{"id":27451,"date":"2026-08-30T17:27:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T21:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=27451"},"modified":"2026-09-13T09:49:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:49:26","slug":"blood-of-the-earth-audio-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/27451","title":{"rendered":"Blood of the Earth, Audio Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/123948\/9780698184480\"><em>Blood of the Earth<\/em>, Audio Book<\/a> (2016) <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/hunter_faith.php\">Faith Hunter<\/a> narrated by Khristine Hvam (Soulwood #1)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/123948\/9780698184480\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/bloodoftheearth.jpg?resize=186%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Blood of the Earth\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I set the shotgun on the table and got out three pottery mugs. I wasn\u2019t using John\u2019s maw-maw\u2019s good china for outsiders whom I might have to shoot later. That seemed deceitful.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u2018The end justifies the means.\u2019 Niccol\u00f2 Machiavelli espoused that and he got it wrong. The end only matters because of the means.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI have to use a Styrofoam cup, and you have cool metal travel mugs. I want one.\u201d They all stared at me for too long, silent. I said, \u201cThat was a non sequitur. I needed time to think.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>the best way to control humans has always been to give them the things that they want, not deprive them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Characters<\/strong>: Nell Nicholson Ingram, Special Agent Rick LaFleur, Paka, Pea, JoJo, Tandy, T. Laine, JoJo, Occam, John and Leah Ingram, Mama Carmel, Mama Grace, Mama Cora, Maw-maw Maude , Mindy\/Mud, Micaiah Nicholson, Priscilla Nicholson, Fredericka Vaughn, Caleb Campbell, Judith, Zebulun, Rethel and Narvin, Caleb Campbell, Jedidiah Whisnut, Esther Nicholson, Sister Erasmus, Elder Aden , Clarence Vaughn, Amos Rufus, Mira, Yummy, R. Thomas Benton, Brother Ephraim, Joshua Purdy, Ernest Jackson Jr., Simon Dawson Jr., Nadab and Nahum Stubbins<\/p>\n<p>Publisher: Audible<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blood of the Earth, Audio Book (2016) Faith Hunter narrated by Khristine Hvam (Soulwood #1) I set the shotgun on the table and got out three pottery mugs. I wasn\u2019t using John\u2019s maw-maw\u2019s good china for outsiders whom I might have to shoot later. That seemed deceitful. \u2018The end justifies the means.\u2019 Niccol\u00f2 Machiavelli espoused [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[191,37,2,204,42,936,16],"tags":[81,481,195],"class_list":["post-27451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-5-10","category-audio-book","category-fantasy","category-good","category-police","category-single-point-of-view","category-supernatural","tag-faith-hunter","tag-khristine-hvam","tag-soulwood"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-78L","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9238,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/9238","url_meta":{"origin":27451,"position":0},"title":"Blood of the Earth, Audio Version","author":"Michelle","date":"August 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Blood of the Earth, Audio Version (2016) Faith Hunter narrated by Khristine Hvam I generally don't listen to a book immediately after I've read it, so if I wanted more of Jane Yellowrock's world, I was going to have to listen to the Soulwood series. 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