Western novel audiobook excerpt

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Description

This is a sample of the opening of a western novel called \"Snow Falls Soft on the Hidden Valley.\"

Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Young Adult (18-35)

Accents

North American (US General American - GenAM)

Transcript

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Part one. Chapter 1. I pulled my horse to a stop on the steep rise and stood tall in the saddle for the few extra inches of view. An ancient gnarled tree stood sentinel at the peak. The reliable bay Mayor hadn't faltered or missed a step over the rocky and uneven terrain. She was steady and reliable, and had worked up quite a lather. We hadn't stopped for hours, and if I didn't find a safe place soon I'd be carrying the saddle on my back. I felt bad for pushing her so hard, but I wasn't exactly in the best shape either. The mob had seen to that the crest of the hill flowed steeply down into a small mountain valley. I looked to the left and right and realized that the valley was inaccessible by horseback from anywhere other than possibly where I stood. I had only found the passage through the rocks by dumb luck. Sheer cliffs surrounded me. Pines covered the hillside until they were gradually replaced by quaking aspen yellow leaves shimmering in the slight breeze. It was the line of smoke trailing into the sky on the far side of the valley that interested me the most. My horse stamped and pot at the ground like she knew there was a stable with fresh hey. Within view she was game. That's for sure. I don't know how she was still standing