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.

Love the book, did not love the voice acting

I almost didn’t listen to this initially because of the voice actor. Not that he has a bad voice I just didn’t think he did so great with characters. They all sounded the same and many sounded like they were whining little kids most of the time. I liked the guy who did Wizards First Rule so much better. Hopefully book 3 will be a better performance!

Bad Teller

I love the series I physically read it and own it. I am a truck driver and wanted to hear the series told to me on audio and experience that. the narrator of this particular book sucks!! he doesn't know how to pronounce half of the names of the characters. it's been a struggle to just listen to his voice!¡!! the narrator of the first book wizard's first rule, is a fantastic narrator. you should have him do the entire series!!!!!

THE PAIN... OH!! THE PAIN!!!!!!!

The story was good (Worth taking the time to read). The performance however is almost the worst thing ever created. If anyone from the publisher or Audible reads this, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE re-make this awesome book with an (at least) competent narrator who knows the background and flow of the story and characters.
Don't waste your $$ or credits on anything this narrator reads, or for that matter anymore books in this series, most of the other narrators are not that good either.

not the best narrator

Good story. Near monotone narration makes characters all sound alike and dialogue hard to follow.

Read by a Robot.

I love this series but this narration was not great. Literally sounds like a robot reading.

Intense from start to finish

These stories grip you, it’s hard to stop, I dream about the characters. I feel it as if I am living it. I love this world. This is my 4th time listening to all of the books. My first time was over 10 years ago. This book was even better than I remembered. I got my girlfriend into the series so that I can have have someone to talk to about it. Absolutely incredible work.

The only issue I’ve got with any of these books is the constant change of narrators.

poor narrator

although the story is very good the narrator lacks the range of voices to bring the story alive.

Great book... Robot could read it better

Another good one from Terry Goodkind! I did have a problem with the narrator. He sounded like a robot at times and forced at other times. Other than that... I can't wait for the next book!

Horrible narration of a good story

The narrator sounds like an AI voice. The inflections and pacing are inconsistent. It sounds like the narrator is reading the book for the first time and doesn’t care about the story most of the time. Only worth listening if reading the book is not feasible.

Heading say optional, turns out it's not.

It's fairly monotone the entire time, wouldn't recommend this version. five more words, hoo ha!