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.

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

Jim Bond :(

I'm a few hours into Stone of Tears. I've read the book before and I know I like it.... but wow. Jim Bond... I dont know if I'll be able to finish the series if he narrates more books. what happened to the narrator from wizards first rule? that dude was legendary and put life and fire into the characters. jim bond is awful and is trying to ruin the characters I've imagined so fondly.

You wont regret the credit purchase with this one

There are too many complaints about the narrator. People LOVE to complain, especially when they havent gotten EXACTLY what they want in a sequel, but as stories go, this is a great second book. similar stakes, similar restrictions, similar villians. The narrator is good, but not the same as the original so people will tell you he is terrible, but in reality he reads it well. dont be turned off to a good book because of those who dont have any patience to enjoy something good in a different voice. you wont regret the credit purchase with this one.

Decent story with surprisingly bad performance.

The story doesn't live up to the first installment, but it is still enjoyable if you can ignore the narration.

Epic story.

Too bad the narrator doesn't know the material. Horrible execution. He has a great voice though.

good story

the story was great but the narrator was not good. the voices for the people were hard to tell apart as well.

Robot Man

At first I thought it was a robot telling the story and as the story progressed I was convinced it was. This guy made me cringe damn near every paragraph. The story was amazing and I will be getting the next chapter of the sword of truth. God damnit, please don't let this guy ruin the next for me as he nearly did with this one.

terrible narration.

Being respectful to the deceased, I will not comment on the book itself as there is already years worth of that.

and I don't think I could put anything here about the narration that hasn't already been said for years. it's just bad. really bad.

great story, sub par reader.

After listening to the first book the performance of this reader was lacking and monotone. Great story and a very satisfying sequel to Wizard's first rule.

I should have read it and not listened to it!

This is the second book of a really good series. Unfortunately, I don’t know if I can get through the rest of this book due to the horrible narration. He reads in a monotone voice. He is also very choppy. Goodkind’s first book in this series was great. The narrator was not the best but he was 100 times better than this! It never occurred to me to stop listening to the first book. I am really enjoying the story itself. I just hope I’ll stick it out.

loved it!

I have listened to it 3 times and will continue to listen, I love the story!