Terry Goodkind — The Pillars of Creation

Gollancz (UK) 2008 Paperback, 592pp. With winter decending and the paralyzing dread of an army of annihilation occupying their homeland, Richard Rahl and his wife Kahlan must venture deep into a strange and desolated land. Their quest turns to terror when they find themselves the helpless prey of a tireless hunter. Tormented her entire life by inhuman voices, a young woman named Lauren seeks to end her intolerable agony. She, at last, discovers a way to silence the voices. For everyone else, the torment is about to begin. Staggered by loss and increasingly isolated, Richard and Kahlan must stop the relentess, unearthly threat wich has come out of the darkest night of the human soul. To do so, Richard will be called upon to face the demons stalking among the Pillars of Creation. (ISBN: 9780752889740). Good.