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A Man Rides Through

Volume II of Mordant's Need

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A Man Rides Through

By: Stephen R. Donaldson
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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In The Mirror of Her Dreams, the dazzling first volume of Mordant’s Need, New York Times best-selling author Stephen R. Donaldson introduced us to the richly imagined world of Mordant, where mirrors are magical portals into places of beauty and terror. Now, with A Man Rides Through, Donaldson brings the story of Terisa Morgan to an unforgettable conclusion.

Aided by the powerful magic of Vagel, the evil Arch-Imager, the merciless armies are marching against the kingdom of Mordant. In its hour of greatest need, two unlikely champions emerge. One is Geraden, whose inability to master the simplest skills of Imagery has made him a laughingstock. The other is Terisa Morgan, transferred to Mordant from a Manhattan apartment by Geraden’s faulty magic. Together, Geraden and Terisa discover undreamed-of talents within themselves—talents that make them more than a match for any Imager... including Vagel himself.

Unfortunately, those talents also mark them for death. Branded as traitors, they are forced to flee the castle for their lives. Now all but defenseless in a war-torn countryside ravaged by the vilest horrors Imagery can spawn, Geraden and Terisa must put aside past failures and find the courage to embrace their powers—and their love—before Vagel can spring his final trap.

PLEASE NOTE: A Man Rides Through: Volume II of Mordant's Need opens with Book Three, as it continues the story begun in The Mirror of Her Dreams: Volume I of Mordant's Need.

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I've read this series four times so it was a real pleasure to hear it read. By the end of the book Scott Brick sounded like an old and dear friend.

My favorite!

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I loved this story. It had a little too much description but still really good!!

A Fantastic Fantasy Story!!

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A master storyteller with the perfect narrator. Well paced and satisfying. The blending of the two worlds is novel

Imaginative and epic

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Book 2 of Mordant's Need, and a great ending to my favorite book series!

Again Mr. Brick narrates and I don't hate it!

Book 2, and Still my favorite fantasy series

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As always Stephen Donaldson outdoes himself. Excellent story, characters and narration making it easy listening and exciting at the same time

Imagination required to produce this is incredible!

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I read these books several years ago and thoroughly enjoyed them. I loved the Audible version. It brought Donaldson"s wonderful writing to life again. I would highly recommend the Mordant's Need books to any fantasy reader, or to anyone who just loves a good story excellently told.

Even Better the second time

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It is clear to me that many may not like Stephen R. Donaldson’s writing. However, it is also clear to me that he is of the masters of Sci-Fi/Fantasy. He carries the ebb and flow that all great stories should have and masterfully delivers an epic that is also in part, a romance.

Scott Brick, the orator, is equally as distinguished in his own right. Some books are better to read while others are better to hear read. If you see Scott Brick’s name, you will not be disappointed with his telling of the story.

Writing from a master

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the ending made me cry with joy. I true master piece. there are few book that have ever evoked Thora level of wonder or joy in me.

amazing

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[This is a copy of my review of the first book, The Mirror of Her Dreams.]

This pair of books are the most captivating that the author ever wrote. I absolutely recommend this book and it's sequel for anyone who enjoys fantasy novels. I think very highly of the first Covenant series, but for purely enjoyable story telling this is his best.

First things first- this book has a lot going on. The main character is involved in lots of plots and sub-plots and had many very interesting interactions with many vivid characters. The book is a fantasy/mystery. The climax is absolutely great.

My only real complaint about Donaldson is that his characters are so damned frustrating. In other books, after restating every problem a hundred times they often do little or do something weird or simply wait for someone else to do something. This book has some of that, but I believe that he handles it much better than in the Covenant novels. As I said, there is a lot going on and many times the character has good reason not to act.

Unfortunately the reader is the patron saint of frustrated narration and I think he was a terrible choice for any Donaldson novel. Technically he's is very good reader, but for my money he was a bad choice here.

The author's best story

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This book is actually much better to me than the first. It was such fun to revisit Terisa and Geraden in an audible way. I read these way back in the 80s and loved them then too. I did realize listening , how much detail I skim over when I read. I started adult fantasy with the Thomas Covenant series. I’m thinking I may have to revisit them too. I actually recently listened to ALL of the books in Goodkind’s sword of truth series. Scott Brick as always did a wonderful job.

Great series

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