Naked Empire (Sword of Truth, Book 8)

NAKED EMPIRE. It begins "You knew they were there, didn't you?" Kahlan asked in a hushed tone as she leaned closer. Against the darkening sky, she could just make out the shapes of three black-tipped races taking to wing, beginning their nightly hunt. In the gathering gloom of dusk, his familiar tall, powerful contour seemed as if it were no more than an apparition made of shadows. That was why he'd stopped. Just then, two more of the huge birds shot by right overhead. Lightly grasping the silver pommel with two fingers, Richard lifted his sword a few inches, checking that it was clear in its scabbard. "Yes," Richard said. That was what he'd been watching as the rest of them waited in uneasy silence. A last fleeting glimmer of amber light played across his golden cape as he let the sword drop back, in place. He gestured over his shoulder without turning to look. One, wings stretched wide, let out a piercing scream as it banked into a tight gliding turn, circling, once in assessment of the five people below before stroking its powerful wings to catch its departing comrades in their swift journey west. "There are two more, back there." Kahlan briefly scanned the dark jumble of rock, but she didn't see any others. This night they would find ample food.

Steve97One of the best and most underrated books of the Sword of Truth series! This is an awesome story of human struggle and ultimate triumph of life over death, and of the victory of the individual over the enslavement of some "greater good" nonsense. I am not sure why the reviews for this book are lower than some of the other (previous) books in the series, but this is one of the best installments . said One of the best and most underrated books of the Sword of Truth series!. This is an awesome story of human struggle and ultimate triumph of life over death, and of the victory of the individual over the enslavement of some "greater good" nonsense. I am not sure why the reviews for this book are lower than some of the other (previous) books in the series, but this is one of the best installments . Sword of Truth book 8 Amazon Customer Donna Isbell Great read . Good adventure and I held my breath many times even though this is the second time I've read this series . My only criticism is way too much explaining things about the story line . I cal it " the blah , blahs " just skipped past them . I highly recommend this series . I like it better the second time around. "Surprisingly fun, & another amazing adventure" according to Michael Vischi. I'm not exactly sure why so many people were let down by this chapter in the series. It furthered the narrative as a whole, starred all the prominent players, was fun in growing the Old World even more the character development is always great, the back-n-forth between them all always fun, new threats that were fantastic fo

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