In conclusion, I would like say, rest in peace Terry Goodkind, and thank you for some of my favorite books of all time. I would recommend Children of D’Hara to die hard Sword of Truth fans, but I would not recommend it to a casual reader or even a fan of the fantasy genre that has not read all of the prior Sword of Truth books. Overall, it is roughly of the same quality as The Third Kingdom through Warheart. It is not as bad as The Omen Machine, but there are times where it gets close.
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However, Children of D’Hara is not nearly as good as the original Sword of Truth series or The First Confessor.
You will get something out of it, and there is a lovely ending if you have followed Richard and Kahlan’s relationship all this time. If you are a big fan of the Sword of Truth, and read the second part of the series ending with Warheart, then I recommend reading Children of D’Hara. I would not be surprised if somewhere down the road this series is rebranded as part of the Sword of Truth series the same way the “Richard and Kahlan Novels.” The Sword of Truth itself is front and center in the entire series, and again, Richard and Kahlan are the main protagonists. While Goodkind may say this is not a Sword of Truth series, it really is.
However, The Scribbly Man begins pretty much right after the ending of Warheart in terms of the overall timeline, and small spoiler warning, Richard and Kahlan are the main protagonists in the entire series, not their children. This is that story.” From Goodkind’s own words, he indicates the Sword of Truth series ended, and Children of D’Hara is a new series about Richard and Kahlan’s children. For years readers have been asking about Richard and Kahlan’s children. Yet, life for these characters goes on after the conclusion of that series. In the advertisement/description for this series Goodkind himself stated, “The Sword of Truth series was my masterwork. Now, we finally come to Children of D’Hara. However, I will reserve final judgment until after completing the entire series. I have yet to finish any of the books in The Nicci Chronicles, but from what I have read so far in the first book, the quality is similar to that of the second part of the Sword of Truth series.
The other books in this series are Shroud of Eternity (2018), Siege of Stone (2018), and Heart of Black Ice (2020). The Nicci Chronicles follows former Sister of the Dark, Nicci, on a new adventure within the Sword of Truth universe. After the release of Warheart it again appeared that the Sword of Truth series had come to an end.įollowing the second ending to the Sword of Truth series, Goodkind released Death’s Mistress in 2017, which was the first book in a new spinoff series called The Nicci Chronicles. These books were not as good as the original series or The First Confessor, but they were respectable with a satisfying climax. The Third Kingdom, Severed Souls, and Warheart were much better than The Omen Machine, and Goodkind was able to regain some of his footing in the series. Goodkind rebounded however when he released The First Confessor following The Omen Machine, and in my opinion, The First Confessor rivals some of the best books in the original Sword of Truth series. While the Sword of Truth is one of my favorite fantasy series, I will admit there are many flaws with both Goodkind’s writing and the story itself, and The Omen Machine magnified these flaws one-hundred fold with very little of what made the original books great despite the flaws. It was almost as if Goodkind devolved as a writer, and the book was a huge disappointment.
It pains me a little to say this, but compared to the crowning achievement that was the original 12 books of the Sword of Truth, The Omen Machine was pretty much a flaming pile of. The First Confessor is considered a pre-prequel because it takes place before the other prequel, Debt of Bones. While writing this new portion of the Sword of Truth series, Goodkind also released a pre-prequel novel entitled The First Confessor: The Legend of Magda Searus in 2012.
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