What is Wizard's First Rule?
{{italictitle}} {{infobox Book | | name = Wizard's First Rule | title_orig = | translator = | image = | author = [[Terry Goodkind]] | cover_artist = Doug Beekman | country = [[United States]] | language = [[English language|English]] | series = [[The Sword of Truth]] | genre = [[Epic fantasy]] | publisher = [[Tor Books|Tor Fantasy]] | release_date = August 1994 | media_type = Print ([[Hardback]]) | pages = 816 | isbn = 0-312-85705-5 | preceded_by = [[Debt of Bones]] | followed_by = [[Stone of Tears]] }} '''''Wizard's First Rule''''' is a [[book]] written by [[Terry Goodkind]]. It is the first book in the [[epic fantasy]] series called ''[[The Sword of Truth]]''. It was [[wikt:publish|published]] by [[Tor Books]] on August 15, 1994 as a hardcover book, meaning the book was made with a hard cover. The paperback book was [[wikt:release|released]] on July 15, 1997. A special [[wikt:version|version]] of the book was released on June 23, 2001. It [[wikt:feature|featured]] art on the cover by [[Keith Parkinson]]. This special version was also a paperback version of the book. ==Characters in ''Wizard's First Rule''== *Richard Cypher *Kahlan Amnell *Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander *Adie *George Cypher *Michael Cypher *Darken Rahl *Demmin Nass *Chase *The Mud People *Giller *Queen Milena *Princess Violet *Rachel *Denna *Shota *Samuel *Brophy *Scarlet *Panis Rahl * James the Court Artist ==Plot summary== The main [[wikt:character|character]] in ''Wizard’s First Rule'' is Richard Cypher. Richard is a woods [[wikt:guide|guide]] who lives in the [[area]] of the world called Westland. Westland is the only part of the world that contains no magic. Westland is set apart from the other lands of the world by a very evil magic [[wikt:boundary|boundary]]. The boundary stops anyone from coming through into the Westland from the Midlands. As a woods guide, Richard leads important political people through the woods to wherever they need to go in Westland. Ric