In a powerful novel arranged millennia prior to the lives of Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell, Terry Goodkind unveils the storyplot of a remarkable woman whose challenges and triumphs gave birth to a lot more than the Confessors…they gave birth to the Sword of Truth itself.

Married to the powerful leader of her people, Magda Searus is normally secured from a distant battle. But when her spouse, a guy who loved lifestyle and loved her, unexpectedly commits suicide, she instantly finds herself only. Because she is ungifted about The First Confessor herself, without her hubby she no longer has position among her people. She is isolated in a society that seems to be crumbling around her.

Despite her grief, she is driven to get the reasons behind her husband’s death-why he would abandon everyone he loved at such an unhealthy time. She discovers that there could be more to her husband’s suicide than anyone knew.

With no one to help her, she must look for a mysterious spiritist in order to consult with the dead. This pursuit can also be her last chance to unravel what’s actually behind the mysterious occasions befalling her people. What she discovers on the way would be that the war is going considerably worse than she knew, and that the results of defeat could be more terrifying for her and her people than she could possess imagined.

As mortal peril closes in around her, Magda learns that she is somehow the key to her people’s salvation. Trip with Magda Searus into her dark globe, and learn how accurate legends are born.

BEFORE PROPHECY, BEFORE THE SWORD OF TRUTH, THE BOXES OF ORDEN RULED THE Destiny OF MANKIND.