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Viper's Daughter
- By: Michelle Paver
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall262
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Performance229
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Viper's Daughter is the seventh book in the award-winning series that began with Wolf Brother, selling over 3 million copies in 36 territories. Like them it can be read as a standalone story. For two summers Torak and Renn have been living in the Forest with their faithful pack-brother, Wolf...
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“It isn’t over...”
- By Mrs Elizabeth Petrie on 02-04-20
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Viper's Daughter
- Narrated by: Ian McKellen
- Series: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 7
- Length: 6 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 02-04-20
- Language: English
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The Stolen Songbird
- By: Judith Eagle
- Narrated by: Katie Sherrard
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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When Caro Monday's mother disappears on one of her jaunts, she has no choice but to go and stay with a miserable woman that she's never met. Not only that, but she's told that her beloved rabbit, His Nibs, is not allowed to go with her. Luckily, Caro's not one for following rules. With her rabbit in hiding and her wild behaviour getting her into trouble as soon as she walks through the door, Caro is only going to find herself in deeper water. In the lining of her suitcase is a small but extraordinary painting of a starling – a painting that some dangerous art thieves are hunting down!
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A wonderful mystery story
- By Maja on 23-02-24
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The Stolen Songbird
- Narrated by: Katie Sherrard
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 03-08-23
- Language: English
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The Secret of the Treasure Keepers
- By: A.M. Howell
- Narrated by: Alison Campbell
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance7
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February 1948. Ruth has been whisked off to the lonely Rook Farm to investigate the discovery of long-buried treasure with her mother. But at the farmhouse, she finds secrets lurk around every corner. Joe, the farmer's son, is hiding something about the treasure, while land girl Audrey watches their every move. But before Ruth can find out more, the treasure is stolen. With a storm coming, Ruth must race to uncover the secrets of the treasure keepers before all their lives are changed forever.
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Adventure & Mystery
- By becdale on 27-01-25
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The Secret of the Treasure Keepers
- Narrated by: Alison Campbell
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 18-08-22
- Language: English
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The Impossible Gladiator
- Time Keys, Book 3
- By: M. G. Leonard, Manuel Sumberac
- Narrated by: Theo Solomon
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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'A complete triumph of imagination... readers are going to fall in love with this brilliant series.' A. F. Steadman, bestselling author of Skandar The action adventure of Gladiator meets the time travel of Doctor Who in the third title of this blockbusting epic series by bestselling award-winner...
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Brilliant
- By Rachel Meckes on 18-04-26
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The Impossible Gladiator
- Time Keys, Book 3
- Narrated by: Theo Solomon
- Series: Time Keys, Book 3
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 12-02-26
- Language: English
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Hunt for the Golden Scarab
- Time Keys, Book 1
- By: M. G. Leonard, Manuel Sumberac
- Narrated by: Theo Solomon
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance8
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The action adventure of Gladiator meets the time travel of Doctor Who! Join the journey to Ancient Egypt in Hunt for the Golden Scarab, the first action-packed mystery in the Time Keys series, by bestselling award-winner M. G. Leonard. Perfect for children of 8 to 12 and fans of Adventures on...
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Amazing
- By Jonathan on 03-05-26
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Hunt for the Golden Scarab
- Time Keys, Book 1
- Narrated by: Theo Solomon
- Series: Time Keys, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 30-01-25
- Language: English
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An Unlikely Spy
- By: Terry Deary
- Narrated by: Sarah Ovens
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance3
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Bloomsbury presents An Unlikely Spy by Terry Deary, read by Sarah Ovens. From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories, named 'the outstanding children's non-fiction author of the 20th century' by Books For Keeps ____________________ This exciting historical adventure brings the Second World...
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Great story great narrator
- By Amazon Customer on 17-05-21
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An Unlikely Spy
- Narrated by: Sarah Ovens
- Series: The Silver Hand
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 07-11-19
- Language: English
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The Island at the End of Everything
- By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
- Narrated by: Victoria Fox
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall71
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Performance61
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Story61
Amihan lives on Culion Island where some of the inhabitants, including her mother, have leprosy. Ami loves her home with its blue sea and lush forests, but the arrival of Mr Zamora changes her world forever as Ami is banished from the island. She seeks to return before her mother's death. Can the colony of butterflies lead her home before it's too late?
