Venom Spear

Blades of Grass, Book 1

By: Austin Chambers

Narrated by: Sunny Patel

Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

A massive natural disaster was all it took to drop America to her knees. Will she be ready for the coming wars?

Air Force Colonel Lou Caldwell was already in his own private hell. Living in the bottle since his son’s suicide, Lou is pressed into assignment by the nation’s leading general. His mission? Act as the joint chief’s quiet eyes and ears on the ground, assess the military’s true readiness, and find the pulse of America.

China and Russia square up for war, intent on claiming their role as the world’s foremost superpower. Mexican cartels align, emboldened by an evil and cunning horde that has claimed Seattle as its own. They begin making powerplays throughout the West. An attack in Denver kills dozens.

As if things aren’t bad enough, American infrastructure begins to fail. Rolling blackouts morph into days-long nightmares. The loss of Seattle’s tech-giants has had devastating effects on the internet. The world’s economies begin to tank. Governments become desperate. What will Lou find? Will America truly have a gun behind every blade of grass when she needs it most?

Find out in the action-packed opener to this Cascadia Fallen spin-off series!

©2022 Austin Chambers (P)2022 Austin Chambers

The awful narration.

So... you write a book about the fall of the US and much of the story is first person interaction between American military personnel, then you hire a British guy to narrate that has a terrible American accent and is unable to Everly pronounce words in an American way. Why? Is there no American narrators that could have done this read? Just seems like someone in the process was completely tone deaf about the content or how to deliver it.

As a Navy man myself, I found much of the military jargon and talk was accurate, but this narrator destroyed pronunciations of literally everything. it was very distracting and hard to immerse myself in to the story with that. Very disappointing delivery on what is a good hypothetical story. Wish I could get my credit back...

Exciting and Intense

What an intense and exciting story. I was drawn in immediately by the characters and the drama surrounding them. The overall story and concept is excellent. If you have listened to or read Cascadia Fallen, you get a bigger picture of the total anarchy the U.S. falls into after the disaster, and the outside threats that she tries to protect herself from. The author does an excellent job paining a picture that you can follow and be immersed in. The narrator does a great job bring the characters to life. I really liked this story and would highly recommend it to others.

Enjoyed story but hated narration

The narrator’s accent really distracted from the story. I couldn’t understand what word he was saying constantly.

I think im nit picking, I like the story. my issue is the narrator doesn't pronounced the names I of the cities correctly.

I think im nit picking, I like the story. my issue is the narrator doesn't pronounced the names I of the cities correctly.

Good story, tough narrator

I really liked the story & the characters that are being developed for this series.

New narrator is coming in book 2👍

good story . lots of action .

not a big fan of the narration. but I'm just not used to the fellow being brit . the truth is this could and is happening in the USA right now...or something like it . give it a go .

Foreign narrater is difficult.

This is an American story narrated by a guy with a very heavy Irish accent. Difficult to follow and process. For instant, Air Force is pronounced as Ear Force by the narrator.

Good story - terrible narration

Inarguably the WORST narration of any audiobook I have ever listened to. Accent is absolutely distracting, completely unable to pronounce “Colonel”, pitch and inflections rarely fit the narrative. Enjoying the storyline but if the same narrator reads the other books in this series, my journey will end here. Have listened to well over 100 audiobooks and this is by far the worst. The fact I am still listening to the book does tell you that the story is worth your time.