En su búsqueda de Kahlan, Richard viaja a las Fuentes del Agaden para pedir ayuda a la bruja Shota. Pero la información que obtiene resulta tan enigmática que no parece que vaya a serle de ninguna utilidad. Y el precio que ha de pagar por ella es muy alto.
Desesperado, con Zedd, Ann y Nathan insistiéndole para que se reúna con el ejército y se enfrente a Jagang en lo que podría ser la batalla definitiva, Richard está a punto de abandonar.
En un último intento desesperado por averiguar la verdad, Richard huye del Alcázar del Hechicero en busca de respuestas a la enigmática información que le dio Shota. ¿Qué es la Cadena de Fuego? ¿Qué es la Profunda Nada? ¿Qué simboliza la víbora con cuatro cabezas?

I couldn't put it down from page 1!!! ( )

Goed verhaal. Goede actie. Lekker leesbaar. Hoop dat het vervolg net zo goed is. ( )

Better than the last two but not by much. The good thing is that Nicci is finally reintroduced back into the series. It was very frustrating for Richard to acquire one of the most powerful beings on Earth to his cause and then completely ignore her for 2 books. She is without a doubt the most interesting character in the book.

Speaking of Nicci, one of the biggest problems I have with the book is she is one of the very few people in possession of both Additive and Subtractive magic. Even though she isn't a war wizard, there is still a lot she could teach Richard, yet the book never touches on this a single time. Richard just keeps blindly looking for any clue to prove Kahlan's existence to everyone.

That's another thing. Richard suspected very early on that whatever was going on with Kahlan had to involve magic. That being the case, why in the world did he first choose to visit Shota, an extremely dangerous woman to any wizard, instead of his own sister Jensen, someone who is completely immune to magic so chainfire wouldn't have affected her? It makes no sense at all.

Lastly, I am sick and tired of Goodkind repeat himself over and over again. We are 9 books into the series. There is absolutely no reason to explain things that happened earlier in the series. I don't need to hear about how the Imperial Order acts and what their beliefs are or about the value of life, and I certainly DO NOT need to hear even one more word of that damn devotion! I know what it is and can recite the thing myself after the first 23 times he printed it throughout the series. I don't need to read it 9 more times in this book, especially in a row!

By now, I'm just reading to finish the series. I have absolutely no expectation for the remaining 2 books. ( )

I know some people consider this book tedious and it can feel that way but Terry is setting a complex stage for the story to unfold. ( )