Chainfire
- 672
- Pages
- about 12 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Chainfire” is the ninth novel of “The Sword of Truth” and opens a trilogy within the series, a book for readers already committed to it. It runs to more than 670 pages of epic fantasy about wizards and war. Some readers who admired the early volumes find that by this point the hero preaches too much and that the writing style grates.
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About the book
Chainfire is the ninth book in Terry Goodkind's epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth, and the first in a trilogy. It was nominated for the Prometheus Award.
Reading order · The Sword of Truth
Full order & progress →- Wizard's First RuleStart here
7.77.7 / 10 - Stone of Tears
7.97.9 / 10 - Blood of the Fold
7.87.8 / 10 - Temple of the Winds
7.87.8 / 10 - Soul of the Fire
7.47.4 / 10 - Faith of the Fallen
7.97.9 / 10 - The Pillars of Creation
7.27.2 / 10 - Naked Empire
7.57.5 / 10 - ChainfireThis book
7.67.6 / 10 - Phantom
7.77.7 / 10 - Confessor
7.97.9 / 10 - The Omen Machine
7.57.5 / 10 - The Third Kingdom
–Not ranked yet - Severed Souls
–Not ranked yet - Warheart
–Not ranked yet - Debt of Bones
7.77.7 / 10 - The First Confessor: The Legend of Magda SearusThe First Confessor: The Legend of Magda Searus–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.3 across 178 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 55% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.6 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.7 | 15 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 163 | 92% |
Frequently asked
How long is Chainfire?
It has 672 pages — longer than 69% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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