Mortalis Explained

Mortalis
Author:R.A. Salvatore
Cover Artist:Alan Pollock
Country:United States
Language:English
Series:The DemonWars Saga
Genre:Fantasy
Publisher:Del Rey
Release Date:April 3, 2001
Pages:576
Isbn:0-345-43039-5
Dewey:813/.54 21
Congress:PS3569.A462345 M67 2000
Oclc:44086039
Preceded By:The Demon Apostle
Followed By:Ascendance

Mortalis is a fantasy novel by American writer R. A. Salvatore. Spanning the gap between the first and second DemonWars Saga trilogies, it is also the fourth out of seven books in the combined DemonWars Saga.

Plot summary

Mortalis tells of Pony's life after the war: her fight against the crushing grief of her husband Elbryan's death and her fight to stop a plague infecting the people of the kingdom. At the same time, the characters of Aydrian Wyndon, Elbryan's and Pony's child, and Brynn Dharielle, a To-Gai girl turned ranger, are introduced to the story.

Background

This book was written while the author's older brother and closest friend, Gary, was dying of pancreatic cancer. He finally passed within months of the publishing of this book in 2000. He considers this book his finest work in large part to the grieving process he suffered through which mirrored a similar aspect of the book in which the previous hero of the story, Elbryan Wyndon, is killed.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: R.A. Salvatore Interview! - Project Fanboy . 2008-11-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090716152153/http://www.projectfanboy.com/vb/showthread.php?t=857 . 2009-07-16 . dead .