Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
Wizard’s First Rule is the first installment in the Sword of Truth series by the late Terry Goodkind. I can say with confidence that this book was got me hooked into reading fantasy novels. The main character in Wizard’s First Rule and the Sword of Truth series is Richard Cypher. He is a tracker, guide, and woodsman in the forest of Westland. His world starts to change with the discovery of a strange and menacing weed he has never seen before in Westland. Then with the appearance of a beautiful and mysterious woman named Kahlan Anmell being pursued by assassins. Richard takes Kahlan to meet his “grandfather” Zedd, an eccentric old man that lives by himself in the forest whom has taught Richard all that he knows. Hoping that Zedd can point Kahlan in the right direction Richard comes to find out some hard truths and that he is in fact the Seeker of Truth. He will wield the Sword of Truth and travel beyond the border of Westland with Kahlan to find out who he truly is and stop the evil