Later on in the series, several Sisters of Light become important characters as well as a Mord-set, Cara. Initially, the main antagonist is Darken Rahl, a ruthless dictator and a wizard who commands the powers of the Underworld. Our main character also has the aid of the Wizard of the First Order, Zedacus Zul’ Zulander. He is accompanied by Cahlan Amnel, the last descendent of a long line of magical beings called Confessors whose destiny is to be a beacon of purity and justice in the New World.

The main character is (mostly) Richard Cypher, a simple woods guide that in a strange twist of fate becomes The Seeker of Truth wielding the Sword of Truth as his weapon of choice. Nonetheless, the enormous success of the Sword of Truth series made Terry Goodkind one of the most well-known authors of fantasy genre novels in the 20th century.Īs it usually goes in fantasy novels, the Sword of Truth series follows the main protagonist on his quest to save the world from various perils. His behavior in real life contributed to the controversy as well as some of his political agenda ( objectivism) that can be seen in a few of his books.

Terry was a highly controversial author with a large fan base but also with a huge group of contrarians of his work as well. In 2008 TV show Legend of The Seeker was made based on his work and it aired for two seasons. In total, he published 32 books, and the Sword of Truth series were sold in 25 million copies worldwide. Terry Goodkind (1948-2020) was an American writer most famous for his high-fantasy series “ The Sword of Truth“. The original Sword of Truth series order.

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