The Sword of the Truth, Book 12 - The Omen Machine

Terry Goodkind
 
The Omen Machine
 

Contents
 
 
 

Chapter 1

There is darkness,” the boy said.

 

Chapter 2

A penny for your future, sir?”

 

Chapter 3

Following Rikka deep into the private, warmly paneled corridors of…

 

Chapter 4

Kharga Trace?” Benjamin asked.

 

Chapter 5

Kahlan watched Zedd pace across the gold and blue carpet…

 

Chapter 6

Well,” Zedd finally said into the hush, “at least you…

 

Chapter 7

As he made his way into the grand hall, Richard…

 

Chapter 8

Not long after Richard had sent the captain to collect…

 

Chapter 9

Richard stepped back to the waiting group of officials, mayors,…

 

Chapter 10

Time itself seemed to stop.

 

Chapter 11

How is she?” Zedd asked when Richard closed the door…

 

Chapter 12

Richard and Zedd followed Nathan into a narrow hallway lit…

 

Chapter 13

Kahlan sat up with a start.

 

Chapter 14

Richard stood when the door opened. Out of the corner…

 

Chapter 15

Out in the corridor, as Ludwig was leaving, Richard spotted…

 

Chapter 16

How’s your hand?” Richard asked.

 

Chapter 17

Kahlan woke to the distinctive sound of Richard’s sword coming…

 

Chapter 18

It was a long journey down to the dungeons, but…

 

Chapter 19

Richard held his tongue. He wasn’t in the mood to…

 

Chapter 20

Kahlan ingratiated herself with the representatives by first laying out…

 

Chapter 21

Everyone inched forward, eager to finally hear what none of…

 

Chapter 22

The room had fallen dead silent. No one dared blink.

 

Chapter 23

Richard closed the double doors behind him as he stepped…

 

Chapter 24

Richard was lost in kissing the soft, sensual curve of…

 

Chapter 25

Out of the corner of her eye Kahlan saw the…

 

Chapter 26

High up in the People’s Palace, Richard and Kahlan, with…

 

Chapter 27

As they ducked, trying to avoid being hit by the…

 

Chapter 28

Richard held the glowing sphere out ahead of him as…

 

Chapter 29

Kahlan looked from Richard’s troubled face to the glowing symbol…

 

Chapter 30

Outside of the Garden of Life hundreds of heavily armed…

 

Chapter 31

Kahlan’s throbbing hand lay in her lap as she sat…

 

Chapter 32

Zedd peered again at the metal strip when Nathan handed…

 

Chapter 33

Looking more concerned than either Zedd or Nathan, Nicci didn’t…

 

Chapter 34

Zedd waved a hand, insisting on being the first one…

 

Chapter 35

Richard turned his attention to Benjamin, standing back out of…

 

Chapter 36

Hannis Arc, working on the tapestry of lines linking constellations…

 

Chapter 37

Mohler did not look up to meet the steady gaze…

 

Chapter 38

Richard yawned. He looked up from the complexities of translating…

 

Chapter 39

As he ran down the service hallway, Richard could smell…

 

Chapter 40

As Richard passed between phalanxes of guards and through the…

 

Chapter 41

Richard couldn’t begin to imagine what it could all mean—…

 

Chapter 42

The door carefully opened a crack in response to his…

 

Chapter 43

Orneta straightened a little, pushing back with a hand braced…

 

Chapter 44

Kahlan woke with a start when she heard the howls.

 

Chapter 45

Kahlan followed close on Richard’s heels as they ran past…

 

Chapter 46

Kahlan tried to follow Richard into the room, but Cara,…

 

Chapter 47

His sword still gripped tightly in his hand, Richard circled…

 

Chapter 48

Richard stood alone, hands clasped behind his back, staring at…

 

Chapter 49

Henrik lifted his head from gulping water out of the…

 

Chapter 50

After a frightening race along the trail as it tunneled…

 

Chapter 51

As Henrik made his way along the causeway made of…

 

Chapter 52

Jit sat cross-legged in the middle of the room, nested…

 

Chapter 53

The man glanced down at the warm, wet place growing…

 

Chapter 54

Henrik feared to take a step toward the Hedge Maid.

 

Chapter 55

As the Hedge Maid started out toward a shadowy opening…

 

Chapter 56

Henrik thought that the winds must have stilled to make…

 

Chapter 57

Kahlan woke with a start, panting in terror. A blur…

 

Chapter 58

Still drifting back from that distant place that felt completely…

 

Chapter 59

What’s this about me and my gift?” Nathan asked as…

 

Chapter 60

With his foot, Richard flipped over the carpet. He didn’t…

 

Chapter 61

The situation calls for a choice, and I’ve made it,”…

 

Chapter 62

The group with Queen Orneta fell silent as the Mord-Sith…

 

Chapter 63

Before the woman could prod her with the weapon, Orneta…

 

Chapter 64

Ludwig was pouring himself a last glass of wine when…

 

Chapter 65

Richard was shocked and angry.

 

Chapter 66

Kahlan woke to the feel of warm breath on her…

 

Chapter 67

Kahlan slowly pulled in a deep breath, preparing herself.

 

Chapter 68

It was deep in the middle of the night by…

 

Chapter 69

When the violence of the wizard’s fire at last subsided,…

 

Chapter 70

Well isn’t that something,” Zedd said as he stepped out…

 

Chapter 71

Nicci stepped up beside Richard. “Darkness has found it?”

 

Chapter 72

When Richard had finished filling the bin with metal strips,…

 

Chapter 73

Kahlan woke, confused at feeling herself rocking. She winced as…

 

Chapter 74

Anything at all?” Richard asked Berdine in a quiet voice.

 

Chapter 75

In the distance, paths meandered through elaborate gardens, but the…

 

Chapter 76

Patrols that had spotted Richard ran up to see what…

 

Chapter 77

Kahlan woke with a start. She squinted out at the…

 

Chapter 78

As Kahlan guided her horse among immense pines, she frequently…

 

Chapter 79

Kahlan was confounded at the construction of the enclosed, candlelit…

 

Chapter 80

Kahlan ran the words through her mind again, not sure…

 

Chapter 81

Richard stood staring through the soft haze of drizzle at…

 

Chapter 82

Crouched low, Richard made his way along the top of…

 

Chapter 83

Richard dropped into a crouch as he landed. Glowing, hooded…

 

Chapter 84

It came to him.

 

Chapter 85

In a blink, before the Hedge Maid could have second…

 

Chapter 86

If he lives,” Cara said, “I’m going to kill him.”

 
 
 
 
 

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