His Black Tongue

By: Mitchell Luthi

Narrated by: Anna Capraro, Scott Miller

Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

There is no plague in Enfaire....

Dead things have been found in the fields of Enfaire, a God-fearing town north of Reams. Not just dead things, but twisted forms…unholy shapes. And there are rumors, too, of a blasphemous union and of fell creatures that haunt the night. Yet even as plague and witch pyres blacken the sky, the town remains untouched by the malady that has already claimed thousands and will claim thousands more.

It is here, in Enfaire, that an old Franciscan friar and his ward take shelter from a storm. It is here, in a little town on the edge of civilization, that they will have their faith truly tested.

His Black Tongue is a tale of medieval horror, plunging the listener into the plague-torn land of 14th-century France when pestilence and death walked hand-in-hand, and life was little more than a sputtering candle, waiting to be put out. But there are worse things than death, than sickness and decay…and it comes upon leathery black wings.

Includes The Bone Fields novella and the short story, "The Knights of the Non-Euclidean Table".

©2022 Mitchell Luthi (P)2022 Mitchell Luthi

Terrible production

I’m sure the story is fine, but I can’t hear the narrator over the music and obnoxious sound effects

It has potential but it’s not the greatest.

The story can become a bit confusing at times but can always manage to pull you back in with the action.

Setting is great. The rest? Derivative and cliche.

I checked this book out after reading Between Two Fires by Chris Buehlman. This book is a sorry pastiche of that. The setting is fantastic and the tone is perfect at first. However, none of the plot twists come as a surprise as the foreshadowing here is like a cast iron pan upside your head. The climax is like a Dragonball Z episode; tons of exposition, lots of one liners, a heaping helping of “your soul will be mine”; a Mary Sue protagonist.
The production is fine. The climax was a little muddled with the audio being what it was. I made it about 3 hours in before I was rolling my eyes and wanting more out of the story. I can’t recommend this audiobook.

EXCELLENT start….meh finish

i truly enjoyed the first story. everything about it was attention grabbing and immersive. the plot, the reading all felt like i was right there. However…. the second story just couldn’t keep my attention because i feel like the plot was lost at some point. the last story wasn’t really immersive at all, felt like something i’ve heard before. really wish there was a full book/continuation of the first story it was excellent in every way

1 good story out of 4... waste of a credit

The only great thing about this book was the setting and atmosphere the author set up. The rest of this book was a large bag of MEH! No suspense, typical b-movie horror gore, and average plots.

The first story was good with a nice twist at the end... and the last story about the knights from King Arthur’s court had so much potential but was terrible.

Don’t waste your credit.

good but lacking!

I really enjoyed the first few chapters but lost interest around the last chapter. The book is made up of smaller books it seems and the very last one was just something I wasn't too interested in. I would have loved to listen to the first and second all the way through but they end in cliffhangers

great performance, somewhat weak story

it was almost impossible to warm up to characters, most of the stories were extremely predictable.

Amazing!!!

Wow. The music. Sound effects. Different voices. It was so immersive. I love it so much!!! Such good dark stories! The only bad thing was I was left with my jaw dropped and wanting more after every story! 10/10 recommend!

there's better out there for less

when I started this title, fresh off the heels of "between two fires" (which is available for zero credits mind you) I was excited to find more medieval horror. it seems to be a rather niche genre indeed, though one that holds a great deal of intrigue. it may seem a bit unfair to compare the 2, however, between two fires is nearly 21 hours long, takes time to introduce it's characters, and builds a dark and foreboding atmosphere, where as this one reads like the novelization of a marvel movie, with characters we don't care about in a setting that feels as if it was pulled from an early 2000s video game, you know the sort, the kind that's edgy for the sake of being edgy, in conclusion, there's better out there for less. have a good day

Writing is akin to a Marvel Movie

The premise sounded cool, but hearing the story left me disappointed. The writer has watched too many marvel movies. There is no urgency to anything, the characters encounter something that should shock them and turn the world on its ear and their response is to make a pithy quip. The female lead character is very annoying and there isn't a moment of doubt that she will fail to beat the bad guys and succeed and do it while also being the coolest and smartest.

The cover is honestly what drew me in the hardest, and there is major dissonance between that cover and the content of the book.