<p>All is lost. Evil will soon consume the D'Haran Empire. Richard Rahl lies on his funeral bier. It is the end of everything.<br><br>Except what isn't lost is Kahlan Amnell. Following an inner prompting beyond all reason, the last Confessor will wager everything on a final desperate gambit, and in so doing, she will change the world forever.<br><br>Terry Goodkind's <i>New York Times</i> bestseller, <i>Warheart</i>, is the direct sequel to, and the conclusion of, the story begun in <i>The Omen Machine, The Third Kingdom, </i>and <i>Severed Souls.</i></p>