Deathstalker Return

Written by Simon R. Green

Narrated by Gildart Jackson

Take a journey through the Age of Heroes . . .

After falling in love with the king's intended, Lewis Deathstalker is now exiled, an outlaw from the empire he faithfully served for so long. With Lewis out of the way, former Paragon Finn Durandal has led a silent coup to wrest control from the king and set himself up as the power behind the throne.

But Durandal is not the Empire's biggest threat. The Terror that Owen Deathstalker prophesied nearly 200 years ago is almost upon them, and Owen is supposedly the only one who can save civilization from unspeakable horrors. Lewis, unwilling to believe that the galaxy's savior is dead, sets off to the darkest reaches of the Galaxy to find his lost ancestor.

Lewis intends to retrace Owen's footsteps and overturn every possible lead. But with Finn in control of the empire's massive forces, he is outmanned and outgunned at every turn. Lewis must stay one step ahead of Finn's ever-expanding reach if he has any hope of discovering Owen's fate.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Oct 29, 2019
• ISBN: 9781400170159

Simon R. Green

Simon R. Green was born in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England, where he still lives. He is the New York Times bestselling author of more than seventy science fiction and fantasy novels, including the Nightside, Secret Histories and Ghost Finders series, the Ishmael Jones mysteries, the Gideon Sable series and the Holy Terrors mystery series. Simon has sold more than four million copies of his books worldwide.

Reviews for Deathstalker Return

[hjjugovic · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Lewis Deathstalker's adventures continue satisyingly along the path Deathstalker Legacy laid out, with the usual satisfying Green twists and turnabouts. Outlawed and on the run, Lewis and his companions return to the places where the survivors of Owen's time hide and slowly pick up clues, all of which guide them to the Madness Maze. The Empire crumbles and finally falls into Finn Durandal's clutches. A plucky reporter rescues King Douglas at his execution with the help of the last true paragon. And like the title suggests, Owen Deathstalker returns and reveals the shocking true nature of the Terror.I think this adventure is even better than the Deathstalker's first. Green continues to demonstrate the importance of truth, which gels nicely with Owen's commitment to history over legend. The characters are given interesting chances to grow. This far into the series, there are still many surprises, though some of Green's patterns become predictable. Hint: if he sets up something as wonderful, it's going to be destroyed soon. Regeneration tanks are a bit too handy, but the peril is through the roof, so I suppose if you want anyone to be left at the end to tell about it, you need a miracle or two.

[wyvernfriend · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I need to read more stories in this series, and re-read them. This is a story of one of the ancestors of Owen Deathstalker. Lewis Deathstalker is on the run, with a motley crew of misfits trying to find out as much as he can before going into the maze. The maze can kill but it can also expand the person's abilities.Interesting but the story is very incomplete and up in the air because of back and forward story, definitely a mid-series story.