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Stone of Tears

Sword of Truth, Book 2

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Stone of Tears

By: Terry Goodkind
Narrated by: Jim Bond
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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. Action & Adventure Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Magic Heartfelt War Magic Users Wizardry Classics
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I read these books years ago, and now am listening. as before, I got lost in the story, the characters and the lands.
Wonderfully read, however the voice too automated which made it less than 100% for me.

Brilliant.

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Great book but performance sounded a little electronic / robotic at times. Not the easiest to listen to.

Great Book

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I'm really enjoying this series can't wait to continue.
The only critasium that I have is that it took me quite a bit to get used to the narrator i almost gave up on the book as it sounded very robot like, but after 10-15 chapters the narrator seem to get better/got used to it. So all in all I am very happy that I suck with it.

love the book series.

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I have read a physical copy of this book before and very much enjoyed it. The Narrator of the first book in this series was exceptional, Jim Bond however did not do this story justice. His monotone voice and lack of emotion make it difficult to discern one character from another at times and can break the flow of an otherwise engaging story.

Making a great novel sound like a boring lecture

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I didn’t enjoy Jim Bond for this story, he sounds like you listening to speak to text on a PC.

Jim Bond

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Worried about narrator at first, as I loved the narrator of Wizard's First Rule so much. But, he ended up being ok. Not fantastic but decent enough!

Average Narration, Great Series

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Ive read this a few times and love the book. I drive a lot for work so thought I'd listen to the audiobook. it's terrible. for the first time in my life I don't think I'll get through the entire audiobook. hopefully the next book has a different narrator. if it does I'll probably skip this book and just jump to the next in the series. I think if I try to just ride it out, this will probably ruin the series for me.

terrible narration

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Love this series, but as others have said the narration starts out robotic with a strange cadence. I find it improved greatly as the book progressed though, and turned out to be quite good, with good character voices and emotion pit into the reading.

Love the series

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Compared to the first book, This Narrator sounds robotic and forced, I hope the remaining books improve.

Great Book, Terrible Narrator

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Though it picked up a little later on, this was a generally dreadful performance of the book. The reader had a range of three tones, and never used more than two in the same paragraph.

That aside, Goodkind's stories are good enough and one can ignore some of the more excruciating prose.

Good story, poor performance

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