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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry Goodkind comes The First Confessor, the prequel to the Sword of Truth

In a time before legends had yet been born...

Married to the powerful leader of her people, safe among those gifted with great ability, Magda Searus is protected from a distant world descending into war. But when her husband, a man who loved life and loved her, unexpectedly commits suicide, she suddenly finds herself alone. Because she is ungifted herself, without her husband she no longer has standing among her people, and she finds herself isolated in a society that seems to be crumbling around her.

Despite her grief, she is driven to find the reasons behind why her husband would do such a thing--why he would abandon her and her people at such a profoundly dangerous time. Though she is not gifted, she begins to discover that there may be more to her husband''s suicide than anyone knew. What she finds next, no one is willing to believe.

The First Confessor

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      Publisher: Tor Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 28/06/2016
      ISBN13: 9780765383075, 978-0765383075
      ISBN10: 0765383071
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      From #1 New York Times bestselling author Terry Goodkind comes The First Confessor, the prequel to the Sword of Truth

      In a time before legends had yet been born...

      Married to the powerful leader of her people, safe among those gifted with great ability, Magda Searus is protected from a distant world descending into war. But when her husband, a man who loved life and loved her, unexpectedly commits suicide, she suddenly finds herself alone. Because she is ungifted herself, without her husband she no longer has standing among her people, and she finds herself isolated in a society that seems to be crumbling around her.

      Despite her grief, she is driven to find the reasons behind why her husband would do such a thing--why he would abandon her and her people at such a profoundly dangerous time. Though she is not gifted, she begins to discover that there may be more to her husband''s suicide than anyone knew. What she finds next, no one is willing to believe.

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