title: When Darkness Consumes
author:  C.M. Radcliff 
description: C.M. Radcliff lives in Amish Country, Pennsylvania with her husband and two children. She spends most of her time enjoying life with her family. She speaks fluent sarcasm, dark humor, and has the mouth of a sailor. In her free time, she enjoys the beach, canoeing, fishing, and reading (of course). She currently works as a pediatric nurse.
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  In Wizard’s First Rule, Richard Cypher’s world was turned upside down. Once a
  simple woods guide, Richard was forced to become the Seeker of Truth, to save
  the world from the vile dominance of Darken Rahl, the most viciously savage
  and powerful wizard the world had ever seen. He was joined on this epic quest
  by his beloved Kahlan, the only survivor among the Confessors, who brought a
  powerful but benevolent justice to the land before Rahl’s evil scourge. Aided
  by Zedd, the last of the wizards who opposed Rahl, they were able to cast him
  into the underworld, saving the world from the living hell of life under Rahl.
  
  But the veil to the underworld has been torn, and Rahl, from beyond the veil,
  begins to summon a sinister power more dreadful than any he has wielded
  before. Horrifying creatures escape through the torn veil, wreaking havoc on
  the unsuspecting world above.
  
  If Rahl isn’t stopped, he will free the Keeper itself, an evil entity whose
  power is so vast and foul t