Venom in Her Veins

A Forgotten Realms Novel

By: Tim Pratt

Narrated by: T. David Rutherford

Child of prophecy? Harbinger of Doom?

Zaltys is a girl like any other to grow up ranging the jungles of the Southern Lluirwood. She’s a crack shot with a bow and no stranger to the dangers that lurk beneath the deep forest canopy.

On expedition with her family to harvest the forbidden terazul flower, a powerful drug that has gathered many a dreamer into its narcotic embrace, Zaltys is about to unearth a truth long buried by the feculent loam of deception. As the veil is lifted on the world Zaltys thought she knew, a pathway to the Underdark promises the answers her family never gave. Venturing forth in search of truth, Zaltys finds betrayal to be a much easier quarry. But it will take more than a lode of lies to quell the venom in her veins.

©2012 Wizards of the Coast, Inc. (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Simple and straight forward.

'Venom in Her Veins' is pretty much a classic D&D adventure; it is a short journey into danger for reasons simple and noble. People won't get anything special from this book other than a minour look into the life of a region rarely visited in the Forgotten Realms, but that is also enough. The book's main draw is its charismatic and unique characters and how they deal with issues. Overall, this book isn't a masterpiece, but neither is there anything wrong with it. It is simply offering simple fun and adventure. Absolutely worth a listen if you simple want something light and easy to listen to for some hours of enjoyment.

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it was good book,but bad narration. narrator rushed through like reading a encyclopedia. I had to stop a few times to take a break from the narrator.

great book! amazing story! not so great narration

I loved the story but was hard to listen to due to the narrator speed reading the whole book without pause.

Good Stroy

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

The story is good, but the performance, well... Since it is about a girl, I would have enjoyed the performance better if a woman read this story. I felt the reader rushed through the book so I found it hard to relax and listen. If I was listening to this while I was running instead of to relax after work maybe I would have liked the performance better..

I still like the story, but the narrator...

I enjoyed the story the first time I read it. I’ve enjoyed it again overall, but the narrator isn’t my favorite. I think him serviceable at best, as I prefer female narrators for female protagonists. Yet, he was fine generally.

Worth the buy overall, though I’d still prefer a different narrator.

Breathless

I found the story the be enjoyable. There was, I felt, some strain to get action in the story to move it along. The narration felt very rushed, to the point that I found myself irritated at sentences being crammed together and listening to the narrator sounding winded and sucking in breath several times a sentence.

Great story. Bad Narrator

The narrator appeared to be rushing the book. reading it as fast as possible. it was unpleasant hearing him speed read.

Audio took some getting used to, but good story!

I almost didn't get this because of all the complaints about the narration, but while the reader is fast paced he is clear and understandable. You get used to it after awhile. Soon I didn't even notice it. Story was good. I really enjoyed these characters. I enjoyed the setting as well. This is not a complicated story. It is fairly straight forward and the characters are really endearing.

I really enjoyed the world building and how House Serrat tries to keep their secrets, secret.

The ending felt a little rushed, but that was okay. I did want to see more of these characters so I was disappointed when I got to the end and there were no further books of their adventures.

Great Story

I had a great time with this story. The only drawback was the narration. At times he rushed through the whole story. He didn't really have any inflection while narrating the story which I think took a lot away from the great scenes dispersed through out the book. He had no emotion in his narrative at all, it was very brisk and business-like. Almost like he just narrated for the cash, not so much for the performance. Just download the book. It's a better experience. I would like to see a series made out of the heroine's travels. Is there more to this story?

Lacking

The book had great potential. It has unique characters, a great structure for the family it's centered around, and a little comic relief. But as a whole this book seemed more like an introduction to a bigger story. But as I understand it, it's a stand alone novel.