A Man Rides Through

Volume II of Mordant's Need

By: Stephen R. Donaldson

Narrated by: Scott Brick

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.

©1987 Stephen R. Donaldson (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

An Extraordinary story!

I read this duology years ago, and was excited to experience it again. It was even more magical this time as an audio performance. This is the kind of story you can get lost in, full of Magic and myth, battles and friendship. I hope you treat yourself to this experience-you won't regret it!

A story you can listen to over and over.

I first read the books years ago and this is my third listen. The characters are like old friends and the story keeps you interested throughout. And when it’s done, you get that feeling that you are parting ways with friends you aren’t sure you’ll see again. Highly recommend!

My favorite!

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.

A Fantastic Fantasy Story!!

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

The author's best story

[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.

Great series

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.

excellent

I truly enjoyed this book. my only despair was the sexual connotation I did not at first find it necessary but in retrospect. appropriate I have always enjoyed Donaldson's books look forward to more

Imaginative and epic

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

Book 2, and Still my favorite fantasy series

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!

Imagination required to produce this is incredible!

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