Simultaneous UK and US publication Early copies of the hardcover edition have won universal acclaim: 'I really think it's going to sweep the country as Tolkien's work did in the sixties... I'm already looking forward to re-reading it'. Marion Zimmer Bradley 'A phenomenal fantasy, endlessly inventive, that surely marks the commencement of one of the major careers in the genre' Piers Anthony 'A real born storyteller is a gift and Terry Goodkin is' Anne McCaffrey

Terry Goodkinds first novel, Wizards First Rule immediately established him as one of the worlds bestselling authors. Each subsequent book in the Sword of Truth series sold better than the one before and some twenty million copies of books in the series have now been sold. He lives in the USA.