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Laurie Forest
About this listen
The New York Times bestselling series!
Magical forces clash and Erthia hovers on the brink of ruin in the can't-miss finale of Laurie Forest’s epic fantasy series, The Black Witch Chronicles!
Who can survive the Shadow storm?
Black Witch of prophecy Elloren Gardner Grey has unleashed her powers and embraced her legacy as a Dryad and guardian of the Forest. But the losses—of life, of love—have been almost too great to withstand as the Shadow continues to devour the world. With only a tattered shred of hope remaining, the Bearers of the Wand of Myth must battle their way back to each other to mount a final stand.
But Elloren and her allies are not only facing Mage Vogel's advancing forces—the armies of the Eastern Realm will stop at nothing to see the Black Witch struck down.
With Elloren's bonded mate prophesied to kill her, Shadow demons rising, and the ties between allies unraveling, can this fracturing world unite to face down the coming storm?
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
Listen to all the books in the Black Witch Chronicles!
- The Black Witch
- The Iron Flower
- The Shadow Wand
- The Demon Tide
- The Dryad Storm
- Wandfasted (prequel ebook)*
- Light Mage (prequel ebook)*
*Also available in audio in The Rebel Mages anthology
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Noah Fairchild has been losing his formerly polite Southern parents to far-right cable news for years, so when his mother leaves him a voicemail warning him that the “Great Reckoning” is here, he assumes it’s related to one of the many conspiracy theories she believes in. But when his own phone calls go unanswered, Noah makes the long drive from Brooklyn to Richmond, Virginia. There, he discovers his childhood home in shambles, a fridge full of spoiled food, and his parents locked in a terrifying trance-like state in front of the TV.
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Loved.
- By A.B. | @kindaspooky_reads on 01-09-25
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Kiss Her Goodbye
- A Frankie Elkin Novel
- By: Lisa Gardner
- Length: 12 hrs
- Unabridged
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Recent Afghan refugee Sabera Ahmadi was last seen exiting her place of work three weeks ago. The local police have yet to open a case, while her older, domineering husband seems unconcerned. Sabera's closest friend, however, is convinced Sabera would never willingly leave her three‑year old daughter. At her insistence, missing persons expert Frankie Elkin agrees to take up the search through the broiling streets of Tucson. Just in time for a video of the young mother to surface—showing her walking away from the scene of a brutal double murder.
By: Lisa Gardner
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After Life
- By: Gayle Forman
- Narrated by: Gail Shalan, Jade Wheeler, Andrew J. Andersen
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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One spring afternoon after school, Amber arrives home on her bike. It’s just another perfectly normal day. But when Amber’s mom sees her, she screams. Because Amber died seven years ago, hit by a car while on the very same bicycle she’s inexplicably riding now. This return doesn’t only impact Amber. Her sister, Melissa, now seven years older, must be a new kind of sibling to Amber. Amber’s estranged parents are battling over her. And the changes ripple farther and farther out.
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Too many characters, too many timelines...
- By NMwritergal on 01-08-25
By: Gayle Forman
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The Amulet
- By: Michael McDowell
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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When a rifle range accident leaves Dean Howell disfigured and in a vegetative state, his wife Sarah finds her dreary life in Pine Cone, Alabama made even worse. After long and tedious days on the assembly line, she returns home to care for her corpselike husband while enduring her loathsome and hateful mother-in-law, Jo. Jo blames the entire town for her son’s mishap, and when she gives a strange piece of jewelry to the man she believes most responsible, a series of gruesome deaths is set in motion.
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Truly chilling
- By Patricia E Branton on 11-12-24
By: Michael McDowell
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The Witch Collector
- Witch Walker, Book 1
- By: Charissa Weaks
- Narrated by: Meg Sylvan, Tim Campbell
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Raina Bloodgood has one desire: kill the Frost King and the Witch Collector who stole her sister. On Collecting Day, she means to exact murderous revenge, but a more sinister threat sets fire to her world. Rising from the ashes is the Collector, Alexus Thibault, the man she vowed to slay and the only person who can help save her sister. Thrust into an age-old story of ice, fire, and ancient gods, Raina must abandon vengeance and aid the Witch Collector or let their empire—and her sister—fall into enemy hands.
