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The Omen Machine
Terry Goodkind
A Kahlan and Richard fantasy novel from bestselling author, Terry Goodkind.An accident leads to the discovery of a mysterious machine that has rested hidden deep underground for countless millennia. The machine awakens to begin issuing a series of increasingly alarming, if minor, omens. The omens turn out to be astonishingly accurate, and ever more ominous.As Zedd tries to figure out how to destroy the sinister device, the machine issues a cataclysmic omen involving Richard and Kahlan, foretelling an impending event beyond anyone’s ability to stop. As catastrophe approaches, the machine then reveals that it is within its power to withdraw the omen . . . In exchange for an impossible demand.
Terry Goodkind
The Omen Machine
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Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2011
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Source ISBN: 9780007396757
Ebook Edition © JULY 2011 ISBN: 9780007444489
Version: 2017-10-23
Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Chapter 1
There is darkness,” the boy said.
Chapter 2
A penny for your future, sir?”
Chapter 3
Following Rikka deep into the private, warmly paneled corridors of…
Chapter 4
Kharga Trace?” Benjamin asked.
Chapter 5
Kahlan watched Zedd pace across the gold and blue carpet…
Chapter 6
Well,” Zedd finally said into the hush, “at least you…
Chapter 7
As he made his way into the grand hall, Richard…
Chapter 8
Not long after Richard had sent the captain to collect…
Chapter 9
Richard stepped back to the waiting group of officials, mayors,…
Chapter 10
Time itself seemed to stop.
Chapter 11
How is she?” Zedd asked when Richard closed the door…
Chapter 12
Richard and Zedd followed Nathan into a narrow hallway lit…
Chapter 13
Kahlan sat up with a start.
Chapter 14
Richard stood when the door opened. Out of the corner…
Chapter 15
Out in the corridor, as Ludwig was leaving, Richard spotted…
Chapter 16
How’s your hand?” Richard asked.
Chapter 17
Kahlan woke to the distinctive sound of Richard’s sword coming…
Chapter 18
It was a long journey down to the dungeons, but…
Chapter 19
Richard held his tongue. He wasn’t in the mood to…
Chapter 20
Kahlan ingratiated herself with the representatives by first laying out…
Chapter 21
Everyone inched forward, eager to finally hear what none of…
Chapter 22
The room had fallen dead silent. No one dared blink.
Chapter 23
Richard closed the double doors behind him as he stepped…
Chapter 24
Richard was lost in kissing the soft, sensual curve of…
Chapter 25
Out of the corner of her eye Kahlan saw the…
Chapter 26
High up in the People’s Palace, Richard and Kahlan, with…
Chapter 27
As they ducked, trying to avoid being hit by the…
Chapter 28
Richard held the glowing sphere out ahead of him as…
Chapter 29
Kahlan looked from Richard’s troubled face to the glowing symbol…
Chapter 30
Outside of the Garden of Life hundreds of heavily armed…
Chapter 31
Kahlan’s throbbing hand lay in her lap as she sat…
Chapter 32
Zedd peered again at the metal strip when Nathan handed…
Chapter 33
Looking more concerned than either Zedd or Nathan, Nicci didn’t…
Chapter 34
Zedd waved a hand, insisting on being the first one…
Chapter 35
Richard turned his attention to Benjamin, standing back out of…
Chapter 36
Hannis Arc, working on the tapestry of lines linking constellations…
Chapter 37
Mohler did not look up to meet the steady gaze…
Chapter 38
Richard yawned. He looked up from the complexities of translating…
Chapter 39
As he ran down the service hallway, Richard could smell…
Chapter 40
As Richard passed between phalanxes of guards and through the…