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AMAZING
- By Babuly on 04-09-20
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The Island at the End of Everything
- Narrated by: Victoria Fox
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 18-09-17
- Language: English
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Cue for Treason
- By: Geoffrey Trease
- Narrated by: Clive Mantle
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall22
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Performance17
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Story18
Peter Brownrigg finds himself on the wrong side of the law - and on the run. As he makes his way to London he meets Kit, another runaway, and with luck on their side they find jobs as apprentices to William Shakespeare. But then a chance discovery endangers their lives once more... An action-packed spy thriller set in Elizabethan times, 'Cue for Treason' is a masterpiece of historical fiction, widely considered to be a modern classic.
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Enjoyable children's story
- By Amazon Customer on 16-03-19
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Cue for Treason
- Narrated by: Clive Mantle
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 19-08-11
- Language: English
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When The War Came Home
- By: Lesley Parr
- Narrated by: Maya Grant
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Bloomsbury presents When The War Came Home by Lesley Parr, read by Maya Grant. WINNER: Wales Book of the Year 2023 A STIRRING HISTORICAL MYSTERY SET IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE VALLEY OF LOST SECRETS The First World War has ended, but it hasn’t gone away...
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Loved it
- By Amazon Customer on 06-12-23
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When The War Came Home
- Narrated by: Maya Grant
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 06-01-22
- Language: English
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Beyond the Secret Lake
- Secret Lake Mystery Adventures, Book 3
- By: Karen Inglis
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance0
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When Tom and Stella find a 100-year-old letter from their Edwardian friend Jack, his plea for help leads them and their friend Hannah back down the time tunnel to 1913. There the adventurers reunite with friends Lucy, Emma and Sophie at the grand Penworth Estate – unaware of the danger that awaits. Young heir Sebastian has fallen mysteriously ill, and tensions are running high in the household. With secrets lurking in every shadowy corner, it's up to the friends to unravel a dangerous mystery that threatens Sebastian's life.
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Beyond the Secret Lake
- Secret Lake Mystery Adventures, Book 3
- Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton
- Series: Secret Lake Mystery Adventures, Book 3
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 22-10-24
- Language: English
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The Star of Kazan
- By: Eva Ibbotson
- Narrated by: Ruth Jones
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Abridged
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Overall68
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Performance50
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Story51
Read by actress Ruth Jones, Eva Ibbotson's hugely entertaining The Star of Kazan is a timeless classic for listeners young and old. In 1896, in a pilgrim church in the Alps, an abandoned baby girl is found by a cook and a housemaid. They take her home, and Annika grows up in the servants'...
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A true parent is the one who loves you for real
- By Tisha on 05-12-15
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The Star of Kazan
- Narrated by: Ruth Jones
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 29-04-08
- Language: English
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Dodger
- By: Terry Pratchett
- Narrated by: Tony Robinson
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Abridged
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Overall44
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Performance33
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Brought to you by Penguin. Dodger is a tosher – a sewer scavenger living in the squalor of Dickensian London. Everyone who is nobody knows Dodger. Anyone who is anybody doesn’t. But when he rescues a young girl from a beating, suddenly everybody wants to know him. And Dodger’s tale of...
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Great look at an old "profession"!
- By FrogOfWar on 14-04-13
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Dodger
- Narrated by: Tony Robinson
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 24-09-12
- Language: English
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The Sword Thief
- The 39 Clues, Book 3
- By: Peter Lerangis
- Narrated by: David Pittu
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall65
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Performance42
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Story42
ATTENTION! Amy and Dan Cahill have been located once again, this time in the company of the notoriously unreliable Alistair Oh. Could they have been foolish enough to make an alliance? Spies report that Amy and Dan seem to be tracking the life of one of the most powerful fighters the world has ever known. If this fearsome warrior was a Cahill, his secrets are sure to be well-guarded . . . and the price to uncover them just might be lethal.
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Great Book
- By Joanne McKee on 18-01-24
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The Sword Thief
- The 39 Clues, Book 3
- Narrated by: David Pittu
- Series: The 39 Clues, Book 3
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 03-03-09
- Language: English
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
- By: John Boyne
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall919
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Performance811
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Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution or the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is...
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One of the best books I have ever read.
