Terry Goodkind Book "The Naked Empire"

"The incandescent, white-hot inferno roared by just overhead. Once past Richard and his men, it descended, crashing down among the enemy soldiers, spilling a flood of liquid death out among them." In the novel Naked Empire, Terry Goodkind demonstrates his uncanny ability to induce an unending amount of action, supply multiple stories that all unfold at once, and defines his characters so well that the reader often feels as if they have known each character their whole life.
"On his way past her, gritting his teeth as he screamed with the fury of the attack begun, Richard took a powerful swing, lopping off the woman's head and upraised arm. Strings of blood and gore splashed across the faces behind her even as some still chanted their empty words. …