The Law of Nines — Terry Goodkind

Your mother was twenty seven when it came to her Now you re twenty seven and it s come to you The skin of Alex s arms tingled with goosebumps By her twenty seventh birthday insanity had come to his mother Turning twenty seven may be terrifying for some but for Alex a struggling artist living in the mid western United States it s cataclysmic Inheriting a huge expanse of land should have made him a rich and happy man but something about this birthday his name and the beautiful woman whose life he just saved has suddenly made him and everyone he loves into a target A target for extreme and uncompromising violence Where do you turn when your own reflection spells doom In Alex Terry Goodkind the NEW YORK TIMES 1 bestselling author brings to life a modern hero in a whole new kind of stunningly original high octane page turning thriller