Kevin J. Wilson

Zedd goes under cover in enemy territory in a bid to outsmart Darken Rahl and retrieve the third and final Box of Orden.

After reuniting with Chase, whose family has gone missing, Richard and Kahlan accompany him back to Hartland and discover that things are not what they seem.

Richard, Kahlan and Zedd race to locate a duplicate copy of the Book of Counted Shadows before it falls into Darken Rahl's evil hands.

While trying to rescue Chase's family from captivity, Richard finds himself face to face with the evil Darken Rahl for the first time.

Darken Rahl takes Richard's sister Jennsen into captivity; Richard, Kahlan and Zedd work to cure a village of a horrible plague.

A battle of good versus evil ensues as Darken Rahl and his Mord'Sith interrupt Richard and Kahlan just as they are preparing to unleash the power of Orden, which would destroy the sinister tyrant once and for all.