On the day she awoke remembering nothing but her name, Kahlan Amnell became the most dangerous woman alive. For everyone else, that was the day that the world began to end.
As her husband, Richard, desperately searches for his beloved, whom only he remembers, he knows that if she doesn't soon discover who she really is, she will unwittingly become the instrument that will unleash annihilation. But Kahlan learns that if she ever were to unlock the truth of her lost identity, then evil itself would finally possess her, body and soul.
If she is to survive in a murky world of deception and betrayal, where life is not only cheap but fleeting, Kahlan must find out why she is such a central figure in the war-torn world swirling around her. What she uncovers are secrets darker than she could ever have imagined.
Phantom (2006) 682 pages by Terry Goodkind.
The tenth book in the Sword of Truth series. To me it seemed that Chainfire, Phantom and Confessor were more of a trilogy than the other books. The others all seemed to have a sub-plot that began and ended in one book, while continuing the overall plot. Chainfire, well at the end, we learned that chainfire was the spell that erased Kahlan from the minds of people, but that menace was just added to the other problems confronting Richard and the forces of good.
In Phantom Goodkind begins to refresh our memory much more often than in the previous books. There are quite a few discussions between the characters, about different elements of magic. A witch woman from the Old World starts causing havoc. While not necessarily on Jagang's side she is definitely making trouble for Richard.
The Imperial Order troops have split their forces. Leaving some troops at the northern passes into D'Hara, the rest coming south to attack across the Azrith Plain. The Dark sisters that captured Kahlan, and started the chainfire spell, have two of the boxes of Orden, but have in turn been retaken by Jagang. To complicate matters there is a beast from the Underworld that is trying to kill Richard, but can't itself be killed, only deflected for a time. It is attracted to Richard when he uses his magical abilities.
Have I got everything, no, the witch woman from the south is named six and she is using Samuel, the seeker of truth prior to Richard -- or at least the wielder of the sword of truth, and Violet -- princess Violet from Tamarang.