- By anne levine on 11-12-16
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Series: Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Book 1
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 06-10-16
- Language: English
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Safiyyah's War
- By: Hiba Noor Khan
- Narrated by: Shala Nyx
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Performance14
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Story14
Her best friend's family have fled, and the bombing makes her afraid to leave the mosque where she lives. But when her father is arrested by the Nazis for his secret Resistance work, it falls to Safiyyah to run the dangerous errands around the city.\ It's not long before hundreds of persecuted Jews seek sanctuary at the mosque. Can Safiyyah find the courage to enter the treacherous catacombs under Paris and lead the Jews to safety?
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A very interesting historical story
- By Anonymous on 14-03-24
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Safiyyah's War
- Narrated by: Shala Nyx
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 06-07-23
- Language: English
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The Bletchley Riddle
- By: Steve Sheinkin, Ruta Sepetys
- Narrated by: Steve Sheinkin, Louis Hill, Ruta Sepetys, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance3
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It is the summer of 1940. The world is at war. These days, you don't know who you can trust or who might be a secret spy… Maths whizz Jakob Novis has been recruited to the secret codebreaking centre at Bletchley Park. As Jakob works to crack the Nazi's Enigma cipher, his younger sister Lizzie is busy on an undercover mission of her own: to find their mother. Filled with codes to decipher and mysteries to unravel, this is the unputdownable historical adventure that will have you on the edge of your seats.
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The Bletchley Riddle
- Narrated by: Steve Sheinkin, Louis Hill, Ruta Sepetys, Georgina Jane
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 20-02-25
- Language: English
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The Mystery of the Jewelled Moth
- By: Katherine Woodfine
- Narrated by: Jessica Preddy
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall65
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Performance52
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Story52
Wonder at the puzzling disappearance of the Jewelled Moth! Marvel as our heroines, Sophie and Lil, don cunning disguises, mingle in high society and munch many cucumber sandwiches to solve this curious case! Applaud their bravery as they follow a trail of terrible secrets that leads straight to...
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Exciting!
- By RDT on 12-02-17
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The Mystery of the Jewelled Moth
- Narrated by: Jessica Preddy
- Series: The Sinclair's Mysteries, Book 2
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 05-01-17
- Language: English
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Eliza Rose
- By: Lucy Worsley
- Narrated by: Imogen Wilde
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Bloomsbury presents Eliza Rose by Lucy Worsley, read by Imogen Wilde The captivating debut children's novel from popular television historian Lucy Worsley is an exciting and charming glimpse behind the scenes of the Tudor court. I would often wonder about my future husband. A knight? A duke? A...
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Really enjoyed this book
- By Tricky on 16-09-25
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Eliza Rose
- Narrated by: Imogen Wilde
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 04-09-25
- Language: English
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The Black Circle
- 39 Clues #5
- By: Patrick Carman
- Narrated by: David Pittu
- Length: 4 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall39
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Performance23
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Story24
A strange telegram lures fourteen-year-old Amy Cahill and her younger brother, Dan, deep into Russia and away from the only trustworthy adult they know. Signed with the initials NRR, the telegram launches a race to uncover a treasure stolen by the Nazis and the truth about the murder of the last Russian royal family. All too soon, the treasure hunt starts to smell like a Lucian trap. But the bait might just be irresistible . . . what will Amy and Dan risk to find out what really happened on the night their parents died?
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The Black Circle
- 39 Clues #5
- Narrated by: David Pittu
- Series: The 39 Clues, Book 5
- Length: 4 hrs
- Release date: 11-08-09
- Language: English
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Wolfbane
- Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 9
- By: Michelle Paver
- Narrated by: Sir Ian McKellen
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall142
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Performance126
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It is early spring, a turbulent, perilous time of sudden storms, frozen river fractures and drifting ice. Fleeing from a demon intent on devouring his souls, Wolf is swept out to sea far from the forest and his pack. The ocean, too, teems with danger: sea wolves, sharks and hunters of the deep, and the demon is gaining ground. Torak and Renn must race to save their pack-brother, battling the harsh icy waves and merciless torrents. If they can't find Wolf in time, the bond between them will be severed forever....
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unparalleled world building and plot
- By Anonymous on 23-12-25
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Wolfbane
- Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 9
- Narrated by: Sir Ian McKellen
- Series: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 9
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 26-04-22
- Language: English
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