- Paperback: 800 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (5 Oct 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752816780
- ISBN-13: 978-0752816784
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 5.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 80,099 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Fourth in the epic landmark fabntasy series now reissued in B Format
--This text refers to an alternate
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TEMPLE OF THE WINDS is the New York Times bestselling 4th volume in the epic fantasy sequence The Sword of Truth. When the last of the wizards wer faced with defeat at the hands of the agents of the Dark, they locked their most precious aretfacts inside the Temple of the Winds for safekeeping. The Temple exists on a different plane of reality to either the lands orthe Dark Realm, but as a terrifying plague is unleashed on the world one of the sisters of the Dark finds an unexpected gateway revealed to her. Richard and Kahlan will face their most difficult moments yet as they struggle to find a way to combat both the plague that is killing their people and the threat posed to the Temple of the Winds.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
This COULD have been something...,
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This review is from: Temple of the Winds (Sword of Truth) (MP3 CD)
First of all the general plot of Temple Of The Winds is quite good and if you want to know how the story goes on you should have a look into this book (or listen to it as in my case). Yes it is repetitive but so is an episode of "House" and I still like it a lot.
The real challenge is to FIND the plot. I read a review here in which the author wrote that Goodkind must get paid by the word - this is NOT an exaggeration people. Around 60% of this book is cheap overdramatised babble. I really am into a little romance, nothing wrong with that but what the author did here is much worse than any soap or penny dreadful I have seen in my live. It gets even worse by making the main characters so erratic. First they go on and on about their love being eternal and that nothing could ever come between them. But when it does (like it did happen before - we remember Richard being "abducted" by the Sisters of the Light and "bad" Kahlan made Richard wear the collar) suddenly everything is hopeless. What makes it most annoying is that they are so stubbornly clutching to their delusions to a point where you just wanna get hold of them to give them a good shake but then of course they suddenly realize how wrong they were and blah! Conclusion: If I would have to compare Temple of the winds to something it would be a sip of good Chardonnay laced with a bottle of Mountain Dew. My recommendation: Skip though the sob stuff - everything will be fine in the end anyway - and try to filter out the good ideas. If you are easily annoyed by the stuff I described above - buy the paperback Temple Of The Winds (Gollancz S.F.) because it will forgive you being thrown through the room rather than your Ipod...
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The intricate plot keeps you on the edge of your seat.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Temple of the Winds Bk. 4 (Sword of Truth S.) (Paperback)
The plot continues where "Blood of the Fold" closes, Introducing new charactors and building on those from earlier in the series. Richard Rahl, growing into his role as the leader of the D'haran people and accepting his destiny as a war wizard, strives to weld the new D'haran empire into a cohesive force to stand against the might of the New Order. Faced with seemingly impossible odds from the enemy and with political maneouvering with alies, Richard presses ahead with the solution that only he seems to realise is the only course with a chance at success. But worse than the threat of the Order is the knowledge that the enemy has invoked prophesy that in overcoming the latest threat,Richard can only lose everthing that he holds most dear. Richard's determination to make his future his own ensures that even when you know what is coming, it isn't like you thought it would be....Once again, Terry Goodkind has created a series of twists and turns, actions and repurcusions that lead the reader deeper and deeper into this world you would love to be part of....if only you had the courage to make the journey.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not bad really, but not as good as the earlier books,
By A Customer
This review is from: Temple of the Winds Bk. 4 (Sword of Truth S.) (Paperback)
An enjoyable story, but too predictable. I guess when you come up with a great idea and turn it into a wonderful book like "Wizards First Rule" then the follow ups are harder. The better the follow up the harder the next follow up... Sadly, this is the follow up that doesn't live up to the previous books. They left you wondering what was actually going to happen, but by this book the suspense just wasn't there in quite the manner we are used to. That said, it was still enjoyable, and I would rather have a book that does have an proper ending instead of a Robert Jordan epic that seems to have no ending. The next 2 books in this series are already out, and I will be reading them. I hope the suspense is back.
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