
What the River Knows
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Ahmed Hamad
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Ana Osorio
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By:
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Isabel Ibañez
About this listen
2023 School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, Long-listed
The Mummy meets Death on the Nile in What the River Knows, Isabel Ibañez's lush, immersive historical fantasy set in Egypt and filled with adventure, a rivals-to-lovers romance, and a dangerous race.
Bolivian-Argentinian Inez Olivera belongs to the glittering upper society of nineteenth century Buenos Aires, and like the rest of the world, the town is steeped in old world magic that’s been largely left behind or forgotten. Inez has everything a girl might want, except for the one thing she yearns the most: her globetrotting parents—who frequently leave her behind.
When she receives word of their tragic deaths, Inez inherits their massive fortune and a mysterious guardian, an archeologist in partnership with his Egyptian brother-in-law. Yearning for answers, Inez sails to Cairo, bringing her sketch pads and a golden ring her father sent to her for safekeeping before he died. But upon her arrival, the old world magic tethered to the ring pulls her down a path where she soon discovers there’s more to her parents' disappearance than what her guardian led her to believe.
With her guardian’s infuriatingly handsome assistant thwarting her at every turn, Inez must rely on ancient magic to uncover the truth about her parents' disappearance—or risk becoming a pawn in a larger game that will kill her.
What the River Knows is the first audiobook in the thrilling Secrets of the Nile duology.
"Expertly plotted, explosively adventurous, and burning with romance." - Stephanie Garber #1 New York Times bestselling author
"Take a plucky heroine, a historically grounded Indiana Jones-esque adventure through Ancient Egypt, and add a surprising dollop of magic — it’s a recipe for a delightful read." - Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author
A Macmillan Audio production from Wednesday Books.
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Long-listed, School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, 2023
"Phenomenal. This is a book that truly deserves that word. What the River Knows has it all—page-turning mystery, adventure, intrigue and betrayal, laugh-out-loud banter, and slow-burn romance with characters that jump off the page. I am a fan for life." - Mary E. Pearson, New York Times bestselling author of The Remnant Chronicles
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Divine Rivals
- A Novel
- By: Rebecca Ross
- Narrated by: Alex Wingfield, Rebecca Norfolk
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again. But eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow just wants to hold her family together. Her mother is suffering from addiction and her brother is missing from the front lines. Her best bet is to win the columnist promotion at the Oath Gazette. To combat her worries, Iris writes letters to her brother and slips them beneath her wardrobe door, where they vanish—into the hands of Roman Kitt, her cold and handsome rival at the paper.
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Wanted to like it
- By Amazon Customer on 08-11-23
By: Rebecca Ross
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For She Is Wrath
- By: Emily Varga
- Narrated by: Safiyya Ingar
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Framed for a crime she didn't commit, Dania counts down her days in prison until she can exact revenge on Mazin, the boy responsible for her downfall, the boy she once loved—and still can't forget. When she discovers a fellow prisoner may have the key to exacting that vengeance—a stolen djinn treasure—they execute a daring escape together and search for the hidden treasure.
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MASTERFUL
- By ER on 01-08-25
By: Emily Varga
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A River Enchanted
- A Novel (Elements of Cadence, Book 1)
- By: Rebecca Ross
- Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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It starts with a letter and an ominous journey across dark waters. Ten years after being sent away to the mainland to become a bard, Jack Tamerlaine is summoned home to Cadence. Girls are going missing from the island, and Adaira, his childhood nemesis and the future leader of the clan, believes Jack is the only one who can find them.
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swept away
- By Suki A N Hawley on 09-16-22
By: Rebecca Ross
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Dear Medusa
- (A Novel in Verse)
- By: Olivia A. Cole
- Narrated by: Olivia A. Cole
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Sixteen-year-old Alicia Rivers has a reputation that precedes her. But there’s more to her story than the whispers that follow her through the hallways at school—whispers that splinter into a million different insults that mean: a girl who has had sex. But what her classmates don't know is that Alicia was sexually abused by a popular teacher, and that trauma has rewritten every cell in her body into someone she doesn't recognize. To the world around her, she’s been cast, like the mythical Medusa, as not the victim but the monster of her own story: the slut who asked for it.