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Horrible narration
- By Paige Roberts on 08-14-23
By: Charissa Weaks
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The Sky Is Everywhere
- By: Jandy Nelson
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Adrift after her sister Bailey’s sudden death, Lennie finds herself torn between quiet, seductive Toby—Bailey’s boyfriend who shares Lennie’s grief—and Joe, the new boy in town who bursts with life and musical genius. Each offers Lennie something she desperately needs. One boy helps her remember. The other lets her forget. And she knows if the two of them collide, her whole world will explode.
By: Jandy Nelson
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An Heir Comes to Rise
- An Heir Comes to Rise, Book 1
- By: Chloe C. Peñaranda
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
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In the impoverished outer town of a kingdom where fae outrank humans, Faythe, an orphan with a talent for swordplay, knows the importance of keeping her head down around the fae patrol. She and best friend Jakon long for a better life, and her desire to swing her sword in combat may bring the purpose and coin she's yearned for.
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It’s ok.
- By Sara on 01-21-23
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Dragon's Kiss
- Blood & Flame Saga, Book 1
- By: E.A. Winters
- Narrated by: Kim Bretton
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Every month, the great black dragon comes. Every month, a child is snatched. That's all the village of Kalma knows. Semra is one of those children, and she knows the truth: there is a dragonlord in the mountain, raising the children into his personal syndicate of assassins. When seventeen-year-old Semra learns they aren't fighting evil but are in fact evil themselves, she risks everything to expose the dragonlord.
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Great Clean Fantasy Read
- By Gina Weber on 12-31-24
By: E.A. Winters
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Onyx Storm
- Empyrean, Book 3
- By: Rebecca Yarros
- Narrated by: Rebecca Soler
- Length: 23 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there’s no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty. Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it’s impossible to know who to trust. Now Violet must journey beyond the failing Aretian wards to seek allies from unfamiliar lands to stand with Navarre. The trip will test every bit of her wit, luck, and strength, but she will do anything to save what she loves—her dragons, her family, her home, and him.
By: Rebecca Yarros
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Blood & Steel
- The Legends of Thezmarr, Book 1
- By: Helen Scheuerer
- Narrated by: Mollie Stark, Sebastian Grove
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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With her death foretold, Althea Zoltaire only has three years to become what she’s always dreamed of being: a warrior legend. Women are forbidden to wield blades, so she has trained in secret her entire life. Now racing against the clock, she fights to secure her place in the elite guild charged with the protection of the five kingdoms. The sparring and hazing of the new trainees border on deadly, but even more dangerous is her growing attraction to Wilder Hawthorne, her unwilling warrior chaperone. All around them, schemes are afoot and darkness looms.
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It was ok
- By Syaza Sophie on 06-18-24
By: Helen Scheuerer
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The Story She Left Behind
- A Novel
- By: Patti Callahan Henry
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Theo Solomon
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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In 1927, eight-year-old Clara Harrington’s magical childhood shatters when her mother, renowned author, Bronwyn Newcastle Fordham, disappears off the coast of South Carolina. Bronwyn stunned the world with a book written in an invented language that became a national sensation when she was just twelve years old. Her departure leaves behind not only a devoted husband and heartbroken daughter, but also the hope of ever translating the sequel to her landmark work. As the headlines focus on the missing author, Clara yearns for something far deeper and more insatiable: her beautiful mother.
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City of Gods and Monsters
- House of Devils, Book 1
- By: Kayla Edwards
- Narrated by: Wen Ross, Zura Johnson
- Length: 25 hrs and 36 mins
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Loren Calla has only ever been ordinary. As a human struggling to survive in a city that caters to the needs of vampires, werewolves, witches, and other supernatural creatures, she always assumed her life would remain simple, predictable, and as safe as her world would allow. Until she barely escapes abduction at the hands of Darkslayers—supernatural bounty hunters that possess the Sight, a magical tracking ability that allows them to see a person's aura—and one of her friends is taken in her place. The abductors are demanding a ransom: Loren's life in exchange for her friend's safe return.
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Excellent book and narration!
