The release date for the English version of 'Wizard's First Rule' by
Terry Goodkind is Apr 2003. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
After his father is brutally murdered, Richard Cypher's woodland retreat is visited by an enigmatic lady named Kahlan Amnell who asks for assistance and more.
His whole universe and set of ideas are upended when violent, ancient debts suddenly become owing. It takes guts to survive in a dark period, but it takes more than just courage to stand up to those in power; Richard and Kahlan have to accept this challenge or they will become the next victims. A captivating place lies ahead, where their greatest hearts can turn against them. However, Richard's greatest concern isn't about what secrets his sword may hold about him personally. They would be destroyed by falling in love, for reasons that Kahlan is afraid to reveal and Richard cannot fathom.
At their lowest point, when they are being pursued nonstop and are suffering from betrayal and grief, Kahlan asks Richard to go beyond his sword and bring up something higher inside himself. Neither of them is aware that their time is running out or that the rules of the game have just altered.
This marks the start. Just one book. Just One Rule. See the beginning of a legend.