Storm Breaking

Valdemar: The Mage Storms, Book 3

By: Mercedes Lackey

Narrated by: David Ledoux

Length: 20 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

As Storm Breaking opens, the western allies, led by Karal, Karsite Sunpriest and delegate to the Valdemaran Court, and the Adepts Firesong and An'desha, have traveled deep into the Dorisha Plains to locate the ancient ruins of the Tower of Urtho, Mage of Silence, creator of the gryphons. Legend has it that below the Tower, deeply buried beneath the plains, is Urtho's Vault, hidden stronghold of some of the most powerful magical weapons ever devised - weapons that Urtho himself felt were too dangerous to use.

With the help of the Shin'a'in plainsmen, they have successfully excavated this ancient arsenal, and risked their lives triggering one of these antique but potent tools of death to unleash a monstrous burst of mage-energy. With this explosion of magical power, Karal, Firesong, and their companions have temporarily counteracted the ever-increasing waves of the mage storms. But they know that this desperate action will not save them - they have bought themselves precious time, but are still far from a permanent solution. They know now that the mage storms are an "echo" through time of the prehistoric Cataclysm which destroyed Urtho's Tower, created the vast and barren Dorisha Plains, and permanently warped their world more than two thousand years ago. And they also know that if they don't find a way to banish these magical vibrations they will culminate in another Cataclysm - this time destroying their world for good.

But the Vault is not the only thing buried for centuries below the Dorisha Plains, and camped in the ruins of what once was the workplace of the most ingenious mage their world has ever known, the desperate allies soon come to realize that their solution may lie beneath the dust at their feet. The saving of their world just might be accomplished by the work of a man who has been dead for millennia!

©1996 Mercedes R. Lackey (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

The Storm

I always enjoy books in the valdivar series this was a very nice conclusion to the storm series if you've read the first two you've got to read the third one if you haven't read any I recommend this series to anyone who loves valdivar

Great series. Seriously disappointed in performanc

I have lived this whole series for a lot of years. However, throughout all these audio books, there are so many mispronunciations it's not even funny. Collegium is pronounced with a soft g. Names address pronounced differently by different readers. There are several places where the word the reader used was not the word the author wrote. Needs some serious work and should never have been published as is.

a great climax

I loved the story ever since I first read it. the cadence and speech patterns of the reader did not flow very well but did not detract too much

The final part of the Mage Storms

A wonderful ending to the Mage Storm trilogy. Karal is one of my favorite characters. The narration was wonderful.

WONDERFUL!

I love Mercedes Lackey's work. Everything comes alive for me. My only negative has to do with the narrators. Can they please get together with someone and agree on pronunciation of names?

always loved her books

I've loved her books since highschool can't wait to get more. looking forward to the mage wars.

I enjoy Mercedes Lackey's creativity and her stories are amazing.

The Voice actor was not able to create distinct voices for each character varios characters sounded similar and were hard to differentiate.

review

the narrator's voice was too deep and grumbly for all the characters at times it was difficult to understand

Lackey at her finest

Love all the Valdemar books. Hearing them read brings new life to the stories. Audible books are truly a gift.

Pronunciation distracts

I have loved Mercedes Lackey and Valdemar forever, so I enjoyed the story. I enjoyed David Ledoux as a dramatic voice actor but his mispronunciations of words such as gaes, duchy, collegium etc were jarring like potholes in a smooth road. I tend to think that an editor should have been listening to correct such things, or if Mr. Ledoux didn’t know a word he could have just googled the correct way to speak it before just guessing.