- By Audra on 11-16-24
By: Kayla Edwards
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Heart of Silk and Shadows
- Fae Isles, Book 0.5
- By: Lisette Marshall
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell, Kylie Stewart
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
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Agenor, Lord Protector of the Fae Isles and right hand of the Mother herself, doesn’t expect anything to still surprise him after twelve centuries of life. Finding a taunting note from an anonymous thief in his wardrobe is enough to rouse his curiosity, though. Enough to do the unthinkable—write back. Then he finds out he’s been exchanging letters with a humble human. Worse, a human challenging him to his face.
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- By Jessica Pierce on 05-11-24
By: Lisette Marshall
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Immortal
- A Novel of the Celestial Kingdom
- By: Sue Lynn Tan
- Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
- Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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As the heir to Tianxia, Liyen knows she must ascend the throne and renew her kingdom’s pledge to serve the immortals who once protected them from a vicious enemy. But when she is poisoned, Liyen’s grandfather steals an enchanted lotus to save her life. Enraged at his betrayal, the immortal queen commands the powerful God of War to attack Tianxia.
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Love this book
- By Amazon Customer on 01-11-25
By: Sue Lynn Tan
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Great Big Beautiful Life
- By: Emily Henry
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they’re both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: To write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years—or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the 20th Century.
By: Emily Henry
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- Roche
- 01-10-25
Great Series & A Happily Ever After
The first part of this book, is wrapping up all the characters, and their love for their partners, & family.
Then the arguing from each race & country, trying to come together for the big battle.
A BIG Revelation begins in the last 6 hours of the book. That's when the battle begins.
Love and New beginnings.
The narrator did a superb job.
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- Tammy Moldovan
- 01-10-25
Great ending to this epic series
Wow. Just wow. The conclusion of this epic YA fantasy series was fantastic - all the storylines pulled beautifully to their individual conclusions wrapped up in love and hope. It was definitely another stay up too late, cannot put it down, it should get more than 5 stars kind of book. I was equally desperate to read it all at once and also to savor it and make it last. The storyline was imaginative, the characters were real and relatable, and the writing was captivating. It had a perfect balance of all the best plot elements and the world building continues to be phenomenal, woven together scene by scene, and layer by layer. With the addition of this book, Erthia now exists as a living breathing place full of three dimensional beings, so real it feels like I have been there and lived with these characters. This is book 5 in the Black Witch Chronicles and the overall story arc spans the entire series and this book picks up where the last book left us. Elloren has bonded with the great tree, III, to become a Dryad Witch Guardian. Lukas is dead and she has renewed her Wyvern bond to Yvan. There are multiple sets of forces out to destroy her after she was forced to participate on the attack on Voloi and her allies are scattered. To beat the evil mage Vogel, who wields the Shadow Wand, and save Erthia, Elloren and her strong allies along with all the people of Erthia with their prejudices and multitude of conflicting cultures and religions will need to find a way to unite. Be prepared, this story packs quite an emotional punch - terrifying, thought provoking,and uplifting all at the same time. It is ultimately a story of good versus evil but Forest does such a fantastic job of creating multi-layered worlds, characters and storylines that that’s an extreme oversimplification of what this story is. So strap in and enjoy all the intrigue, fighting, dangerous situations, end of the world scenarios, paranormal creatures, evil masterminds, henchmen, loyal friends and family, tragic back stories, secrets, mystical coincidences, snark, laughs, soulmates, redemption, hope, love, and so, so many plots twists.
Julia Whelan did a phenomenal job narrating the story and characters into life with enough change of inflection, tone and cadence to voice a multitude of characters quite convincingly.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-08-25
worth the wait
I just found this series a few months ago and binged all the books. I was so excited to listen to the new book and it did NOT disappoint. Easily my top 3 favorite series.
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- RWeb
- 01-11-25
Meh
This book is INCREDIBLY long winded and has SOOOO much liberal political propaganda that I could hardly get through it. Don’t get me wrong, I agree with most of the political views represented in this book but, I don’t purchase fantasy books to be inundated with the author’s opinions told over and over in every possible obvious way. To a degree, this seems to be a more and more prevalent theme in fantasy novels as a whole. However, I just want a good story that flows naturally. It is possible to deliver that kind of book with liberal elements naturally developing in a story without preaching to your readers. This could have been a good book if it was half the length and had been published w/in 5 years of the first book.
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