Debt of Bones

Debt of Bones
Author	Terry Goodkind
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	The Sword of Truth
Genre(s)	Epic fantasy
Publisher	Gollancz
Publication date	December 2001
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	128
ISBN	0-575-07256-3
OCLC Number	46847682
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 21
LC Classification	PS3557.O5826 D43 2001
Followed by	Wizard's First Rule

Debt of Bones is a novella by Terry Goodkind. It was first published in the 1998 anthology Legends then later published as a stand alone book in hardcover in 2001 and in paperback in 2004.

Plot summary

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During the war against D'Hara, a young woman meets with Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander, Wizard of the First Order.

Much later in the plot, Wizard Zorander, during a coup attempt from the D'Haran Empire, summoned a massive ball of wizard's fire while invoking a spell of threes. With one of the three wishes the spell effectively grants, he gained the knowledge to summon barriers, barriers wrought from the underworld that split the Midlands, D'Hara, and Westland. With the next invocation, he split the Midlands and Westland with his subtractive-magic barriers. While still summoning his blast of wizard's fire, he used the final invocation to create a barrier between the Midlands and D'hara. As the barrier went up, he released his wizard's fire, which screamed towards the palace where Panis Rahl and his young son, Darken, lived. The wizard's fire grazed the underworld barrier and gained its properties, slicing through Panis Rahl's mighty defenses. Panis Rahl perished and his son almost died, permanently scarred—and vengeful.

Characters in "Debt of Bones"

• Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander
• Panis Rahl
• Abby
• Philip
• Jana
• Mariska
• Delora
• Anargo

External links

• Official Terry Goodkind website
• Unofficial Terry Goodkind website (endorsed by Terry Goodkind)
• Welcome to the Sword of Truth Wiki, including characters, places, items, etc.