Storm Rising

Valdemar: The Mage Storms, Book 2

By: Mercedes Lackey

Narrated by: David Ledoux

In Storm Rising, mysterious mage-storms are wreaking havoc on Valdemar, Karse, and all the kingdoms of the West, plaguing these lands not only with disastrous earthquakes, monsoons, and ice storms, but also with venomous magical constructs - terrifying creatures out of nightmare. Both Valdemar's Heralds and Karse's Sunpriests struggle to marshal their combined magical resources to protect their realms from these devastating, spell-fueled onslaughts. But as the situation becomes bleaker and bleaker, the still fragile alliance between these long-hostile lands begins to fray. And unless Valdemar and Karse can locate and destroy the creator of the storms, they may see their entire world demolished in a final magical holocaust.

©1995 Mercedes R. Lackey (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

make sure you have the next book

this ends in an almost cliffhanger, so make sure you have the next one (storm breaking) ready. this is a great book but does not stand alone, like many of Lackeys trilogies.

Story great, voice narrator not so much

The voice actor needs lessons in pronunciation. How can one say “duchess” correctly but then repeatedly pronounce “duchy” as “ducky.” Sigh. I enjoyed the story immensely, but nearly knocked myself out with the constant face-palming due to the horrible narration.

Pass the Ducky...

Classic Lackey and Valdemar and in this case Karse. I do wish that Misty would assume more direct control over who does her audiobooks, however. David Ledoux has a good voice, but he is a narrator not a master of voices. Worst of all, he obviously has a limited vocabulary. I simply could not immerse myself in the story because of rookie mistakes in pronunciation. The one that grated the most, and the most unforgivable was "ducky" for duchy. Shame on the producers for letting that one pass.

less than

again I am saying knock off all the pointless sex anything. all you do is irritate people because this is not 50 shades of Grey; I care about magic and intriguing story, not some guy F***ing a cat lady or any of that shit. Get laid yourself, or be like me and not care about 5ex and just write your damn book.

Pronunciation

I love this story. but the pronunciation of "duchy" as "ducky" multiple times dropped me right out of it every single time. Really, how did you get a job as a narrator. it's even obvious from context.