Faith of the fallen. Terry Goodkind. 2001.

The Wizard’s sixth rule is the most important rule there is……..and Richard has just figured it out for himself.

Sometimes it seems that life is nothing but a dance with death for the War Wizard and his lover Kahlan - until Richard suddenly and irrevocably turns his back on the fight, leaving the people of the New World to fend for themselves. For Richard Cypher, the man who distrusts prophecy more than anyone, has had a vision - one he is compelled, against all inclination, to follow.

And as Kahlan struggles to understand his words, Richard is abruptly taken without warning - plucked from her side by a Sister of the Dark known as ‘Death’s Mistress’. And without Richard’s unique magic, there may be nothing ahead for the New World but being crushed under the Imperial Rule of the powerful Emperor Jagang the Just…..