Copyright

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      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2011

      Terry Goodkind asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

      THE OMEN MACHINE. Copyright © 2011 by Terry Goodkind. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

      Source ISBN: 9780007396757

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       Version: 2017-10-23

      Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright

      Chapter 1

      There is darkness,” the boy said.

      Chapter 2

      A penny for your future, sir?”

      Chapter 3

      Following Rikka deep into the private, warmly paneled corridors of…

      Chapter 4

      Kharga Trace?” Benjamin asked.

      Chapter 5

      Kahlan watched Zedd pace across the gold and blue carpet…

      Chapter 6

      Well,” Zedd finally said into the hush, “at least you…

      Chapter 7

      As he made his way into the grand hall, Richard…

      Chapter 8

      Not long after Richard had sent the captain to collect…

      Chapter 9

      Richard stepped back to the waiting group of officials, mayors,…

      Chapter 10

      Time itself seemed to stop.

      Chapter 11

      How is she?” Zedd asked when Richard closed the door…

      Chapter 12

      Richard and Zedd followed Nathan into a narrow hallway lit…

      Chapter 13

      Kahlan sat up with a start.

      Chapter 14

      Richard stood when the door opened. Out of the corner…

      Chapter 15

      Out in the corridor, as Ludwig was leaving, Richard spotted…

      Chapter 16

      How’s your hand?” Richard asked.

      Chapter 17

      Kahlan woke to the distinctive sound of Richard’s sword coming…

      Chapter 18

      It was a long journey down to the dungeons, but…

      Chapter 19

      Richard held his tongue. He wasn’t in the mood to…

      Chapter 20

      Kahlan ingratiated herself with the representatives by first laying out…

      Chapter 21

      Everyone inched forward, eager to finally hear what none of…

      Chapter 22

      The room had fallen dead silent. No one dared blink.

      Chapter 23

      Richard closed the double doors behind him as he stepped…

      Chapter 24

      Richard was lost in kissing the soft, sensual curve of…

      Chapter 25

      Out of the corner of her eye Kahlan saw the…

      Chapter 26

      High up in the People’s Palace, Richard and Kahlan, with…

      Chapter 27

      As they ducked, trying to avoid being hit by the…

      Chapter 28

      Richard held the glowing sphere out ahead of him as…

      Chapter 29

      Kahlan looked from Richard’s troubled face to the glowing symbol…

      Chapter 30

      Outside of the Garden of Life hundreds of heavily armed…

      Chapter 31

      Kahlan’s throbbing hand lay in her lap as she sat…

      Chapter 32

      Zedd peered again at the metal strip when Nathan handed…

      Chapter 33

      Looking more concerned than either Zedd or Nathan, Nicci didn’t…

      Chapter 34

      Zedd waved a hand, insisting on being the first one…

      Chapter 35

      Richard turned his attention to Benjamin, standing back out of…

      Chapter 36

      Hannis Arc, working on the tapestry of lines linking constellations…

      Chapter 37

      Mohler did not look up to meet the steady gaze…

      Chapter 38

      Richard yawned. He looked up from the complexities of translating…

      Chapter 39

      As he ran down the service hallway, Richard could smell…

      Chapter 40

      As Richard passed between phalanxes of guards and through the…

      Chapter 41

      Richard couldn’t begin to imagine what it could all mean—…

      Chapter 42

      The door carefully opened a crack in response to his…

      Chapter 43

      Orneta straightened a little, pushing back with a hand braced…

      Chapter 44

      Kahlan woke with a start when she heard the howls.

      Chapter 45

      Kahlan followed close on Richard’s heels as they ran past…

      Chapter 46

      Kahlan tried to follow Richard into the room, but Cara,…

      Chapter