The Pillars of Creation
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| Author | Terry Goodkind |
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| Cover Artist | Keith Parkinson |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Sword of Truth |
| Genre(s) | Epic fantasy |
| Publisher | Tor Fantasy |
| Released | November 2001 |
| Media Type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 553 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-7653-0026-5 |
| Preceded by | Faith of the Fallen |
| Followed by | Naked Empire |
The Pillars of Creation is the seventh book in Terry Goodkind's epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth.
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[edit] Plot introduction
This book revolves around several new characters in the sword of truth series. Jennsen, for most of her life, has been running from the assassins sent by Lord Rahl to kill her. Any ungifted child of the Lord Rahl must die. A stranger convinces her that running will do her no good for wherever she goes, Lord Rahl's soldiers will find her. It is time for her to stop fleeing and fight back. If she wants to live, she must kill Lord Rahl.
[edit] Plot summary
Jennsen Rahl, Richard Rahl's half sister, spent the first twenty years of her life running from their father, Darken Rahl. Born without any aspect of the gift of magic, Jennsen fears that Darken Rahl will kill her. Upon learning that Darken Rahl is dead, and upon the death of her mother, she sets out to take vengeance upon Richard, having been led to believe that he ordered the death of her mother and blaming him for the brutish actions of the Imperial Order.
Meanwhile, another sibling of Richard's, Oba Rahl, has broken free of his upbringing - a mother who he felt never loved him, and forced him into menial and pointless labor. Taking his vengeance out on his mother, he also sets out on a quest to find Lord Darken Rahl. He finds that the kingdom of D'Hara is under rule by a new lord, Richard Rahl. Oba, who is pristinely ungifted and immune to magic, eventually encounters Richard and his wife Kahlan. Rather than kill Richard immediately, Oba is ordered by the Keeper to kidnap Kahlan and take the Sword of Truth.
Using his link to the sword, Richard pursues Oba to the Pillars of Creation, where Richard encounters Jennsen Rahl, who has also been drawn to the same spot by the Keeper. Jennsen, who was convinced by Emperor Jagang that Kahlan, the Mother Confessor was evil, had plans to kill her. The Keeper's supreme plan, however, was for Richard to kill Jennsen at the Pillars of Creation and open a gate between the Keeper's realm and the world of the living. Before any tragedy strikes, however, Richard and Jennsen recognize the goodness in one another and the Keeper's plan is foiled. Jennsen learns that men who were sent to kill her mother were actually soldiers of the Imperial Order, and after coming to believe that Richard is truly a loving and caring brother, she joins him and Kahlan in their quest against Jagang.
[edit] Themes
Unlike previous Goodkind novels, The Pillars of Creation allows the reader to examine the world that the author has created well apart from the usual adventurers' surroundings.
There is also an emphasis on the ability to choose our own course in our lives - this is most evident through the parallel tales of Oba and Jennsen.
[edit] Characters in "The Pillars of Creation"
- Jennsen Rahl
- Oba Rahl
- Richard Rahl
- Kahlan Amnell
- Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander
- Adie
- Nathan Rahl
- Nyda, a Mord'Sith
- Emperor Jagang
- Sebastian
- Althea
- Friedrich Gilder
- Lathea
- Betty the Goat
- Tom
[edit] Wizards Seventh Rule
In this volume we discover the Wizard's Seventh Rule: "Life is the future, not the past."
| Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind | |
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Prequel: Debt of Bones |
Book 6: Faith of the Fallen |
| List of the Wizard's Rules | |
