Howdy Milamber!
I have read the entire Sword of Truth series and love it! One of my top three or four series picks. The saga starts a bit slow in the first book, but gets better and better with each novel. I have *really* enjoyed his latest in the series, "Faith of the Fallen". I think that is like the 5th book in the series?
Goodkind delivers a very subtle message that can be very hard to pick up if you are not sensitive to it. It is not obtrusive to the storyline, but adds to it without sounding like whining. I really enjoyed seeing the characters develop throughout the series of novels...something you rarely see anymore in modern fantasy writings. The main character (Richard) is a very introspective fellow and spends lots of time battling back and forth within himself with what is right and what it wrong (in his estimation, of course). The interesting part is that he makes decisions about things, but it is never really clear whether he has made the "right" decision or not.
*Very* good read! Highly recommended!
Little of everything in these stories...
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Now where did I leave that doughnut?!