Stone of Tears (part of [i]The Sword of Truth[/i] series

best....book.....EVER!!!!!! action, adventure, fear, rape, lust, love, sex, blood, gore, New World, Old World, Underworld, magic, hope, prophecy, betrayal, death, life, monsters, mythical creatures, mystery, murder, slaughter, fantasy, and many more words that could be used as tags for this book. and it's only the second one in the series (i was unable to find the first book in my school's media center)

here's a link if you want to find out about the author: http://us.macmillan.com/author/terrygoodkind

and here's a link to show the list of books in the series (11 so far): http://us.macmillan.com/series/SwordofTruth