The Law of Nines

The Law of Nines
AuthorTerry Goodkind
Cover artistWill Staehle
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy, speculative fiction, thriller
PublisherPutnam Adult
Publication date
August 18, 2009
Publication placeUnited States
Media typeBook
Pages502 (Hardcover)
ISBN978-0-385-66738-8
OCLC343742096

The Law of Nines is a thriller/speculative fiction novel by American author Terry Goodkind. The book was released on August 18, 2009.[1] It debuted at #10 on the Times bestseller list.[2]

The book, though at essence a thriller, contains numerous fantasy or science fiction elements and balances references to numerology and magic with ones to probability- and string theory. The story itself is set in a contemporary or near future setting. This reality is, however, linked to a parallel universe that seems to be a latter day incarnation of Goodkind's The Sword of Truth setting. The story revolves around the character of Alexander Rahl, an artist, whose life becomes increasingly complicated when he meets a woman named Jax who claims to have come from the other world.[3]

  1. ^ The Law of Nines (Hardcover). amazon.com. ISBN 978-0399156045.
  2. ^ "Hardcover Fiction Best Sellers". New York Times. 2009-09-06.
  3. ^ Tina Jordan (August 12, 2009). "The Law of Nines (2009)". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on August 17, 2009.