Soul of the Fire

Not long after their wedding, Richard and Kahlan find people dying in ways that point to the chimes, destructive entities loosed by accident and now draining magic from the world. Sent by the wizard Zedd to recover a bottle that might undo the damage, the couple are drawn instead into the politics of Anderith, a small nation weighing whether to side with the D'Haran Empire or surrender to the invading Imperial Order. Richard's case for resistance runs headlong into Anderith's own buried injustices. Fifth novel in Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series.