In an Absent Dream cover art

In an Absent Dream

 Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

In an Absent Dream

By: Seanan McGuire
Narrated by: Cynthia Hopkins
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £7.99

Buy Now for £7.99

LIMITED TIME OFFER | £0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Premium Plus auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Terms apply.

About this listen

Hugo Award Nominee 2020

A stand-alone fantasy tale from Seanan McGuire's Alex award-winning Wayward Children series, which began in the Alex, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning, World Fantasy Award finalist, Tiptree Honor List novella Every Heart a Doorway

This fourth entry and prequel tells the story of Lundy, a very serious young girl who would rather study and dream than become a respectable housewife and live up to the expectations of the world around her. As well she should.

When she finds a doorway to a world founded on logic and reason, riddles and lies, she thinks she's found her paradise. Alas, everything costs at the goblin market, and when her time there is drawing to a close, she makes the kind of bargain that never plays out well.

The Wayward Children Series

Book 1: Every Heart a Doorway
Book 2: Down Among the Sticks and Bones
Book 3: Beneath the Sugar Sky
Book 4: In an Absent Dream

©2019 Seanan McGuire (P)2019 Macmillan Audio Classics Dark Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Magic Dream Heartfelt

Listeners also enjoyed...

 Every Heart a Doorway cover art
Middlegame cover art
Visions of Flesh and Blood cover art
The Thickety: A Path Begins cover art
Ironskin cover art
The Ways We End: Six Tales of Doom cover art
Children of Time cover art
The Voice cover art
Our Endless Numbered Days cover art
The Girl on the Dock cover art
The Palest Ink cover art
The Long List Anthology cover art
Goblin Market cover art
Sweep cover art
The Rent Collector cover art
Lord of All Things cover art

Critic reviews

Hugo Award - Nominee

World Fantasy Award - Finalist
All stars
Most relevant
Another great book in the Wayward Children series. This one though I thought had a bit darker underlined theme. I love the Goblin Market. I loved the characters in it. The ending crushed me.

Another great book..

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.