Looking for a book series I read half of and never finished
I remember that the protagonist (who may be a king) is rallying his people for a war between the magic users and other people, I think.
At one point he meets some will-o-the-wisps and another time he's following where the attacking army has invaded and come up on a town filled with dead bodies. The army that they are trying to stall/fight has a sport they play, which is like football meets death. The king is captured but the antagonist doesn't realise it's him and he is forced to play the sport. He actually is really good at it and rises in the ranks, becoming champion maybe.
I can't remember much more but I really want to finish the books to see how it ends.
story-identification novel
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I remember that the protagonist (who may be a king) is rallying his people for a war between the magic users and other people, I think.
At one point he meets some will-o-the-wisps and another time he's following where the attacking army has invaded and come up on a town filled with dead bodies. The army that they are trying to stall/fight has a sport they play, which is like football meets death. The king is captured but the antagonist doesn't realise it's him and he is forced to play the sport. He actually is really good at it and rises in the ranks, becoming champion maybe.
I can't remember much more but I really want to finish the books to see how it ends.
story-identification novel
edited May 25 '18 at 12:37
TheLethalCarrot
41.1k15220270
asked May 25 '18 at 12:29
abrey1985 abrey1985
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Please visit scifi.stackexchange.com/tags/story-identification/info and answer as many questions there as you can. :) It will help us help you.
– FuzzyBoots
May 25 '18 at 12:35
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Never mind everyone I finally googled the right key words and found my answer. It was the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
– abrey1985
May 25 '18 at 12:36
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Probably common trope, but it sounds a bit like Goodkind's Sword of Truth books. EDIT: Ah, allright, it is, there ya go. You can self answer if you like. If it helps, the sport bit is towards the end of the series... Chainfire or Confessor, somewhere in there.
– Radhil
May 25 '18 at 12:36
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@abrey1985: In which case, you can post that as the answer (and explain why it's the right answer, and you can accept it in about two days. :)
– FuzzyBoots
May 25 '18 at 12:37
@Radhil OP never came back, so how 'bout kicking that one out of "unaswered" tab now? :)
– Jenayah
Jan 18 at 23:31
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I remember that the protagonist (who may be a king) is rallying his people for a war between the magic users and other people, I think.
At one point he meets some will-o-the-wisps and another time he's following where the attacking army has invaded and come up on a town filled with dead bodies. The army that they are trying to stall/fight has a sport they play, which is like football meets death. The king is captured but the antagonist doesn't realise it's him and he is forced to play the sport. He actually is really good at it and rises in the ranks, becoming champion maybe.
I can't remember much more but I really want to finish the books to see how it ends.
story-identification novel
edited May 25 '18 at 12:37
TheLethalCarrot
41.1k15220270
asked May 25 '18 at 12:29
abrey1985 abrey1985
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I remember that the protagonist (who may be a king) is rallying his people for a war between the magic users and other people, I think.
At one point he meets some will-o-the-wisps and another time he's following where the attacking army has invaded and come up on a town filled with dead bodies. The army that they are trying to stall/fight has a sport they play, which is like football meets death. The king is captured but the antagonist doesn't realise it's him and he is forced to play the sport. He actually is really good at it and rises in the ranks, becoming champion maybe.
I can't remember much more but I really want to finish the books to see how it ends.
story-identification novel
story-identification novel
edited May 25 '18 at 12:37
TheLethalCarrot
41.1k15220270
asked May 25 '18 at 12:29
abrey1985 abrey1985
211
edited May 25 '18 at 12:37
TheLethalCarrot
41.1k15220270
asked May 25 '18 at 12:29
abrey1985 abrey1985
211
edited May 25 '18 at 12:37
TheLethalCarrot
41.1k15220270
edited May 25 '18 at 12:37
TheLethalCarrot
41.1k15220270
edited May 25 '18 at 12:37
TheLethalCarrot
41.1k15220270
41.1k15220270
asked May 25 '18 at 12:29
abrey1985 abrey1985
211
asked May 25 '18 at 12:29
abrey1985 abrey1985
211
asked May 25 '18 at 12:29
abrey1985 abrey1985
211
211
3
Please visit scifi.stackexchange.com/tags/story-identification/info and answer as many questions there as you can. :) It will help us help you.
– FuzzyBoots
May 25 '18 at 12:35
1
Never mind everyone I finally googled the right key words and found my answer. It was the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
– abrey1985
May 25 '18 at 12:36
2
Probably common trope, but it sounds a bit like Goodkind's Sword of Truth books. EDIT: Ah, allright, it is, there ya go. You can self answer if you like. If it helps, the sport bit is towards the end of the series... Chainfire or Confessor, somewhere in there.
– Radhil
May 25 '18 at 12:36
4
@abrey1985: In which case, you can post that as the answer (and explain why it's the right answer, and you can accept it in about two days. :)
– FuzzyBoots
May 25 '18 at 12:37
@Radhil OP never came back, so how 'bout kicking that one out of "unaswered" tab now? :)
– Jenayah
Jan 18 at 23:31
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Please visit scifi.stackexchange.com/tags/story-identification/info and answer as many questions there as you can. :) It will help us help you.
– FuzzyBoots
May 25 '18 at 12:35
1
Never mind everyone I finally googled the right key words and found my answer. It was the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
– abrey1985
May 25 '18 at 12:36
2
Probably common trope, but it sounds a bit like Goodkind's Sword of Truth books. EDIT: Ah, allright, it is, there ya go. You can self answer if you like. If it helps, the sport bit is towards the end of the series... Chainfire or Confessor, somewhere in there.
