The Omen Machine
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.
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Terry Goodkind
The Omen Machine
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Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2011
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Source ISBN: 9780007396757
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Chapter 1
There is darkness,â the boy said.
Chapter 2
A penny for your future, sir?â
Chapter 3
Following Rikka deep into the private, warmly paneled corridors ofâ¦
Chapter 4
Kharga Trace?â Benjamin asked.
Chapter 5
Kahlan watched Zedd pace across the gold and blue carpetâ¦
Chapter 6
Well,â Zedd finally said into the hush, âat least youâ¦
Chapter 7
As he made his way into the grand hall, Richardâ¦
Chapter 8
Not long after Richard had sent the captain to collectâ¦
Chapter 9
Richard stepped back to the waiting group of officials, mayors,â¦
Chapter 10
Time itself seemed to stop.
Chapter 11
How is she?â Zedd asked when Richard closed the doorâ¦
Chapter 12
Richard and Zedd followed Nathan into a narrow hallway litâ¦
Chapter 13
Kahlan sat up with a start.
Chapter 14
Richard stood when the door opened. Out of the cornerâ¦
Chapter 15
Out in the corridor, as Ludwig was leaving, Richard spottedâ¦
Chapter 16
Howâs your hand?â Richard asked.
Chapter 17
Kahlan woke to the distinctive sound of Richardâs sword comingâ¦
Chapter 18
It was a long journey down to the dungeons, butâ¦
Chapter 19
Richard held his tongue. He wasnât in the mood toâ¦
Chapter 20
Kahlan ingratiated herself with the representatives by first laying outâ¦
Chapter 21
Everyone inched forward, eager to finally hear what none ofâ¦
Chapter 22
The room had fallen dead silent. No one dared blink.
Chapter 23
Richard closed the double doors behind him as he steppedâ¦
Chapter 24
Richard was lost in kissing the soft, sensual curve ofâ¦
Chapter 25
Out of the corner of her eye Kahlan saw theâ¦
Chapter 26
High up in the Peopleâs Palace, Richard and Kahlan, withâ¦
Chapter 27
As they ducked, trying to avoid being hit by theâ¦
Chapter 28
Richard held the glowing sphere out ahead of him asâ¦
Chapter 29
Kahlan looked from Richardâs troubled face to the glowing symbolâ¦
Chapter 30
Outside of the Garden of Life hundreds of heavily armedâ¦
Chapter 31
Kahlanâs throbbing hand lay in her lap as she satâ¦
Chapter 32
Zedd peered again at the metal strip when Nathan handedâ¦
Chapter 33
Looking more concerned than either Zedd or Nathan, Nicci didnâtâ¦
Chapter 34
Zedd waved a hand, insisting on being the first oneâ¦
Chapter 35
Richard turned his attention to Benjamin, standing back out ofâ¦
Chapter 36
Hannis Arc, working on the tapestry of lines linking constellationsâ¦
Chapter 37
Mohler did not look up to meet the steady gazeâ¦
Chapter 38
Richard yawned. He looked up from the complexities of translatingâ¦
Chapter 39
As he ran down the service hallway, Richard could smellâ¦
Chapter 40
As Richard passed between phalanxes of guards and through theâ¦
Chapter 41
Richard couldnât begin to imagine what it could all meanââ¦
Chapter 42
The door carefully opened a crack in response to hisâ¦
Chapter 43
Orneta straightened a little, pushing back with a hand bracedâ¦
Chapter 44
Kahlan woke with a start when she heard the howls.
Chapter 45
Kahlan followed close on Richardâs heels as they ran pastâ¦
Chapter 46
Kahlan tried to follow Richard into the room, but Cara,â¦
Chapter 47
His sword still gripped tightly in his hand, Richard circledâ¦
Chapter 48
Richard stood alone, hands clasped behind his back, staring atâ¦
Chapter 49
Henrik lifted his head from gulping water out of theâ¦
Chapter 50
After a frightening race along the trail as it tunneledâ¦
Chapter 51
As Henrik made his way along the causeway made ofâ¦
Chapter 52
Jit sat cross-legged in the middle of the room, nestedâ¦
Chapter 53
The man glanced down at the warm, wet place growingâ¦
Chapter 54
Henrik feared to take a step toward the Hedge Maid.
Chapter 55
As the Hedge Maid started out toward a shadowy openingâ¦
Chapter 56
Henrik thought that the winds must have stilled to makeâ¦
Chapter 57
Kahlan woke with a start, panting in terror. A blurâ¦
