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The Demon Wars Saga consists of two trilogies and this book, Mortalis, which bridges the two trilogies. The first trilogy tells of Elbryan the Ranger, Pony the warrior, Bradwarden the Centaur, Avelyn the monk, and Juraviel the elf as they battle the demon dactyl, Bestesbulzibar, and protect the land of Corona from his evils. Mortalis focuses on the life of Pony after the war and develops some new characters.

Once again, GraphicAudio continues to produce this saga in audiobook form with their "Movie in your Mind" concept. R.A. Salvatore provided the great story, but GraphicAudio brings it to life with outstanding acting, super sound effects and subtle, yet effective, incidental music.

The Rosey Plague is wreaking havoc in the land of Corona, especially in the kingdom of Honce-the-Bear. The Abellican Church has ordered all of its abbeys to be shut and the monks to stay within the walls to prevent them from catching the plague. This is ordered despite the suffering of the common folk outside the walls of the abbeys. King Ursul has ordered the same for all baronies. Because of this harsh treatment, the people soon lose faith in the church and in their king.

After being turned down once again to be a father abbot, Brother De'Unnero turns against the church and creates a following of the cult group, Brothers Repentant. This group is going throughout the land preaching that the plague is brought on as the wrath of God because the church has lost its way and the people are sinful. He begins killing those that do not denounce their faith for his religion.

In the meantime, Jilseponie (formerly called Pony) is trying to find a cure for the plague, using all her magicks. During a spirit-walk, Lady Dasselrond of the Touel'Alfar gives Jilseponie an ancient scroll where a relief, but not a cure, is written to help ease the suffering. Then a vision from the martyred Brother Avelyn may give her the cure, but is it too late?

This exciting conclusion takes the listener throughout all the baronies of the land and back to Mount Aida, to where the demon dactyl, Bestus Bulzibar, was destroyed. Once again the adventure is only made better by the outstanding production from GraphicAudio.

Gil T. has spent a quarter of a century working in radio and has lots of spare time on his hands and reading or listening to books takes up all that time. Check out his blog to find out what he's up to at any given moment.