His Black Tongue

De: Mitchell Luthi

Narrado por: Anna Capraro, Scott Miller

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

The Bone Fields was the standout story for me

So I went into this book blind and didn’t realize there were separate stories! I was trying to connect the dots only to realize they won’t be connected. Oops!

I enjoyed The Bone Fields story the most, but even then, it was just ok. I think I didn’t get attached to the characters enough. I liked the settings, and the concepts were interesting enough, but I didn’t get scared or really interested due to lack of character development, and for that I give it fairly low rating overall. For the author: keep writing! You have good imagery and the adventures are spooky, just work on getting the reader invested way more into the characters.

Beautiful imagery and incredible performances.

Definitely an interesting take on classic mythologies. The stories are vivid and violent but overall fascinating.

Quite a mix.

Not every one was a home run for me but on the whole I enjoyed the curveballs I was thrown. Worth your time.

Audio is immaculate book is weird

This collection of stories is weird lol I liked it well enough it but it was 3/5 for sure

Mismarketed and poorly produced

I actually liked the title story, and that's part of why I'm giving this a poor rating - the cover blurb portrays it as the main focus, but it barely feels novella length on its own, and abruptly ends about as you think it's wrapping up the first act of a more substantial story. And unfortunately, the other stories didn't grab me on its level.
Beyond that, the audio production is muddy, with the main narrator often being tough to pick out without constantly adjusting the volume. But then, they decided to frequently layer in music and other sound effects (especially in the title story), which just makes the voices tougher to hear. Sorry, but after enjoying Pilgrim by the same author, I was really hyped to get to the main story here, but it just underwhelmed on every level except as an excerpt of a hypothetical larger novel.

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.

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.

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

eh

the cover looked cool, that’s what drew me in. but the story is kinda confusing if you’re not rlly paying attention, and the music can be a bit much at times.

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