– Radhil
May 25 '18 at 12:36
4
@abrey1985: In which case, you can post that as the answer (and explain why it's the right answer, and you can accept it in about two days. :)
– FuzzyBoots
May 25 '18 at 12:37
@Radhil OP never came back, so how 'bout kicking that one out of "unaswered" tab now? :)
– Jenayah
Jan 18 at 23:31
3
3
Please visit scifi.stackexchange.com/tags/story-identification/info and answer as many questions there as you can. :) It will help us help you.
– FuzzyBoots
May 25 '18 at 12:35
Please visit scifi.stackexchange.com/tags/story-identification/info and answer as many questions there as you can. :) It will help us help you.
– FuzzyBoots
May 25 '18 at 12:35
1
1
Never mind everyone I finally googled the right key words and found my answer. It was the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
– abrey1985
May 25 '18 at 12:36
Never mind everyone I finally googled the right key words and found my answer. It was the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
– abrey1985
May 25 '18 at 12:36
2
2
Probably common trope, but it sounds a bit like Goodkind's Sword of Truth books. EDIT: Ah, allright, it is, there ya go. You can self answer if you like. If it helps, the sport bit is towards the end of the series... Chainfire or Confessor, somewhere in there.
– Radhil
May 25 '18 at 12:36
Probably common trope, but it sounds a bit like Goodkind's Sword of Truth books. EDIT: Ah, allright, it is, there ya go. You can self answer if you like. If it helps, the sport bit is towards the end of the series... Chainfire or Confessor, somewhere in there.
– Radhil
May 25 '18 at 12:36
4
4
@abrey1985: In which case, you can post that as the answer (and explain why it's the right answer, and you can accept it in about two days. :)
– FuzzyBoots
May 25 '18 at 12:37
@abrey1985: In which case, you can post that as the answer (and explain why it's the right answer, and you can accept it in about two days. :)
– FuzzyBoots
May 25 '18 at 12:37
@Radhil OP never came back, so how 'bout kicking that one out of "unaswered" tab now? :)
– Jenayah
Jan 18 at 23:31
@Radhil OP never came back, so how 'bout kicking that one out of "unaswered" tab now? :)
– Jenayah
Jan 18 at 23:31
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So, this had been self-answered by the user in comments, but to make it clear and kick it out of the unanswered queue...
The book is Confessor, the last novel in the Chainfire trilogy in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind.
The book starts with Richard Rahl's capture by Imperial Order forces, and unaware of his identity, forced to play in a team gladiator blood sport named Ja'La'Din. His team inevitably rises to champion status, and challenges even Emperor Jagang's own team, brutally defeating them and humiliating Jagang into declaring the game invalid.
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So, this had been self-answered by the user in comments, but to make it clear and kick it out of the unanswered queue...
The book is Confessor, the last novel in the Chainfire trilogy in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind.
The book starts with Richard Rahl's capture by Imperial Order forces, and unaware of his identity, forced to play in a team gladiator blood sport named Ja'La'Din. His team inevitably rises to champion status, and challenges even Emperor Jagang's own team, brutally defeating them and humiliating Jagang into declaring the game invalid.
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So, this had been self-answered by the user in comments, but to make it clear and kick it out of the unanswered queue...
The book is Confessor, the last novel in the Chainfire trilogy in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind.
The book starts with Richard Rahl's capture by Imperial Order forces, and unaware of his identity, forced to play in a team gladiator blood sport named Ja'La'Din. His team inevitably rises to champion status, and challenges even Emperor Jagang's own team, brutally defeating them and humiliating Jagang into declaring the game invalid.
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So, this had been self-answered by the user in comments, but to make it clear and kick it out of the unanswered queue...
The book is Confessor, the last novel in the Chainfire trilogy in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind.
The book starts with Richard Rahl's capture by Imperial Order forces, and unaware of his identity, forced to play in a team gladiator blood sport named Ja'La'Din. His team inevitably rises to champion status, and challenges even Emperor Jagang's own team, brutally defeating them and humiliating Jagang into declaring the game invalid.
answered 24 mins ago
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So, this had been self-answered by the user in comments, but to make it clear and kick it out of the unanswered queue...
The book is Confessor, the last novel in the Chainfire trilogy in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind.
The book starts with Richard Rahl's capture by Imperial Order forces, and unaware of his identity, forced to play in a team gladiator blood sport named Ja'La'Din. His team inevitably rises to champion status, and challenges even Emperor Jagang's own team, brutally defeating them and humiliating Jagang into declaring the game invalid.
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Please visit scifi.stackexchange.com/tags/story-identification/info and answer as many questions there as you can. :) It will help us help you.
– FuzzyBoots
May 25 '18 at 12:35
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Never mind everyone I finally googled the right key words and found my answer. It was the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
– abrey1985
May 25 '18 at 12:36
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Probably common trope, but it sounds a bit like Goodkind's Sword of Truth books. EDIT: Ah, allright, it is, there ya go. You can self answer if you like. If it helps, the sport bit is towards the end of the series... Chainfire or Confessor, somewhere in there.
– Radhil
May 25 '18 at 12:36
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@abrey1985: In which case, you can post that as the answer (and explain why it's the right answer, and you can accept it in about two days. :)
– FuzzyBoots
May 25 '18 at 12:37
@Radhil OP never came back, so how 'bout kicking that one out of "unaswered" tab now? :)
– Jenayah
Jan 18 at 23:31