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Striking metaphor about men and young women
- By Jackie Taylor on 06-05-24
By: Olivia A. Cole
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The Teller of Small Fortunes
- By: Julie Leong
- Narrated by: Phyllis Ho
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Tao is an immigrant fortune teller, traveling between villages with just her trusty mule for company. She only tells "small" fortunes: whether it will hail next week; which boy the barmaid will kiss; when the cow will calve. She knows from bitter experience that big fortunes come with big consequences…
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Delightful
- By Emily turton on 12-13-24
By: Julie Leong
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A Song to Drown Rivers
- A Novel
- By: Ann Liang
- Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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Xishi’s beauty is seen as a blessing to the villagers of Yue—convinced that the best fate for a girl is to marry well and support her family. When Xishi draws the attention of the famous young military advisor, Fanli, he presents her with a rare opportunity: to use her beauty as a weapon. One that could topple the rival neighboring kingdom of Wu, improve the lives of her people, and avenge her sister’s murder. All she has to do is infiltrate the enemy palace as a spy, seduce their immoral king, and weaken them from within.
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Impactful story
- By Survivor T on 10-26-24
By: Ann Liang
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Us in Ruins
- By: Rachel Moore
- Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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The mythical Vase of Venus Aurelia hasn’t been seen since 1932, but Margot Rhodes is determined to change that. Drawn by the vase’s supposed magical properties, Margot embarks on her school’s archaeological trip to Pompeii. Sure, it’s her first time holding a shovel, but she’s got something no one else does: lost teenage explorer Van Keane’s journal. Poring over the poetic entries that serve as a map to the vase’s missing shards, Margot finds herself falling in love with the boy who wrote it a century ago.
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Felt like an early 2000’s rom-com 🏺
- By Missie Mei on 09-22-24
By: Rachel Moore
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The Prison Healer
- By: Lynette Noni
- Narrated by: Jeanette Illidge
- Length: 14 hrs and 39 mins
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Seventeen-year-old Kiva Meridan has spent the last ten years fighting for survival in the notorious death prison, Zalindov, working as the prison healer. When the Rebel Queen is captured, Kiva is charged with keeping the terminally ill woman alive long enough for her to undergo the Trial by Ordeal: a series of elemental challenges against the torments of air, fire, water, and earth, assigned to only the most dangerous of criminals.
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Refreshingly New, Refreshingly Read
- By Tin Minute Book Reviews on 05-12-21
By: Lynette Noni
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The Courting of Bristol Keats
- A Novel
- By: Mary E. Pearson
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 17 hrs and 56 mins
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After losing both their parents, Bristol Keats and her sisters struggle to stay afloat in their small, quiet town of Bowskeep. When Bristol begins to receive letters from an “aunt” she’s never heard of who promises she can help, she reluctantly agrees to meet—and discovers that everything she thought she knew about her family is a lie. Even her father might still be alive, not killed but kidnapped by terrifying creatures to a whole other realm—the one he is from.
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Not what I expected
- By CC on 11-22-24
By: Mary E. Pearson
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Where the Dark Stands Still
- By: A. B. Poranek
- Narrated by: Ola Forman
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Liska knows that magic is monstrous, and its practitioners are monsters. She has done everything possible to suppress her own magic, to disastrous consequences. Desperate to be free of it, Liska flees her small village and delves into the dangerous, demon-inhabited spirit-wood to steal a mythical fern flower. If she plucks it, she can use its one wish to banish her powers.
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wish I'd saved my money :(
- By Cheshirecatgrin on 03-01-25
By: A. B. Poranek
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The Unmaking of June Farrow
- A Novel
- By: Adrienne Young
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
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In the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow is waiting for fate to find her. The Farrow women are known for their thriving flower farm—and the mysterious curse that has plagued their family line. The whole town remembers the madness that led to Susanna Farrow’s disappearance, leaving June to be raised by her grandmother and haunted by rumors.
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Original storyline
- By Emmaline on 10-30-23
By: Adrienne Young
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Written in Starlight
- Woven in Moonlight
- By: Isabel Ibañez
- Narrated by: Ana Osorio
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Catalina Quiroga is a Condesa without a country. She's lost the Inkasisa throne, the loyalty of her people, and her best friend. Banished to the perilous Yanu Jungle, Catalina knows her chances of survival are slim, but that won't stop her from trying to escape. Her duty is to rule. While running for her life, Catalina is rescued by Manuel, the son of her former general who has spent years searching for allies. With his help, Catalina could find the city of gold that's home to the fierce Illari people and strike a deal with them for an army to retake her throne.
