Book description
The Magic Wakes: A Chilling Descent into Cosmic Horror
Charity Bradford's debut audiobook unfolds like a fever dream trapped between scientific rationality and ancient magic. Narrator Talia Zaryn exists in that liminal space where nightmares bleed into waking reality, her recurring visions of alien destruction serving as harbingers of an inevitable cosmic reckoning.
The true horror lies not in the half-dragon Dragumon invasion itself, but in Talia's desperate denial of her own supernatural heritage. Bradford crafts a protagonist who embodies the modern world's rejection of magic-scientific, skeptical, yet plagued by visions that mock her empirical worldview. Each nightmare becomes a death sentence, replaying her demise in Joharadin with maddening precision.
What makes this audiobook particularly unsettling is how Bradford layers psychological terror beneath the sci-fi framework. Talia's secrets multiply like shadows: her prophetic dreams, her forbidden magical bloodline, her growing certainty that rationality offers no sanctuary against forces beyond comprehension. The author understands that true dread comes from within-from the terror of discovering you're not who you believed yourself to be.
The supernatural elements creep through scientific cracks, suggesting that magic isn't dead but merely dormant, waiting to awaken in humanity's darkest hour. Talia's journey becomes a descent into her own hidden depths, where ancient powers stir and childhood nightmares reveal themselves as ancestral memories.
Bradford's prose carries an undercurrent of inevitability that chills-the sense that some knowledge comes too late, that some inheritances demand everything. The audiobook format enhances this feeling of inescapable fate, each whispered revelation drawing listeners deeper into Talia's mounting terror. This isn't just alien invasion fiction; it's the story of reality itself betraying its most fundamental rules.
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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