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  • Sword of Truth, Book 4
  • Written by: Terry Goodkind
  • Narrated by: Dick Hill
  • Length: 28 hrs and 52 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (263 ratings)

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Temple of the Winds

Written by: Terry Goodkind
Narrated by: Dick Hill
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Book Four of The Sword of Truth, the series first begun in Wizard's First Rule, returns listeners to the world of Richard Cypher, a simple woods guide who never dreamed he would be named the Seeker of Truth and become caught up in magic, war, and dangers so extraordinary that the fate of his entire world would hang on his actions and decisions.

The dangerous, fanatical Imperial Order, under the leadership of the power-mad Emperor Jagang and his multitude of demonic underlings, unleashes a deadly plague. To find a cure, Richard Cypher and his beloved Kahlan Amnell must seek out the legendary Temple of the Winds, a fortress of evil sealed away for 3,000 years. But the path of the Seeker of Truth is never an easy one - even if he can reach the Temple at all, there is no guarantee he'll ever return.

©1997 Terry Goodkind (P)1997 Brilliance Audio

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Butchered the names of the characters.

If you insist on switching narrators so often in a single series, put in some effort for continuity in pronunciation of the names.

Dick Hill saved it with his amazing performance. His voices are very well done.

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Sadly distracting

Unfortunately the mispronunciation of Kahlens name in comparison with each of the other readers is so distracting I mostly let this one just play in the background. it's too sad considering how great the rest of the narrating is.

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Is the pronunciation wrong?

When I first read the books, in my head, I pronounced Kahlan's name KAH-len. When I listened to the first audiobook and watched the show, it was pronounced KAY-lan....its funny how we all interpret it differently. But I also agree that there should be consistency between readers in a series. I really enjoyed the different voices he read.

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Kahlan keep changing

Dick Hill did a great job with the performance was amazing but he couldn't get Kahlan name right it changes through the story.

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Performance may be disturbing

Good story, but I’m getting tired of every book in series having a different narrator. Out of 4 narrators so far this was not the worst, but that fact that you have to get used to him pronouncing one of the main characters names so wrong is maddening. Could he not have done even a little research, listening to even 5 mins of one of the first 3 books would have taught him how to pronounce the name.

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Listen past the performance and the story is good.

What can I say about Dick Hill, besides the obvious that he mis-pronounces Kahlan name and a few others his pace and his tone of spearheaded is consistent making the story simple to follow.

As for the story itself, I love this book. Other readers might think it flat at times I find it detailed and intriguing. Terry Goodkind works to build the supporting characters up in the book while still following Richard and Kahlan’s main story.

Overall I enjoyed the book and while this was my first time listening to it, I have read it half a dozen times myself.

Hope you enjoy it for the great story it is.

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why change names...

after 3 books, narrator starts pronouncing some of the characters names wrong. whyyyyyyy.

other then that story is awesome,

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Good narrator, too many conflicting accents

I love this series, they will be read and reread again and again and now listened too as well. Dick Hill was a great narrator who put a lot into his performance. My only complaint was how frequently he used accents where I thought they didn’t seem to fit and the variety of accents seemed too many for such a small seeming land.

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Reading?

The reading was good. Dick Hill put in an admirable effort giving each character a voice to be heard. but like so many other people saying a characters name wrong pulls you out of the immersion every time it happens.

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Amazing adventure ,took me to imaginary world of fairy tales .Love it. Performer is exallant.Had great time

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