“If I accept this pearl, what does it obligate me to do for you? What are you expecting?” Bannon flushed, deeply embarrassed. She rolled it back and forth on her palm with a fingertip. I fulfilled what I needed to do.” The pearl felt slippery and cold in her fingertips. Throw it overboard if you like, but I will have done what was right.
“If you’ve learned your lesson and taught yourself not to become a victim, Bannon Farmer, then that is demonstration enough of your gratitude.” “Not enough for me,” Bannon insisted, and extended the wishpearl again. She had indeed saved him, although she had not set out to do so. Though Nicci did not want the offering, she understood the complexities of obligations. I’ve seen it with my own eyes.” The sailor laughed again and strolled off. Siege of Stone At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.If you don’t treat her well, she’ll crush your windpipe and stop your heart. Full of life and story, this is a sweeping, engaging tale in the grand Goodkind manner. This will take her and Nathan to visit the mysterious witch-woman Red, to tangle with the street life of the port city of Tanimura, to fight lethal battles on the high seas, and ultimately to a vast magical confrontation far from home…with the future of life itself, in the Old World and the New, at stake. But her real task will be to scout the far reaches of Richard Rahl’s realm. One of her jobs will be to keep her travelling companion, the unworldly prophet Nathan, out of trouble. Now, with the reign of Richard and Kahlan finally stabilized, Nicci has set out on her own for new adventures. But it was Richard who converted Nicci instead, and for years thereafter she served Richard and Kahlan as one of their closest friends-and one of their most lethal defenders.
One-time lieutenant of the evil Emperor Jagang, known as “Death’s Mistress” and the “Slave Queen”, the deadly Nicci captured Richard Rahl in order to convince him that the Imperial Order stood for the greater good.
A New York Times bestseller, Death's Mistress: Sister of Darkness begins The Nicci Chronicles, Terry Goodkind's series with a cast of characters centered on one of his best-loved characters in the now-concluded Sword of Truth.
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