Book description
Sparhawk's boots on stone. The sound cuts through the silence of his return. Home is a wound. The kingdom bleeds shadow. And Ehlana-his queen-frozen in crystal. Dying. One year. No cure.
The audiobook doesn't whisper. It arrives. You hear the weight in Sparhawk's voice as he steps back into the throne room. The air thick with old magic and new fear. The narrator's calm delivery makes the danger sharper. Like the quiet before a storm you can't outrun.
Ehlana's prison isn't just stone. It's time. Each breath she takes is a second gone. The clock ticks in the background of every conversation. Every shadow in the castle holds a threat. You feel it in your bones. The evil isn't just out there. It's in the walls. It's in the whispers the guards share when they think no one listens.
Sparhawk isn't a hero who leaps. He's a man who walks. Through dark corridors. Past broken statues. Past the cold eyes of those who want him dead. The narrator makes his steps count. You hear the scrape of his sword on stone. The ragged sound of his own breath. He's tired. He's lost. But he moves.
The tension isn't loud. It's the space between words. The pause before a question. The way the narrator lowers his voice when describing the crystal prison. You lean in. You listen harder. Because the silence is the loudest thing in the room.
Ehlana's fate hangs in the air. Not as a distant plot point. As a real thing. You hear the faintest crack in the crystal in the quiet moments. A sound that shouldn't be there. A sound that means time is slipping.
This isn't just a story about saving a queen. It's about the weight of a promise. The sound of footsteps on stone when everything else is broken. The narrator doesn't rush you through it. He lets you feel the slow burn of the year dragging on. The fear of what comes next.
You don't just hear Sparhawk's journey. You feel the cold of the prison air. The tightness in your own chest as the clock winds down. The audiobook makes the stakes real. Not through shouting. Through the quiet, steady rhythm of a man walking toward his hardest fight. One step. One breath. One year left. The sound of it all is the sound of hope, fragile and real.
RZR
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Sandbox
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Stickers
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Esquire
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ShadowDancer
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Burn
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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