Reply #5: seperate response because it's a different thought

[Occulus]

I'm looking at his whole world here, the whole story, and I think the critics are going to eat crow before it's over.

Goodkind is a fantastic author. He's building an entire world, and he's currently only focusing on one continent. Maybe that's all there is to his world, but if not.... he has novel after novel after novel ahead of him.

As I was saying, my concern is the whole storyline, from Rule to Empire and on into the future. I very much want to see his magic systems and his characters tell the whole] story. I've already accepted the downpoints in the storyline as a matter of course; one must do so when consider this many books in context with the overall epic novel. And that's what this really is- a hugely detailed epic novel.

I really do hope he can complete this series. I want to see who prevails; the Order- or the House of Rahl. Only time will tell.