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Narrated by:
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Natalie Naudus
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By:
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K. X. Song
About this listen
Infused with magic and romance, this sweeping fantasy adventure inspired by the legend of Mulan follows a young woman determined to choose her own destiny—even if that means going against everyone she loves.
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.
In the army, Meilin's relentless hard work brings her recognition, friendship—and a growing closeness with Sky, a prince turned training partner. But has she simply exchanged one prison for another? As her kingdom barrels toward destruction, Meilin begins to have visions of a sea dragon spirit that offers her true power and freedom, but with a deadly price.
With the future of the Three Kingdoms hanging in the balance, Meilin will need to decide whom to trust—Sky, who inspires her loyalty and love; the sea dragon spirit, who has his own murky agenda; or an infuriating enemy prince who makes her question everything she once knew—about her kingdom and about her own heart.
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Critic reviews
“The Night Ends with Fire is what blessedly happens when the themes of Hua Mulan’s legend are combined with wuxia principles and a powerful new voice in adult fantasy. K.X. Song’s soaring, emotive prose takes the reader on an unforgettable adventure in a painstakingly realized world, laced with fascinating characters that effortlessly play off of one another and twists that leave us reeling. I devoured every page of this truly epic tale.”—Thea Guanzon, USA Today and New York Times bestselling author of The Hurricane Wars
“Sweepingly epic and tenderly romantic, The Night Ends With Fire is a fiercely feminist adventure about a young woman fighting to shape her destiny in a world of lore, magic, and war. One not to miss for fans of Mulan.”—Amélie Wen Zhao, New York Times bestselling author of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night
"An awesome, engaging fantasy that takes a hard look at the cost of being true to yourself. Adventure, romance and dragons abound in this fantastic tale."—Patricia Briggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson series
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The war may be over, but Hai Meilin is still paying a heavy toll. In spite of securing victory for the kingdom of Anlai, she is imprisoned upon her return. Her crime? Wielding a sword as a woman. In the palace, Meilin is an outcast and a social pariah. But beyond the imperial walls, the legend of the woman warrior has taken on a life of its own. To the east, a new rebel leader needs Meilin to helm his people’s revolution. In the south, a former enemy prince, now a prisoner of war, seeks Meilin’s aid in restoring balance to the Three Kingdoms.
By: K. X. Song
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Stars Uncharted
- By: S. K. Dunstall
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 13 hrs
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Captain Hammond Roystan is a simple cargo runner who has stumbled across the find of a lifetime: the Hassim, a disabled exploration ship - and its valuable record of unexplored worlds. His junior engineer, Josune Arriola, said her last assignment was in the uncharted rim. A renowned body-modification artist, Nika Rik Terri has run afoul of clients who will not take no for an answer, and she is dragging along a rookie modder. Together this mismatched crew will end up on one ship, hurtling through the lawless reaches of deep space with Roystan at the helm.
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Slow start but great ending
- By Patti on 08-19-18
By: S. K. Dunstall
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A Dark and Drowning Tide
- A Novel
- By: Allison Saft
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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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 Kingdoms
- By: Natasha Pulley
- Narrated by: Theo Solomon
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
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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 Beast's Heart
- A Novel of Beauty and the Beast
- By: Leife Shallcross
- Narrated by: Jim Dale
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
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He is a broken, wild thing, his heart’s nature exposed by his beastly form. Long ago cursed with a wretched existence, the Beast prowls the dusty hallways of his ruined château with only magical, unseen servants to keep him company - until a weary traveler disturbs his isolation. Bewitched by the man’s dreams of his beautiful daughter, the Beast devises a plan to lure her to the château. There, Isabeau courageously exchanges her father’s life for her own and agrees to remain with the Beast for a year.
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I love Jim Dale
- By Maria on 03-16-19
By: Leife Shallcross
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Dreadful
- By: Caitlin Rozakis
- Narrated by: Keval Shah
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
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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?
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The goblins!
