Blood Is the Sky

Alex McKnight #5

By: Steve Hamilton

Narrated by: Jim Bond

Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

When a fire is done, what's left is only half-destroyed. It is charred and brittle. It is obscene. There is nothing so ugly in all the world as what a fire leaves behind, covered in ashes and smoke and a smell you'll think about every day for the rest of your life.

Reluctant investigator Alex McKnight finds himself drawn by friendship into a long drive north. The brother of Alex's longtime Ojibwa friend Vinnie LeBlanc works as a hunting guide, serving the rich clients from downstate. It seems that Vinnie's brother and his most recent group of hunters have vanished in northern Ontario, and Vinnie is scared enough to ask Alex to help him find them.

Their arrival sets in motion a heart-pounding string of events that leaves Alex and his friend miles from civilization, stranded in the heart of the Canadian wilderness with no food, no weapons -and no way out. And there's someone out there who definitely does not want them to make it back alive.

At once elegant and enormously suspenseful, Steve Hamilton's Blood Is the Sky heralds his arrival as one of the premier crime writers working today.

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©2004 Steve Hamilton (P)2004 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

good story, terrible narration

terrible narration on this story. all the characters sound like robots for some reason. i miss the previous narrator

Uggh ...the narrator is awful

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I would recommend the book but NOT this audiobook because the narrator really spoils the experience.

What didn’t you like about Jim Bond’s performance?

This narrator makes the characters sound stupid, especially the native characters such as Vinnie. His interpretation of the main character isn't much better. Just awful narration.

Do you think Blood Is the Sky needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

I know there are more books in this series and I'm glad.

Any additional comments?

I love this series and am very disappointed in the change of narrators. Jim Bond does a very poor job and I see that I must suffer through an additional two books before we return to the wonderful original narrator, Dan John Miller. I'll stick with it because the series is great.

Just OK!

Just OK...Not great. The reader left room for a better than this. The story very slow at some places. The first book I listened to by Steve Hamilton was great, it was " The Second Life of Nick Mason". This doesn't compare.

Robots

Indigent Americans have been speaking English for many years. Why make them sound like robots? College roommate was Hopi, from the rez. She spoke just fine

awful narrator

I have listened to all of the series up to this one, but the narrator is soooo bad I may not continue if he narrates the next one.

great read

great plot, narration was good but mispronounced the anishenbe words. Ojibwe is O jib wa with the sound of an a at the end. Eagle migizi Meg ah z. it is nice to hear the familiarity of the region and it's culture, but even more authentic if someone would take the time to research the proper ways to pronounce and use the correct annunciation.

The Best Alex McKnight Novel

Of the first five Alex McKnight novels, this is the best, by far. The narration was good, but the narrator could have used more diverse voices to distinguish between the different characters.

change in narrator not too bad

What about Jim Bond’s performance did you like?

All right, we all hate it when the narrator is changed is a series. You're accustomed to voice of the various characters and bang; you focus is directed to the new and irritating voices and not the story. But in this case the transition is not jarring to the ear because the voices are not that dissimilar and in some cases for example the voice of Alex's "partner" is actually improved and more believable. Normally I will just end the series because I'm pis*ed but in this case it's not all that noticeable.

Ugh...

This is THE WORST narrator ever. It was all I could do to finish the book. Good story, bad narrator.

Another satisfying listen.

Always an excellent choice. Great narration. On to the next one. I appreciate the setting descriptions.