal and loss twice as bitter... A breathtaking debut from the new master of epic fantasy.
Since the sundering of the land into three disparate nations, Westland has remained resolutely free of the taint of sorcery, leaving its people to lead their lives unmolested by magic. Until, that is, the discovery of the torn and twisted corpse of Richard Cypher's father marks the beginning of the fulfilment of an age-old prophecy.
Now the time has come to accept that magic, in all its myriad forms, is inherent in the Land and its people - that it cannot be ignored if the people are to survive. Only Richard has the power to confront the evil that is about to break through its Underworld boundaries. For his is a unique inheritance that proves him the Seeker, the rightful wielder of the Sword of Truth.
Only one man knows of Richard's potential as a magician - for good and evil; of the threat that is posed when Richard stumbles upon Kahlan, the Mother Confessor, a beautiful woman beset by assasins. For not only is Kahlan the key to the Seeker's magic, but she may, in loving Richard, ne his nemesis and the Land's.
That man is a wizard, almost the last of his line, afraid to tackle an evil he has long ignored, to face the truth hidden behind the lies told in a vain attempt to protect the ones he loves...