- By Cady Wieck on 06-25-24
By: Caitlin Rozakis
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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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Cage of Souls
- By: Adrian Tchaikovsky
- 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 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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Blackwing
- Raven's Mark, Book 1
- By: Ed McDonald
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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Bounty hunter Ryhalt Galharrow has breathed Misery dust for 20 bitter years. When he's ordered to locate a masked noblewoman at a frontier outpost, he finds himself caught in the middle of an attack by the Deep Kings, one that signifies they may no longer fear the Engine. Only a formidable show of power from the very woman he is seeking, Lady Ezabeth Tanza, repels the assault.
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A very strong start to a promising series
- By Twain on 10-22-17
By: Ed McDonald
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The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
- By: Natasha Pulley
- Narrated by: Thomas Judd
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
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1883. Thaniel Steepleton returns home to his tiny London apartment to find a gold pocket watch on his pillow. Six months later, the mysterious timepiece saves his life, drawing him away from a blast that destroys Scotland Yard. At last, he goes in search of its maker, Keita Mori, a kind, lonely immigrant from Japan. Although Mori seems harmless, a chain of unexplainable events soon suggests he must be hiding something. When Grace Carrow, an Oxford physicist, unwittingly interferes, Thaniel is torn between opposing loyalties.
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scientific magic delivers a flop
- By Not Likey on 09-19-23
By: Natasha Pulley
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Scarlet
- By: Genevieve Cogman
- Narrated by: Georgia Maguire
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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It is 1793 and the French Revolution is in full swing. Vampires—usually rich and aristocratic—have slaked the guillotine’s thirst in large numbers. The mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel, a disguised British noble, and his League are heroically rescuing dozens of aristocrats from execution, both human and vampire. And soon they will have an ace up their sleeve: Eleanor Dalton.
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Could have been shorter
- By AshBelle on 08-10-23
By: Genevieve Cogman
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Loneliness & Company
- By: Charlee Dyroff
- Narrated by: Annalyse McCoy
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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Lee knows she’s the best. A professor favorite and fellowship winner, there’s no doubt she’ll land one of the coveted jobs at a Big Five corporation. So when, upon graduating, Lee is instead assigned to an unknown company in the dead city of New York, her life goals are completely upended. In this new role, Lee’s task is to gather enough research to train an AI how to be a friend. She begins online and by studying the social circle of her clueless, outgoing roommate Veronika.
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Hang in there a bit if you're tempted to DNF
- By NMwritergal on 09-21-24
By: Charlee Dyroff
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Order of Swans
- By: Jude Deveraux
- Narrated by: Alexandra Hunter
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
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To Kaley Arens, a PhD student and expert in folklore, fairy stories have always had a power and an allure beyond mere entertainment. It’s only when Kaley accompanies her lifelong friend Jobi on a visit to his home that she realizes how much she still has to learn. Bellis isn’t the remote island that she believed it to be. It’s another world—a stunningly beautiful and seductive one, with its own royalty, its own rules, and inhabitants who breathe life into the tales she was taught were fiction.
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Something is missing
- By Edith on 02-27-25
By: Jude Deveraux
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Island Witch
- By: Amanda Jayatissa
- Narrated by: Isuri Wijesundara
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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Being the daughter of the village Capuwa, or demon-priest, Amara is used to keeping mostly to herself. Influenced by the new religious practices brought in by the British Colonizers, the villagers who once respected her father’s craft have turned on the family. Yet, they all still seem to call on him whenever supernatural disturbances arise. Now someone—or something—is viciously seizing upon men in the jungle. But instead of enlisting Amara’s father’s help, the villages have accused him of carrying out the attacks himself.
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There’s something watching in the jungle
- By Amanda on 12-16-24
By: Amanda Jayatissa
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- Andrea Ponce
- 01-03-25
Wow
It’s been awhile since I’ve been sucked into a story, beautifully written. I can’t wait for book two of the series!!
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- Tasha Richard
- 08-09-24
Read because of Natalie naudus
Story is a little confusing , not my favorite book. Its all over the place with the story telling changing which person pov
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- Tristan R
- 09-28-24
Interesting
this book was good FANTASY book. I liked the characters, the plot, story line, and the really good cliff hanger. I read the poppy war trilogy by R.F. Kuang and this book is something like that those. only thing I didn't like was hiw the character was written to sound incompetent. it gave the guys in the book the uperhand Everytime. it got annoying and bored. I thought she couldnt be smart enough to understand that?? she's good enough to learn and understand Kong fu and qigong, yet not smart enough to understand. besides that, it was a good book. I would recommend and I can't wait till part 2 comes out.
