Die Günstlinge der Unterwelt by Terry Goodkind

Ein atemberaubendes Epos über Verrat und Ehre, Rache und Liebe! Nachdem Richard Cypher seinen teuflischen Stiefvater Darken Rahl besiegt und den Riss im Schleier zur Unterwelt verschlossen hat, will er als neuer Herrscher der Welt die Freiheit bringen. Doch auf Richard und seine grosse Liebe Kahlan warten schon die nächsten Herausforderungen: Zum einen die Imperiale Ordnung - aber vor allem die fanatischen Kinder des Blutes.

Surprise through and through. I love how Goodkind keeps it interesting. The characters are engaging and different. The world is believable but mysterious. A bit more exposition than I wanted, but most of the plot is driven by action.

This is the 3rd book in the Terry Goodkinds sword of truth series.

The storyline revolves aroud a group called the blood of the fold and the continued conflict between our main characters Richard, Kahlan and Zed and the Imperial order that is hellbent on taking over the world.

The blood of the fold is a extremist group that wants to abolish magic in the world and thus poses a threat to Dhara, and all those like Richard, Kahlan and Zed that use magic, Meanhile the Imperial Order lead by Emperor Jagang is determiend to dominate the world.

Jagang is a dreamwalker able to take control of your mind in your dreams and bend you to his will

Overall I did enjoy this book, but there were some drawbacks, specifically in one part where we see some anti LGBTQ ideology present. The character involved tries to rationlize but does not work very well.

With regard to overall story line and plot I did enjoy seeing continue world building and introduction of new characters and magics to the world that has been built and created. I like how Terry Goodkind has arranged for the Prophecies to be fulfilled and using plot or narratives to make it appear as if the prophecies will be fullfilled by means other than how they are done.

good read overall, not great but not terrible 3.5 stars for me

I honestly can't help but love this series. 😅 This one really started to branch out the multiple POVs a lot more than the previous ones. I always enjoy that. I'm so glad I saw through the bs at the beginning or I would have been awfully upset. I still adore Richard and Kahlan. Even though he is still a big doofus a lot of the time. Zedd was fun as always. The supporting cast continues to be fleshed out more and I love many of them as well.

As usual, the Sword of Truth books never disappoint. This one was very action packed and never slow. I was actually amazed that it could get more exciting at the end. This might be my favorite in the series. It's a great book about magic that still involves a love story but focuses on saving the world... the medieval-ish old world.

I'm only giving this one four stars because it left so much of the plot unresolved. It is a series, so it's understandable to leave some things for later, but I wish it had wrapped up a stronger so that I could take a palate cleanse break. I'm too excited though, so on to the next.