Mortalis

Mortalis

Author	R.A. Salvatore
Cover artist	Alan Pollock
Language	English
Series	The DemonWars Saga
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Del Rey
Publication date	April 3, 2001
Publication place	United States
Pages	576
ISBN	0-345-43039-5
OCLC	44086039
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 21
LC Class	PS3569.A462345 M67 2000
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]

References

1. "R.A. Salvatore Interview! - Project Fanboy". Archived from the original on July 16, 2009. Retrieved November 9, 2008.