Debt of Bones

Debt of Bones  
Author(s) Terry Goodkind
Country United States
Language English
Series The Sword of Truth
Genre(s) Epic fantasy
Publisher Gollancz
Publication date December 2001
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 128
ISBN 0-575-07256-3
OCLC Number 46847682
Dewey Decimal 813/.54 21
LC Classification PS3557.O5826 D43 2001
Followed by Wizard's First Rule

Debt of Bones is a novella by Terry Goodkind. It was first published in the 1998 anthology Legends then later published as a stand alone book in hardcover in 2001 and in paperback in 2004.

Plot summary

During the war against D'Hara, a young woman meets with Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander, Wizard of the First Order in order to force him to pay a debt of bones he owes her and save her child. In so doing, she initiates the series of events leading up to the end of the war with D'Hara and the division of the Westlands, Midlands, and D'Hara by the boundaries.

Characters in "Debt of Bones"

Main article: Characters in The Sword of Truth

External links

Original novels
Wizard's First Rule (1994)  • Stone of Tears (1996)  • Blood of the Fold (1997)  • Temple of the Winds (1998)  • Soul of the Fire (1999)  • Faith of the Fallen (2001)  • The Pillars of Creation (2001)  • Naked Empire (2003)  • Chainfire (2005)  • Phantom (2005)  • Confessor (2007)
Novella
Debt of Bones (1998)
Additional novels
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