Stone of Tears
core novel 1995 Sword of Truth
Record
| First published | 1995 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.11 (117,654 ratings, collected 2026-09-13) |
| Page count | 703 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780312857066 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Stone of Tears picks up immediately after Wizard's First Rule, dealing with the fallout of the Boxes of Orden having been opened. The veil separating the world of the living from the underworld tears open, releasing the Keeper's minions into the world, while the invading Imperial Order under Emperor Jagang begins pressing into the Midlands. Richard, now revealed as a war wizard, is captured by the Sisters of the Light and taken across the sea to the Old World to be trained and controlled, separating him from Kahlan, who must rally the Midlands against Jagang's advancing armies on her own. As Richard struggles to master his untamed gift under the Sisters' watch, both he and Kahlan face escalating threats from the Keeper of the underworld and from Jagang's forces, each working toward goals that could doom the world of the living.
Where it sits
- Universe: Sword of Truth
- Series: Sword of Truth (main sequence) core; position 2 of 15 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Terry Goodkind
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 1996: finalist; Locus reader-poll placement, ranked 15th.
Notes
- From the series record (Sword of Truth (main sequence)): 15-novel continuous main sequence; publication order equals internal chronology throughout. Correction: The Pillars of Creation's first US edition is 2001 (Nov 20), not 2002 as some secondary listings state; 2002 is a paperback/reprint date bleeding into 'first publication' fields.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Sword of Truth (main sequence): position 2 of 15: previous Wizard's First Rule (1994) · next Blood of the Fold (1996)
Sources
- Terry Goodkind official site
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sword_of_Truth
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_of_Truth
- https://www.sfadb.com
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