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Narrated by:
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Keval Shah
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By:
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Caitlin Rozakis
About this listen
A sharp-witted, debut high fantasy farce featuring killer moat squid, toxic masculinity, evil wizards, and a garlic festival-all at once.
It's bad enough waking up in a half-destroyed evil wizard's workshop with no eyebrows, no memories, and no idea how long you have before the Dread Lord Whomever shows up to murder you horribly and then turn your skull into a goblet or something.
It's a lot worse when you realize that Dread Lord Whomever is . . . you.
Gav isn't really sure how he ended up with a castle full of goblins, or why he has a princess locked in a cell. All he can do is play along with his own evil plan in hopes of getting his memories back before he gets himself killed.
But as he realizes that nothing-from the incredibly tasteless cloak adorned with flames to the aforementioned princess-is quite what it seems, Gav must face up to all the things the Dread Lord Gavrax has done. And he'll have to answer the hardest question of all-who does he want to be?
A high fantasy farce featuring killer moat squid, toxic masculinity, an evil wizard convocation, and a garlic festival. All at once. All in all, Dread Lord Gavrax has had better weeks.
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- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 23 hrs and 10 mins
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The sun is bloated, diseased, dying perhaps. Beneath its baneful light, Shadrapar, last of all cities, harbours fewer than 100,000 human souls. Built on the ruins of countless civilisations, Shadrapar is a museum, a midden, an asylum, a prison on a world that is ever more alien to humanity. Bearing witness to the desperate struggle for existence between life old and new is Stefan Advani: rebel, outlaw, prisoner, survivor.
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Slow Start, Strong Finish
- By Jacob McCollum on 05-01-23
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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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The Kingdoms
- By: Natasha Pulley
- Narrated by: Theo Solomon
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Joe Tournier has a bad case of amnesia. His first memory is of stepping off a train in the 19th-century French colony of England. The only clue Joe has about his identity is a century-old postcard of a Scottish lighthouse that arrives in London the same month he does. Written in illegal English - instead of French - the postcard is signed only with the letter 'M', but Joe is certain whoever wrote it knows him far better than he currently knows himself and he’s determined to find the writer.
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Fascinating story but not the performance needed
- By Pat on 06-30-21
By: Natasha Pulley
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The Wizard's Butler
- The Wizard's Butler, Book 1
- By: Nathan Lowell
- Narrated by: Tom Taylorson
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
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For five grand a month and a million-dollar chaser, Roger Mulligan didn't care how crazy the old geezer was. All he had to do was keep Joseph Perry Shackleford alive and keep him from squandering the estate for a year. But they didn't tell him about the pixies.
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I LOVED this book!
- By Kristin Butner on 04-24-21
By: Nathan Lowell
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The Princess of Potential
- A Humorous Romantic Fantasy
- By: Delemhach
- Narrated by: Matthew Wolf
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
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It’s been twenty years since Finlay Ashowan, the fabled house witch of Daxaria, first cooked up supernatural hijinks in the castle at Austice. Since then, much has changed: the royal family now resides elsewhere, a tentative peace has been established with Troivack, and the crown princess, Alina, is ready to pick the perfect nobleman to be her husband. But Alina’s quest for her ideal consort is proving rather difficult.
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You had me at a Cat named Kraken
- By Tiehrra on 06-07-24
By: Delemhach
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Ambergris
- City of Saints and Madmen, Shriek, Finch
- By: Jeff VanderMeer
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot, Cassandra Campbell, Oliver Wyman
- Length: 43 hrs and 7 mins
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Before Area X, there was Ambergris. Jeff VanderMeer conceived what would become his first cult classic series of speculative works: the Ambergris trilogy. Now, for the first time ever, the story of the sprawling metropolis of Ambergris is collected into a single volume, including City of Saints and Madmen, Shriek: An Afterword, and Finch.
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Entrancing “weird” novel
- By Joe on 12-04-20
By: Jeff VanderMeer
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A Dark and Drowning Tide
- A Novel
- By: Allison Saft
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
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Lorelei Kaskel, a folklorist with a quick temper and an even quicker wit, is on an expedition with six eccentric nobles in search of a fabled spring. The magical spring promises untold power, which the king wants to harness in order to secure his reign over the embattled country of Brunnestaad. Lorelei is determined to use this opportunity to prove herself and make her wildest, most impossible dream come true: to become a naturalist, able to travel freely to lands she’s only read about.
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A beautiful gay story
- By Isabel De Leon on 10-06-24
By: Allison Saft
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The Shadow of Perseus
- A Novel
- By: Claire Heywood
- Narrated by: Olivia Darnley
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
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Nationally bestselling author of Daughters of Sparta Claire Heywood returns with an imaginative and female-centered reinterpretation of the myth of the great hero Perseus, told through the voices of three women who are sidelined in the traditional version—his mother, Danae; his trophy, Medusa; and his wife, Andromeda—but whose viewpoints reveal a man who is not, in fact, a hero at all.
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Completely new story with only character names
- By Victoria P. on 03-30-24
By: Claire Heywood
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The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter
- By: Theodora Goss
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
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Mary Jekyll, alone and penniless following her parents' deaths, is curious about the secrets of her father's mysterious past. One clue in particular hints that Edward Hyde, her father's former friend and a murderer, may be nearby, and there is a reward for information leading to his capture...a reward that would solve all of her immediate financial woes. But her hunt leads her to Hyde's daughter, Diana, a feral child left to be raised by nuns.
