Kahlan and Richard are there to hunt once again however one wrong move can cost them heavily. Making noise was not the right idea for them because of this they were just showing gestures. Through gestures, they were able to point at the prey, and Richard after seeing the winged creatures checked the blade of his sword. It is all a very ghastly situation that Terry Goodkind has described.
The dark scenes add more to the situation and the author has been successful to increase the impact of the story in this way. A few voices and the complete pin-drop silence tell many stories that are in the minds of Kahlan and the enemy. Jim Bond has to work great in the narration because the words uttered by the characters are few but they are meaningful.
It is a bizarre world as compared to Wizard’s First Rule and Stone of Tears so if you are a child and listening to the story with the adults of the house then it is just not your type. There are things in the story which will confuse you and also will land too big on the minds of the young teenagers.
The action gets dominated by suspense and the real story takes time to open up clearly. Bigger objectives cannot be seen in the story but the story develops with a concept that emerges slowly and it clarifies the theme in front of the audience. Terry in most of his books move in a stepwise way and he has done just that in this book as well.