Faith Of The Fallen Audiobook by Terry Goodkind – Sword of Truth Book 6

Faith Of The Fallen Audiobook by Terry Goodkind

Introduction

Faith of the Fallen Audiobook is the sixth book in Terry Goodkind’s epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth Audiobooks.

Terry Goodkind, author of the enormously popular Sword of Truth Audiobook novels, has forged perhaps his best yet, pitting Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell against threats to the freedom of the world. They both must struggle at opposite ends of the world against the relentless, monolithic forces of the Imperial Order. A Sister of the Dark captures Richard and takes him deep into the Old World, to the very heart of the Order, while his beloved Kahlan remains behind.

Free because of Richard’s sacrifice for her, but unwilling to abandon the cause of the Midlands, Kahlan violates not only prophecy but her last pledge to Richard, and raises an army against the advancing horde of the Imperial Order. Separated and fighting for their lives, Richard and Kahlan will be pushed to the limits of their endurance, and tested in their love for one another. Once again, the master storyteller weaves a riveting spell that will captivate even more fans for this incredible series.

Plot of Faith Of The Fallen Audiobook by Terry Goodkind

Faith of the Fallen begins where Soul of the Fire leaves off. Richard is taking Cara and injured Kahlan to the high mountains of his homeland, Westland. At the end of the Soul of the Fire Richard realizes that he cannot win against Emperor Jagang until the people themselves want to fight for freedom.

Because of this mindset Richard isolates himself in the woods, to allow Kahlan time to heal, and refuses to give orders to the D’Haran army. After Kahlan has made a significant recovery, Nicci arrives and captures Kahlan by using a maternity spell, linking herself to Kahlan and enabling herself to kill Kahlan at any time. Richard is forced to go with Nicci into the Old World, leaving Kahlan, Cara, and the Sword of Truth to rejoin the D’Haran army.

Shortly afterward, Prelate Ann and the reformed Sister of the Dark Alessandra visit the camp, looking for Richard, claiming his need for the people to prove their worth is pointless and that the prophecy dictates his required actions. This enrages Kahlan, and she threatens to murder Alessandra unless Ann destroys her journey book, which will prevent her from coordinating with Verna and the D’haran army. Kahlan and Cara, despite knowing Richard’s objections, leave the Upper Ven in search of help from Zedd and Sister Verna. Seeing the plight of her troops fighting against the Order, Kahlan takes command of the combined armies of D’Hara and the Midlands in a desperate attempt to halt the Order’s advance into the New World.

Following Nicci, Richard is put to work in the Old World capital of Altur’Rang, finding work as a delivery man of steel and timber for construction, as Nicci’s only requirement is that he care for her and himself, expecting the conditions of life among the poor will crush Richard’s spirits. Richard also meets Brother Narev, a sorcerer who is constructing a spellform for the Imperial Palace that will effectively make Emperor Jagang immortal.

As Richard becomes successful and relatively happy, even turning around the deplorable conditions of the neighborhood despite the conditions, Nicci begins to doubt her position, and finds she is viciously hated by her neighbors for her treatment of Richard. She attempts to seduce Richard but fails, and gives herself to a local thug, Gadi, who brutally assaults her, thinking that Kahlan will believe Richard finally fell for her charms. Richard is approached to lead a peaceful protest against the Order but he refuses and begs his friends to stay away, knowing it will be a wholesale slaughter. Hundreds are killed, and hundreds more are hung and tortured. Richard is eventually turned in by Gadi as a collaborator. Nicci spends a fortune in gold she finds Richard has hidden to set him free, finding he has been severely beaten.

Richard, as punishment for his “civil infraction,” is commanded to erect a disgusting sculpture glorifying human suffering for the center of the New Palace. Secretly, Richard works tirelessly to create his own statue of a noble man and woman out of a block of flawed marble he purchases from a local quarryman. It is of such beauty that a huge procession is lead through the city to view it.

Brother Narev, when he finally arrives to see the statue, orders Richard to destroy it. Richard takes up the hammer and points to the crowd, telling them that the Order only wishes to destroy beauty, only wishes to enslave humanity under the doctrine of faith unsupported by the true value of life. He swings the hammer and shatters the statue in one blast. The people are outraged, and immediately revolt, proclaiming that the Order will not enslave them any longer. They attack the Imperial Order, and Altur’Rang falls to the hands of the rebels. Richard finds a group of his friends overseeing the execution of the Order governing council.

After fighting many battles against the Imperial Order, overseeing the wedding of Verna to the Wizard Warren, the subsequent death of Warren at the hands of Gadi, Kahlan and Cara leave to find Richard, learning from Gadi’s interrogation that he is in Altur’Rang. They enter Altur’Rang in time to see the statues destruction. As the rebellion begins, Richard enters the palace to find Brother Narev. While working his way through the dark corridors, he encounters Kahlan, the Sword of Truth over her shoulder. He attacks her and engineers the fight so that Kahlan runs him through. This forces Nicci to choose – to sever the maternity spell and save him or let him die and continue serving the Order. Nicci, wholeheartedly converted to Richards cause after seeing his sculpture, removes the maternity bond to Kahlan and heals Richard. Altur’Rang is free, for a time, from the grasp of the Order, and the people have found a determination not to serve the system as slaves. The epilogue ends with Kahlan shyly staring at a massive statue of Spirit, a model Richard had carved with her face, being erected in the center of the newly free Altur’Rang.

Wizard’s Sixth Rule

In Faith of the Fallen Audiobook, the Wizard’s Sixth Rule is revealed to be:The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. (Chapter 41, p. 319, U.S. hardcover edition)

It is explained in Faith Of The Fallen Audiobook by Terry Goodkindas follows: “The Sixth Rule is the hub upon which all rules turn. It is not only the most important rule, but the simplest. Nonetheless, it is the one most often ignored and violated, and by far the most despised. It must be wielded in spite of the ceaseless, howling protests of the wicked. Misery, iniquity, and utter destruction lurk in the shadows outside its full light, where half-truths snare the faithful disciples, the deeply feeling believers, the selfless followers. Faith and feelings are the warm marrow of evil.

Unlike reason, faith and feelings provide no boundary to limit any delusion, any whim. They are a virulent poison, giving the numbing illusion of moral sanction to every depravity ever hatched. Faith and feelings are the darkness to reason’s light. Reason is the very substance of truth itself. The glory that is life is wholly embraced through reason, through this rule. In rejecting it, in rejecting reason, one embraces death.”

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*** Don’t miss other Books in Sword of Truth Audiobooks series by Terry Goodkind, listen and download now:

• Book 1: Wizard’s First Rule Audiobook
• Book 2: Stone Of Tears Audiobook
• Book 3: Blood Of The Fold Audiobook
• Book 4: Temple Of The Winds Audiobook
• Book 5: Soul Of Fire Audiobook
• Book 6: Faith Of The Fallen Audiobook
• Book 7: The Pillars Of Creation Audiobook
• Book 8: Naked Empire Audiobook
• Book 9: Chainfire Audiobook
• Book 10: Phantom Audiobook
• Book 11: Confessor Audiobook

• Written By: Terry Goodkind
• Narrated By: John Kenneth
• Publisher: Brilliance Audio
• Date: September 2004
• Duration: 29 hours 37 minutes

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