Sacred Ground

A Novel

By: Mercedes Lackey

Narrated by: Katie Anvil Rich

Length: 11 hrs

Publisher's summary

From the New York Times bestselling author Mercedes Lackey comes contemporary fantasy Sacred Ground.

Jennifer Talldeer is Osage and Cherokee, granddaughter of a powerful Medicine Man. She walks a difficult path: contrary to tribal custom, she is learning a warrior's magics. A freelance private investigator, Jennifer tracks down stolen Native American artifacts.

The construction of a new shopping mall uncovers fragments of human bone, revealing possible desecration of an ancient burial ground. Meanwhile, the sabotage of construction equipment at the site implicates many activists—particularly Jennifer's old flame, who is more attractive and dangerous than ever. Worst of all, the grave of Jennifer's legendary Medicine Man ancestor has been destroyed, his tools of power scattered, and a great evil freed to walk the land.

Jennifer must make peace with the many factions and solve the mystery of her ancestor's grave before the world falls into oblivion.

©1994 Mercedes Lackey (P)2023 Tantor

Very enjoyable

This was a great listen! Excellent start to a new series in a new world, I look forward to more!

Stereotypes are made to be broken

I’ve loved this book for more than two decades. I’ve been reading Mercedes Lackey’s books since the first one, Arrows of the Queen, which I came across in my college’s bookstore. I fell in love with Sacred Ground from the first page and I’ve reread it many times. The audiobook meets my expectations and I’m sure I’ll listen to it many times as well.
Jennifer Talldeer and her grandfather, Moon Crow, are such entertaining characters along with a pretty much perfect villain in the form of a misogynistic white man, who underestimates who he is up against.

Disappointed in the naration.

Good story, consistent for Mercedes Lackey. Would be a good begining for a series. Performance by Ms Rich was rushed and without a soul. It sounded like someone who was not at all vested in the material and just wanted to get through it as fast as possible. I should have gotten the book and read it myself. Not at all up to the standards of audiobooks of the last several years.

One of My Favorite Books by Mercedes Lackey

I have enjoyed reading this book many times over the past twenty years, so was quite excited when I saw that it was finally available on Audible. Ms. Lackey is my favorite fantasy author. The stolen artifacts and subsequent fraud are an interesting storyline. Native American culture seems well respected in this novel and Jennifer is a lovely protagonist.

Now about the narration: I'm not usually terribly picky about how my story is read to me, but I was incredibly distracted during the whole book by mispronunciations and words being flipped. For instance, Huey Long was pronounced, "H-way", and fate worse than death turned into, "a death worse than fate". Besides this and pauses in odd places, her tone and pacing were good, which saved my performance rating.

Overall, I love this story and distractions aside, this is a wonderful book that I recommend you read or hear.

story was amazing reader not so much

I just couldn't get past the mispronunciation of the Subaru Brat. Absolutely love the story though.