By: Isabel Ibañez
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Romanov
- By: Nadine Brandes
- Narrated by: Jessica Ball
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Anastasia “Nastya” Romanov was given a single mission: to smuggle an ancient spell into her suitcase on her way to exile in Siberia. It might be her family’s only salvation. But the leader of the Bolshevik army is after them, and he’s hunted Romanov before. Nastya’s only chances of saving herself and her family are either to release the spell and deal with the consequences, or to enlist help from Zash, a handsome soldier who doesn’t act like the average Bolshevik. Nastya has only dabbled in magic, but it doesn’t frighten her half as much as her growing attraction to Zash.
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Meh...
- By Amy cornutt on 08-01-19
By: Nadine Brandes
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- Mike18334
- 11-07-23
Fun YA book!
Great book for the YA audience. Performance is energetic and helps bring the characters to life. Story is fun and engaging with few dull moments. Seems like the author has done a lot of research into Egypt and it makes me want to travel there.
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- Elizabeth Henson
- 05-06-24
Mind blowing writing and narrating
I loved absolutely everything. This novel was captivating! Adventure? Heart wrenching plot? Historical tidbits? Ugh. Just so so good.
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- jenn nunez
- 08-04-24
Great author and good read
5/5 easy to follow book, with great narrator and interesting characters. Recommend for an easy read
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- Susan Neilson
- 11-10-24
Pretty good.
I love Ancient Egypt and any book that can combine it with fantasy and magic. I have been waiting to read this until the second book comes out. And I really enjoyed it. Unfortunately I started the second book and finished it before rating either. This book was good. The second was not.
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- sarah burton
- 01-15-25
Intriguing story
Loved the story and the narrators really gave it life! Can’t wait to hear the next book!
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- K. PenGwyn
- 11-18-23
I loved it!
5 Stars
*SCREAMING* I NEED THE NEXT BOOK RIGHT MEOW. THAT ENDING!!!!!!!!!
Once again. Isabel has crafted a swooningly romantic story full of fierce female leads who love their food and pretty dresses. and making boys blush. This story is full of action and magic and weaves historical fact with fantastical fiction.
Inez has run away to Egypt from her life of opulence and luxury back in Buenos Aries, to find out what happened her parents, who have always run off to Egypt half of the year on these daring archeological adventures, leaving Inez behind. Upon arriving in Alexandria, she encounters the mysterious, yet handsome, handler that her uncle has tasked with getting Inez back on the next ship home to Argentina. In classic Isabel Ibanez style, our heroine runs off and thus starts the rivals-to-lovers plot set against the archeological sites of ancient Egypt, daring adventures along the Nile River, and high stakes life-or-death moments. I also love how Ibanez has thoughtfully laid out a plot around colonization of ancient cultures and theft of their artifacts.
Basically, if you loved The Mummy or Death on the Nile, pick this one up! I cannot wait for the second book and need it ASAP.
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- Ryan Harris
- 12-06-23
Captivating!
This book was inspired by The Mummy! To this day, that is one of my favorite movies. I got my daughter name from that movie. So naturally, I had to read this book, and it did not disappoint.
The twists and turn this book takes you on. Who is dead? Who isn't? Who is keeping secret, and what kind of secret? The questions. So much unanswered still!
The descriptions that Isabel ibañez explains in this book are amazing! It was almost as if I was there in Egypt with the characters. Man, I wish I was!
The characters are great. Whit is my favorite, and I hope nothing happens to him ever! Protect this man, please!
The end of this book was absolutely wild! So much happens that makes me so sad and angry. But I'm trying to hold out for the next book! Goodness, I hope it is not too long!
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- Anastacia Jensen
- 03-05-24
This book has it all!
drama, intrigue, murder, romance, adventure, mystery, the thrill of discovery, betrayal, plot twists! Yes its THAT good! You won't regret adding this to your library
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- Monica V.
- 08-22-24
the narrator
tears. laughter. swooning. over way too soon. narrators were amazing, could hear the expressions in their faces. got so lost in this story in the best way.
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- Jesica Mesa
- 09-19-24
Awesome!!!!
the book was amazing, it was everything I needed to listen to. I cannot wait for the next installment.
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