The Black

Morpheus Road Trilogy, Book 2

By: D. J. MacHale

Narrated by: Nick Podehl

Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

Cooper Foley always had a knack for finding trouble, but nothing he’s ever experienced could have prepared him for his latest adventure: He has landed square in the middle of a border war between the worlds of the living and the dead.

At the end of The Light, Book One of the Morpheus Road trilogy, Marshall Seaver learned the truth about what happened to his missing best friend, Cooper. Now the mystery continues to unfold, only this time through Cooper’s eyes.

What did Marshall’s terrifying encounters with Gravedigger have to do with spirits from another existence? Who is Damon, and what role did he play in Cooper’s dilemma? Most important, what is the mysterious Morpheus Road? It’s time to learn, as bestselling author and master of thrilling suspense D. J. MacHale delivers another fast-paced, fantastical story that has all of existence hanging in the balance.

Take another trip down Morpheus Road.

©2011 D.J. MacHale (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Good... But Too Much Retelling of Book One

I enjoyed Morpheus Road Book 1 tremendously; therefore, I was excited to get my ears on Book 2. Unfortunately, I felt a bit cheated by just how much this book relies on re-telling events already presented in Book 1-- even if the perspective is new. In fact, shortly after I started listening, I thought to myself, "O crud! I got mixed up and somehow even managed to re-purchase the book already listened to." It was THAT familiar. To be fair, the book description does say that is is a new look at those events, but I still expected more new action. One of the aspects of the first book that drew me in was the suspense. It's hard to build suspense when the events are so familiar. It took me a long time to finish this because I kept leaving it to listen to a book whose plot I did not already know.

There ARE some new elements. The struggle between Cooper and Damon is fine, and the character Maggie was very interesting. But still, the focus on re-telling the Book 1 plot seemed to overwhelm the story. The narrator is excellent, and the book is well-written. Also, I'm sure if I hadn't listened to Book 1, I'd have been enthralled with this one. (In fact, it might be the superior of the two books.) Cooper's viewpoint is interesting, but since it is intended to follow the first book, I felt that MacHale owed us a little less Book 1 plot re-hash. I'm still planning on getting Book 3, but I will be more cautious and check more reviews, and not just get it on the strength of the first two.

it was epic!

the story is fresh and unique and I loved every single second of it. can't wait to listen to the next one.

cool

Such a great book. I'm definitely reading the final book, specially after what happened in this book.

great

the author is so good at story telling all his work is a must read.

the best

the writer is still my favorite. love the pendragon books as well. cheers to many words

I love it!! like Pendragon, can't stop listening

can't stop listening to it !! page Turner like Pendragon wish he kept on writing

great book

I would give the performance a five rating like the others but for one small thing. around the half way point of the book it breaks of talki g about you've come to the end of the disc but not the end of the book. so really I give the performance a 4.9/5

Nice sequel

Looking forward to the next book in the series. Well thought out and well read. Some violence but not excessive.