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- savanah skinner
- 09-05-24
“Not all chains… are apparent to the eye.”
The only con I had with this story was the slow beginning.
But my pros out weigh that by a mile. ☺️ I enjoyed the twists the author brought to her retelling of Mulan. I loved how as time goes, I became attached to the fmc and wanted her to win. I loved that the romance didn’t overwhelm the story as a whole.
I need book 2 now. 🥲
I physically read, and listened to this book. Well written, and Natilie could do no wrong with her voicing any fmc. ❤️☺️
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- michael petro
- 09-29-24
The Priceless Cost of Ambition
Initially, I saw a beautiful hardcover copy of this amazing work of literature in a BJs and it was such a beautiful work of art and I was drawn in, so I read the inside cover. I knew in that moment that I had to read this book, with two Audible credit, I purchased the audiobook. The prose was so beautiful, I returned to BJs and purchased the hard copy as, I could not put the book down. I listened in the car, walking, and while cleaning! I enjoyed the physical copy while relaxing in the evening with a beautiful glass of wine. This is definitely a five start read! Enjoy!
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- Jessica
- 07-30-24
Mulan retelling done beautifully!!
such an incredible story, I loved to retelling with the focus being shifted from duty to selfish desire and the consequences of action because of it. definitely an instant classic.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-06-24
I liked it but I didn't love it
I guess I miss understood what this book was to be able. I hate books that don't end with a happy ending. I'm hoping this was just a cliffhanger but if not I am very disappointed in this book.
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- AliB
- 07-07-24
Realistic, perhaps but inspiringly uninspiring.
Ninety nine percent of this story was amazing but the end was gut wrenching. Most of the characters were disappointing and grew very little. Even Meilin still failed to use the power afforded to her to make her own happy ending in the end, leaving us with only a thread of hope. Which I clung to because I’m too much like this character anyway. If it was meant to infuriate readers, then it was masterfully executed. The best I can say is that she wrote an unfinished story. One I felt I must go home immediately and write the rest of myself. I don’t know whether to be angry or grateful or both. It seemed there was one obvious path to freedom for Meilin but she never saw it for what it was, perhaps because she idealized Skye. But did she see it in the end? If you’re looking for closure, you won’t find it outside yourself.
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- Rachael P.
- 07-08-24
Enjoyable Take on Mulan!
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This was a fun version of the Mulan story! Though, I did find it a little confusing at times. I’m sure it’s because I was rushing through the story as I found it engrossing and wanted to know what was happening.
It is more of an adult retelling of the tale, though mid to older teens could enjoy this.
I was highly excited to see that it was going to be a series. As I neared the mid-way mark, I thought there was no way the author could tie everything up by the end of the book. It does end on a cliffhanger. There’s a lovely little “attraction triangle” that I cannot wait to see more of.
Meilin is a wonderful character to go through this story with. She’s tough and resourceful, and maybe the most enjoyable thing about her - she has flaws. She’s selfish, she wants power, she wants life. It’s kind of a breath of fresh air from the all too perfect heroines.
My main issue with this story is that there’s so much world and character building that things do get pretty confusing. Especially when it comes to the magic element in this story. Though, I believe the fact that there is at least another book will help smooth that out.
I also have a small issue with the audiobook version. While the narrator was fantastic, and obviously knew Chinese, she just sounded so flatly American! This is just personal preference, but when you have a story that obviously takes place in a world based on a specific culture, it would be far more enjoyable for the narrator to sound like they are actually from that culture and not from America.
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- Tucker rockenbaugh
- 10-03-24
The ending!!!!
This book was fantastic in making you think you were getting the Disney version of a Mulan retelling only to completely destroy readers who are unfamiliar with the traditional Chinese tellings of the Mulan story. While the ending felt a little too fast in some spots you really felt for all of the characters and understood everyone. Its sad that the glaring issue of women everywhere experience gender discrimination and have less rights then men do in this book is prevalent in todays world which is why I believe its a very important read
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