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.

need a better narrator

love the story have the whole series of books. just needs a better narrator. kronik

Great Book

Great story.
Narrator isnt terrible after you get used to his style and voice but do not expect the same performance as Sam Tsoutsouvas gave.

Great Story

I love the story, but the narrator was so different from the first book, I had trouble staying involved in it. this narrator needs more depth with the different voices, especially female and differing male voices. good Gratch voice, though.

terrible narrator

robot?
reading to third graders?
first book's narrator was much better.

story reasonable for a free book.

Another phenomenal story...

Another phenomenal story by Terry Goodkind and performance by Peter Kenny. I can't wait to start the next book.

good book, narration sub-par

love the book, a good continuatuon. The narration is fairly monotonous for at least the first half of the book but picks up more inflection and emotion later on.

Stone of Tears will bring you to tears! Epic!

This is an amazing read! It has such a dynamic story with your main characters going through so many highs and lows makes you feel like your on a real rollercoaster of life with them. I used to stay up late in the night to read this in high school because it would draw me in so much. Hearing it read out loud was just as good.
However, I do like it better when audio books go between male and female characters by using both male and female narrators because it breathes more life into the book. This narrater who did a solo job did do an excellent job though, especially for handling such an epicly long story like this one.

Good to know before you purchase this book...

The story itself is fantastic - I have both read the physical book and listened to the audiobook. Terry Goodkind is a phenomenally engaging author. However, the publishers choice for narrator completely ruined it for me. Jim Bond read the book in a strange robotic voice, almost as if he thought the audience would understand him better if he uses that voice. His narration was a challenge to sit and listen to, he didn’t help the book flow at all.

A little bit long winded at times

I sincerely love the Sword of Truth series. I have enjoyed these books for years. My only concern is that they are very long. I often feel that as these first few books carry on that there are other points where they could have ended and another book could begin. Of course this would add a few more books to the series, but that’s great for sales, right?

I’ve never had a narrator negatively impact a good story so much!

My only recommendation if you must LISTEN to an audible instead of reading the actual physical book is to increase the speed to 1.5x. The narrator is truly awful.