![]() ![]() They want to unite the worlds of the living and the dead, so the separate worlds become one, ruled over by them. The hordes of Shun-Tuks are led by the evil Emperor Sulachan and Lord Arc, who are raising further numbers to join their army from the graveyards they pass by as they also head towards the People’s Palace. However, they face a major complication in the form of legions of Shun-Tuk and other “half people” without souls who are trying to hunt them down and eat them, to gain souls of their own. Zedd has helped heal them to a degree, but they need to return to the seat of government in the D’Haran Empire, the People’s Palace, in order to fully heal Richard and Kahlan. Though Lord Richard Rahl managed to rescue many of his fighting men, Kahlan, and the wizard Zedd in The Third Kingdom (2013), death is still ever-present within him and Kahlan Amnell. ![]() Though Jit was defeated, their encounter with her robbed them of their magical gifts and every day spent without their getting healed properly is hastening their deaths. ![]() In Severed Souls, both Richard and Kahlan are still without their special magical powers and still have the icy touch of death within their bodies, brought about by their encounter with Jit, the Hedge Maid. One of the reasons it is a frustrating book is because it is the third one in an arch in the overall series, yet everything does not get resolved nicely and neatly and some of the ways characters behave seem to go against the types of characters readers have come to expect them to be, including even Richard Rahl. Severed Souls (Tor, 2014), the latest fantasy novel in Terry Goodkind’s Richard and Kahlan series, is fascinating, captivating and somewhat frustrating for a variety of reasons. ![]()
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