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Cute, erratic, sloppy but not without charm
- By Rachel on 07-07-17
By: Theodora Goss
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Cackle
- By: Rachel Harrison
- Narrated by: Dylan Moore
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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All her life, Annie has played it nice and safe. After being unceremoniously dumped by her longtime boyfriend, Annie seeks a fresh start. She accepts a teaching position that moves her from Manhattan to a small village upstate. She’s stunned by how perfect and picturesque the town is. The people are all friendly and warm. Her new apartment is dreamy too, minus the oddly persistent spider infestation. Then Annie meets Sophie. Beautiful, charming, magnetic Sophie, who takes a special interest in Annie, who wants to be her friend.
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Enjoyed it so much, I bought it twice.
- By Shayla Williams on 10-08-21
By: Rachel Harrison
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Catchpenny
- A Novel
- By: Charlie Huston
- Narrated by: Pete Cross
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
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A thief who can travel through mirrors, a video game that threatens to spill out of the virtual world, a doomsday cult on a collision course with destiny, and a missing teenager at the center of it all. With the world on the brink of every kind of apocalypse, humanity needs a hero. What it gets is Sid Catchpenny.
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If You Want to Destroy My Sweater...
- By Ross on 04-11-24
By: Charlie Huston
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The Book of Witching
- By: C. J. Cooke
- Narrated by: Paula Masterton
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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Clem gets a call that is every mother’s worst nightmare. Her nineteen-year-old daughter Erin is unconscious in the hospital after a hiking trip with her friends on the remote Orkney Islands that met a horrifying end, leaving her boyfriend dead and her best friend missing. When Erin wakes, she doesn’t recognize her mother. And she doesn’t answer to her name, but insists she is someone named Nyx.
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Missing parts
- By Amazon Customer on 10-08-24
By: C. J. Cooke
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The Night Ends with Fire
- By: K. X. Song
- Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
- Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins
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The Three Kingdoms are at war, but Meilin’s father refuses to answer the imperial draft. Trapped by his opium addiction, he plans to sell Meilin for her dowry. But when Meilin discovers her husband-to-be is another violent, ill-tempered man, she realizes that nothing will change for her unless she takes matters into her own hands. The very next day, she disguises herself as a boy and enlists in her father’s place.
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Interesting
- By Tristan R on 09-28-24
By: K. X. Song
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The Year of the Witching
- By: Alexis Henderson
- Narrated by: Brianna Colette
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
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In the lands of Bethel, where the Prophet's word is law, Immanuelle Moore's very existence is blasphemy. Her mother's union with an outsider of a different race cast her once-proud family into disgrace, so Immanuelle does her best to worship the Father, follow Holy Protocol, and lead a life of submission, devotion, and absolute conformity, like all the other women in the settlement. But a mishap lures her into the forbidden Darkwood surrounding Bethel, where the first prophet once chased and killed four powerful witches.
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Meh
- By Elizabeth F. Therneau on 09-15-20
By: Alexis Henderson
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- Miranda
- 07-27-24
I feel refreshed
I read the first few pages of this in the book store and knew I needed to get it on audible and I'm so pleased I did. It was a good break between the drama of real life and in fiction. I'm going to be recommending this story to my friends and family immediately. The narrator seemed to have fun with the roles and the writing was funny and thoughtful. If you need a light read and love a redemption story, this is a great book to take your mind off things for a while.
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- Victoria
- 07-17-24
I would die for Grrribeetle
This book was witty and charming. Every character has a hidden side that is wonderful to uncover.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-22-25
Delightful!
Loved every second of this book. A little whimsical and unpredictable. Narration was lovely. Will highly recommend this!
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- bshields
- 09-21-24
Avery good young adult book.
Good theme. Very positive focus
Hero a little too self deprecating but many can relate to his self negativity
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- Beth Swope
- 11-18-24
Great book.
I hope there is another in the works to see more adventures. A wonderful story about remembering who you can be.
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- A. Davis
- 01-20-25
This book is amazingly great.
This is one of the best books I've ever read. it's funny, dark, and has a lot of heart. This author will be an auto buy for me and I can't wait for her next book.
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- Sara
- 04-22-25
Cozy with fun characters
Cozy with fun characters. Enjoyed the narrator's voices, definitely added to the characters' personalities.
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- Cady Wieck
- 06-25-24
The goblins!
I really enjoyed this! This is kind of what I wanted how to become the dark lord and die trying to be. A humorous fantasy. The premise was intriguing and this is a use of the amnesia trope that is actually good. A man wakes up in a dark lords castle and he has no memory of who he is or why there is a princess in the dungeon, only to find out that he is the dark lord but has no idea why or what happened. He tries to fake it till he makes it, but things get complicated when he realizes he’s a part of a plot with multiple dark wizards.
This was so fun! It was funny, light hearted at times, dark at times, there was magic, mayhem, a garlic festival, and character development. Gav has a crisis of finding out who he is again after losing his memories and has to decide what to do and who he wants to be now. The goblin henchmen were surprisingly wholesome and I cared about them. I loved how they became a part of the story. I think the writing and perspective was interesting and thought provoking.
I will read her next book!
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- Anonymous User
- 07-27-24
Redemption
An unforgettable story. Clever and witty. The characters are lovable and likable. The performance was great. I didn’t want it to end.
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- Ldubs
- 12-12-24
Hilarious
Delightful, very funny, great readers, great story line and a unique, creative story. Definitely worth a listen.
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