Book description
The mine breathes. You hear it in Isabel Cañas's The Possession of Alba Díaz-not just in the audiobook's masterful sound design, but in the very rhythm of the words. This isn't a story you read; it's one that settles in your bones, a slow, cold seep beneath the skin, just like Alba's. Set against the fevered backdrop of 1765 Zacatecas, where plague stalks the streets and the silver mine's depths hold ancient, hungry secrets, Cañas crafts a haunting tapestry of dread and desire.
The audiobook's brilliance lies in its voice. The narrator doesn't shout the horror; it murmurs it, letting the silence between sentences speak as loudly as the mine's echoing whispers. You feel Alba's terror-not through frantic screams, but through the tremor in her breath as she sleepwalks toward the dark, the way her voice cracks when she describes the cold beneath her skin. It's a cold that isn't of the earth, but of something older, something angry. And then there's Elías. Haunted, wary, the man Alba shouldn't trust, yet the one whose presence becomes her only anchor. His quiet intensity, his struggle with a past he can't outrun, is woven into the narration with such tender precision you feel the unspoken tension crackling like static.
Cañas doesn't rush. She lingers in the small, terrible moments: the way Alba's fiancé's hand feels like ice when he touches her, the way the mine's damp air clings to your neck long after you've stopped listening. The prose itself is lyrical, each sentence a carefully placed stone in a path that leads deeper into shadow. "Something wrong" isn't just a phrase-it's the pulse of the story, the drumbeat beneath every whispered word. The audiobook transforms this into pure atmosphere; you don't just hear the demon's presence, you feel it coiling in the silence between lines.
What elevates this beyond a simple ghost story is the slow, aching pull between Alba and Elías. It's not grand romance, but a quiet, dangerous magnetism-a glance across a candlelit room, a shared moment of understanding when the world is falling apart. The narrator captures the weight of their unspoken words, the way trust feels as fragile as a cobweb in a tomb. You don't just want them to survive the demon; you ache for them to find a single, safe breath together.
And the ending? It doesn't just resolve-it lingers. Like the mine's chill, it stays with you long after the final word fades. This is historical horror done right: atmospheric, emotionally resonant, and utterly immersive. The audiobook version, with its perfect pacing and evocative delivery, makes you feel the stone dust in your throat, the cold seeping through your clothes, the terrifying, beautiful hope that flickers in the dark. It's not just a story you listen to-it's a place you step into, and you won't want to leave.
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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