Debt of Bones is a short novel by Terry Goodkind. It was first published in the August 1998 anthology Legends then later published as a stand-alone book in hardcover in 2001 and in paperback in 2004.

Debt of Bones
AuthorTerry Goodkind
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Sword of Truth
GenreEpic fantasy
PublisherGollancz
Publication date
August 1998 (in compilation) then December 2001 (by itself)
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages128
ISBN0-575-07256-3
OCLC46847682
813/.54 21
LC ClassPS3557.O5826 D43 2001
Preceded byThe First Confessor: The Legend of Magda Searus 
Followed byWizard's First Rule 

Plot summary edit

During the war against D'Hara, a young woman meets with Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander, Wizard of the First Order, so that she can force him to pay a debt of bones he owes her and save her child. In so doing, she initiates the series of events leading up to the end of the war with D'Hara and the division of the Westlands, Midlands, and D'Hara by the boundaries.

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