خلاصه کتاب:

داستان در مورد پسری به نام «ریچارد سایفر» از شهر وستلند هستش که به تازگی پدرش به طرز وحشتناکی به قتل رسیده و روزی به طور اتفاقی در جنگل, دختری به نام «کیلان » را که از دنیای مردگان عبور کرده نجات می ده و معلوم می شه که این سرزمین سالها پیش توسط جادوگر بزرگ به سه بخش تقسیم شده که توسط مرزهایی محافظت می شن و در وستلند که یکی از این بخش ها ست جادویی وجود نداره و سالهاست که جادوگر بزرگ شش شاگرد و دنیاش رو به حال خودش رها کرده و پنهان شده, و حالا جادوگری به نام «دارکن رال»,سعی داره با به دست آوردن سه جعبه قدرت «اوردن», به قدرت مرگ و زندگی کل خلقت دست پیدا کنه.

In the aftermath of the brutal murder of his father, a mysterious woman, Kahlan Amnell, appears in Richard Cypher’s forest sanctuary seeking help . . . and more.

His world, his very beliefs, are shattered when ancient debts come due with thundering violence. In a dark age it takes courage to live, and more than mere courage to challenge those who hold dominion, Richard and Kahlan must take up that challenge or become the next victims. Beyond awaits a bewitching land where even the best of their hearts could betray them. Yet, Richard fears nothing so much as what secrets his sword might reveal about his own soul. Falling in love would destroy them—for reasons Richard can’t imagine and Kahlan dare not say.

In their darkest hour, hunted relentlessly, tormented by treachery and loss, Kahlan calls upon Richard to reach beyond his sword—to invoke within himself something more noble. Neither knows that the rules of battle have just changed . . . or that their time has run out.

This is the beginning. One book. One Rule. Witness the birth of a legend.