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By: Margaret Rogerson
Narrated by: Caitlin Davies
Length: 12 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
An international bestseller!
From the New York Times bestselling author of Sorcery of Thorns and An Enchantment of Ravens comes a thrilling, “dark coming-of-age adventure” (Culturess) about a teen girl with mythic abilities who must defend her world against restless spirits of the dead.
The spirits of the dead do not rest.
Artemisia is training... Read more
Olga
By: Bernhard Schlink
Narrated by: Nathalie Buscombe
Length: 5 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
“Two world wars and the passage of more than a century do not overshadow [Bernhard Schlink’s] story of lovers who never fully belong to each other, just as they never fully belonged to the world.”—Booklist“A brilliant novel about history and the nature of memory.”—Evening StandardA sweeping novel of love and passion from author of the... Read more
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By: Alex Pheby
Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Length: 18 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
"Oppressively dark and deliciously Gothic" - The BiblioSanctum
Alex Pheby's Mordew launches an astonishingly inventive epic fantasy trilogy.
God is dead, his corpse hidden in the catacombs beneath Mordew.
In the slums of the sea-battered city, a young boy called Nathan Treeves lives with his parents, eking out a meagre existence by picking... Read more
The Last Legacy
By: Adrienne Young
Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
Length: 8 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
New York Times bestselling author Adrienne Young returns with The Last Legacy, a captivating standalone about family and blood ties, reinventing yourself, and controlling your own destiny.
When a letter from her uncle Henrik arrives on Bryn Roth's eighteenth birthday, summoning her back to Bastian, Bryn is eager to prove herself and finally take... Read more
It Ends in Fire
By: Andrew Shvarts
Narrated by: Dara Rosenberg
Length: 11 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Afterwitnessing her parents' brutal murder, an undercover spy plots revenge on the system that destroyed her family in this thrilling dark fantasy.A James Patterson Presents novelAlka Chelrazi is on a mission:1. Infiltrate Blackwater Academy2. Win the Great Game3. Burn Wizard society to the groundAs a child, Alka witnessed her parents' brutal... Read more
View audiobookDaughter of Sparta
By: Claire Andrews
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
Length: 11 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
In this thrilling reimagining of ancient Greek mythology, a headstrong girl does whatever it takes to rise up and become the most powerful fighter her people have ever seen.Seventeen-year-old Daphne has spent her entire life honing her body and mind into that of a warrior, hoping to be accepted by the unyielding people of ancient Sparta. But an... Read more
View audiobookSon of the Storm
By: Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Narrated by: Korey Jackson
Length: 17 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
From one of the most exciting new storytellers in epic fantasy, Son of the Storm is a sweeping tale of violent conquest and forgotten magic set in a world inspired by the pre-colonial empires of West Africa.
"Everything I love in a fantasy novel. Damn good stuff!" —Jenn Lyons, author of The Ruin of Kings
In the ancient. city of Bassa, Danso is a... Read more
The Anatomy of Desire
By: L. R. Dorn
Narrated by: Santino Fontana, Shelby Young, Marin Ireland, J...
Length: 8 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
Audie Award finalist for Multi-Voice Performance!Performed docuseries style by a star-studded full cast including Santino Fontana, Shelby Young , Marin Ireland, JD Jackson, Dan Bittner, Vikas Adam, Gabra Zackman, Fred Berman, Darrell Dennis, Oliver Wyman, Jonathan Davis, Hilary Huber, and Lisa FlanaganFor fans of riveting true crime docuseries a... Read more
View audiobookVictories Greater Than Death
By: Charlie Jane Anders
Narrated by: Hynden Walch
Length: 12 hours 45 minutes
Abridged: No
"This is the first audiobook narrated by Hynden Walch, who is famous for her voice acting. Her expertise with voicing all different types of characters is a perfect match for this production and keeps listeners engaged." -- Booklist
Buckle up your seatbelt for Victories Greater Than Death, a thrilling YA sci-fi adventure set against an... Read more
The Infinity Courts
By: Akemi Dawn Bowman
Narrated by: Mizuo Peck
Length: 13 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
“Masterful and left me on the edge of my seat…absolutely everything I could want in a sci-fi.” —Adalyn Grace, New York Times bestselling author of All the Stars and Teeth
Westworld meets Warcross in this high-stakes, dizzyingly smart sci-fi about a teen girl navigating an afterlife in which she must defeat an AI entity intent on destroying... Read more
Amber and Clay
By: Laura Amy Schlitz
Narrated by: Rachel Botchan & Tom Picasso
Length: 10 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: No
The Newbery Medal–winning author of Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! gives readers a virtuoso performance in verse in this profoundly original epic pitched just right for fans of poetry, history, mythology, and fantasy.Welcome to ancient Greece as only genius storyteller Laura Amy Schlitz can conjure it. In a warlike land of wind and sunlight,... Read more
View audiobookShip of Smoke and Steel
By: Django Wexler
Narrated by: Catherine Ho
Length: 13 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Ship of Smoke and Steel is the launch of Django Wexler's cinematic, action-packed epic fantasy Wells of Sorcery trilogy. In the lower wards of Kahnzoka, the great port city of the Blessed Empire, eighteen-year-old ward boss Isoka enforces the will of her criminal masters with the power of Melos, the Well of Combat. The money she collects goes to... Read more
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