Book description
The Lord of Necrönd
Book of Önd, #3
Jane Welch
Welch's final installment delivers everything promised. High adventure. Magical terror. Moral complexity.
The afterlife itself has been corrupted. Earth chokes on endless war and industrial smoke. Welch's heroes? Flawed. Hal acts first, thinks never. Caspar wavers between caution and cowardice.
Their growth costs everything. Success remains uncertain until the last page.
Kaveney captures what makes Welch special. Celtic mythology meets modern conscience. Dreamlike menace punctuated by genuine moral toughness. Characters forced to choose. Really choose.
The writing strips away excess. Every word earns its place. Welch trusts readers to feel the weight of each choice alongside her characters.
This isn't children's fantasy dressed up for adults. It's fantasy that understands consequences. That knows saving your homeland means losing pieces of yourself along the way.
The magical torture scenes? Unflinching. The environmental themes? Woven through every page without sermonizing. The character development? Hard-won and believable.
Welch writes like someone who's lived in worlds both real and imagined. Her time teaching skiing in Andorra clearly taught her something about isolation. About what happens when you're cut off from everything familiar.
The audiobook format serves this story well. Welch's spare, impactful prose translates beautifully to voice. Every pause matters. Every silence carries weight.
This is fantasy for grown-ups who remember that the best stories leave scars.
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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