Confessor is the last in a long series of books known as The Sword of Truth . Richard
(Cypher) Rahl must find a way to end the Jihad started from book one. From chapter one you know that Richard is ensconsed in the enemy camp lead by the
violent,, power hungry, Jajang, who uses his power as a dreamwalker to enter the minds of those he can control. From the start, you are whisked away to a world of
magic and struggle. As the story unfolds, the dilemmas become ever more impossible to overcome. Our hero must find a way to restore his wifes memory, and the memories of those who had loved her. Kahlan Amnell, the Mother Confessor, who is the last of her kind, has no past, and even less hope of a future.
Characters from past books and a new friend or two appear with struggles of their own, to see this war end, for better of worse. Mix in
prophecy,an underworld beast. failing magic, bloodshed, and even humor, and you will have hours of reading enjoyment.
This book is not for the squeemish, or, young readers, as it does contain acts of violence. It is also a love story. It shows to what lengths a man might go to save the woman he loves just to have her by his side again. No love story is complete without the woman he does not love, but loves him anyway, and what she would do to see him happy.
Books in The Sword of Truth series are:
Wizards First Rule
Stone of Tears
Blood of the Fold
Temple of the Winds
Soul of the Fire
Faith of the Fallen
The Pillars of Creation
Naked Empire
Chainfire
Phantom
Confessor
And a special mention to:
Debt of Bones (Which I refer to as the Book Zedd.)