Everything Richard Rahl has learned will be for naught as the ruthless Emperor Jagang returns with his vast heralded by a mystical plague that kills innocents in the thousands. Richard must now challenge the undefeatable: the magic that thwarts magic, sealed away for three thousand years in the Temple of the Winds. Prodded by prophecy, shadowed by betrayal, to complete his mission Richard must accept the Truth and find a way to pay the price the winds before he and the world both perish.