Blood of the Fold

Richard Rahl has finally accepted what he is, a War Wizard wielding both the magic that creates and the magic that destroys, just as the ancient barrier separating the Old World from the New collapses and the Imperial Order pours through. Convinced that only total unity among the free peoples can hold back the invasion, Richard takes drastic steps, dissolving the Midlands' fractured alliance and asserting direct D'Haran control. Reunited with Kahlan, the Mother Confessor, he has to decide how much of the old order is worth preserving against a threat that doesn't negotiate. The third novel of Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series.