Author | Terry Goodkind |
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Cover artist | Will Staehle |
Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy, speculative fiction, thriller |
Publisher | Putnam Adult |
Publication date | August 18, 2009 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Book |
Pages | 502 (Hardcover) |
ISBN | 978-0-385-66738-8 |
OCLC | 343742096 |
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]