Stone of Tears

Sword of Truth, Book 2

By: Terry Goodkind

Narrated by: Jim Bond

Length: 38 hrs and 34 mins

Publisher's summary

An epic of awesome power from Terry Goodkind, the second installment of the bestselling series A Sword of Truth

Kahlan has at last gained the one goal she had always thought was beyond her grasp...love. Against all odds, the ancient bonds of secret oaths, and the dark talents of men long dead, Richard has won her heart.

Amid sudden and disastrous events, Richard's life is called due to satisfy those treacherous oaths. To save his life, Kahlan must forsake Richard's love and cast him into the chains of slavery, knowing there could be no sin worse than such a betrayal.

Richard is determined to unlock the secrets bound in the magic of ancient oaths and to again be free. Kahlan, alone with the terrible truth of what she has done, must set about altering the course of a world thrown into war. But even that may be easier than ever winning back the heart of the only man she will ever love.

War, suffering, torture, and deceit lie in their paths, and nothing will save them from a destiny of violent death, unless their courage and faith are joined with luck and they find the elusive...Stone of Tears.

Epic edge: listen to more in the Sword of Truth series.

©1995 by Terry Goodkind. (P)2004 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

great story...terrible narrator.

Loved reading these and thought I would listen to them with my kids to get them hooked. Narrator is horrible, if the story was not written well we would have stopped. going to just have my kids read the books.

great

the voice was a little off but overall it was a great book best in 1.25

Narrator was rough, amazing story

It took some time to adjust to Jim’s voice, but overall it was good. The story was amazing.

Very good book very poor performance

Jim Bond is the most frustrating voice actor I have ever heard. His inflections are grating and different voices sound like something off a bad cartoon.

The book itself is great. I enjoyed the story very much. There was a lot of character growth and great moral and personal drama.

Terrible Narrator

The narrator takes pauses at the worst times in sentences. Detracted from the story. Dialogue between characters was hard to listen to.

Really good!

Really good book! Can't wait to read the next one. The reading was clear, although not the best I've heard

This narrator....

Would you try another book from Terry Goodkind and/or Jim Bond?

Terry Goodkind is clearly a good author. I was so swept away by the first book that I couldn't wait to listen to the second. But my god... this is the absolute worst narrator I've ever heard. Absolutely awful. I felt like I was listening to a boring textbook. This was the worst possible choice.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Jim Bond?

Literally anyone.

Monotone narrator- story okay

The story is good, but so many emotional outbursts take away from it.
Better suited for young adults imo.

Good story, hate the reader.

It's like the reader is using the spooky ghost voice you use for children whenever there is a threatening character. He's not very believable.

The new narrator almost made me stop listening

Book one in this series was great and the narrator did a good job. It's difficult to go from a great book with a good narrator, to another great story with a narrator that sounds like a robot. I had to speed the book up to try to complete it. I enjoyed the story, it's just hard to get past the terrible narration. I was motivated by the knowledge that the same narrator does not read book 3. Unfortunately he will be reading a couple books later in the series. I hope he has improved by that then. It's not often that I see a change in the narrator so many times in a series. It's very disappointing and it takes away from the books to have new voices and accents added for these characters. Something to think about before you get into the series.