Severed Souls by Terry Goodkind is the sequel to The Third Kingdom. In this book, Lord Hannis Arc, the spirit of Emperor Sulachan, and their army of the dead are heading toward D’Hara to wrest control of the Empire from Richard Rahl. Meanwhile, Lord Arc’s former subordinate Ludwig Dreier is hatching his own plan to grab power. Unfortunately, Richard and Kahlan are still in the Dark Lands with the evil of the Hedge Witch Jit in their bodies, and unless they find a containment field in a few days where they can be cured, they will die.

D’Hara has to be warned of Hannis Arc’s approached and Richard and Kahlan must be cured. What a dilemma!

Severed Souls finds Richard and Kahlan in a battle for their very lives surrounded by dark forces. The book explores Richard’s efforts to travel through the Dark Lands, find a cure, and stop two evil men and their troops of the dead. It is a page-turner with an unexpected ending. The series concludes with Warheart. You’ll be grabbing it off the shelf to find out how everything finally resolves.