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The Serpent's Shadow

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The Serpent's Shadow

By: Mercedes Lackey
Narrated by: Michelle Ford
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 From the magical mysteries of India to the gaslit streets of Victorian London, Mercedes Lackey's unique departure from her Valdemar series follows a young woman doctor as she searches for the secret behind the sorcery in her blood.©2002 Mercedes Lackey (P)2009 Audible, Inc. Classics Fantasy Fiction Historical Magic Paranormal

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"Mercedes Lackey returns to form in The Serpent's Shadow...."This story takes place in the London of 1909, and is based on "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Lackey creates echoes of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, pays affectionate homage to Dorothy Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey (who plays an important role under a thin disguise), and turns the dwarves into seven animal avatars who masquerade as pets of her Eurasian heroine, Maya." (Amazon.com review)
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My only gripe with this is the performance is sometimes lacking. Narrator simply doesnt try with some accents (most noticeable the irish accent) and sometimes fluffs words which she'll get right later in the paragraph.

Amazing Mercedes Lackey

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