Book description
Ebony Gate: A Symphony of Steel and Sorcery
Julia Vee's debut audiobook crackles with the electric tension of blades being drawn in midnight silence. Emiko Soong emerges from the shadows like smoke given purpose-formerly the Blade of her magical clan, now a woman stained with memories as dark as her past deeds in Beijing's markets.
The narrative flows like silk over steel, each chapter a careful unfurling of ancient powers colliding with modern San Francisco's Chinatown streets. Vee's prose carries the weight of someone who understands both courtroom precision and the quieter violence of supernatural warfare. Her heroine doesn't simply walk through scenes-she moves like flowing water, finding the path of least resistance until violence becomes inevitable.
What makes this audiobook extraordinary isn't just the elegant collision of Eastern mysticism with Western noir sensibilities, but how Vee understands that the most compelling magic systems are those that feel lived-in rather than explained. The supernatural elements breathe with organic authenticity, never overwhelming the very human cost of Emiko's choices.
The pacing builds like a storm rolling in from the Pacific-deceptively calm at first, then suddenly violent and beautiful. Each revelation peels back another layer of a world where family blood debts carry weight beyond mere metaphor, where gods of death speak in voices that echo through bone.
This isn't just another urban fantasy wearing borrowed tropes. It's a meditation on redemption written in the language of katanas and ancestral obligation, narrated with the intimate authority of someone who's walked both sides of the law.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience