Length14h 30m
About this audiobook
A scarred goblin veteran, Ludo Ironjaw wants nothing more than a quiet life for his family—until a hidden vein of “red gold” in his struggling mine offers a dangerous kind of freedom. As Ludo turns soldier’s discipline into ruthless arithmetic, ore becomes coin, coin becomes land, and a web of forges, safe houses, and quiet alliances begins to spread through the kingdom’s underbelly. But the richer his ledger grows, the more it draws the eye of Balric, the King’s most calculating tax hound, who would rather harness Ludo than crush him. Caught between a crown that only sees numbers and allies who see him as their last chance, Ludo must decide how far he’ll push his quiet rebellion—and how much blood he’s willing to balance against the lines in his books.
Audiobook details
GenreFantasy
Length14 hrs 30 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 14, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Chapter 1 – Ashes and Iron
3Chapter 2 – The Vein Beneath the Dust
4Chapter 3 – Red Gold Rumours
5Chapter 4 – The First Stones
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6Chapter 5 – Eyes of the Crown
7Chapter 6 – Iron and Opportunity
8Chapter 7 – Ash on His Name
9Chapter 8 – The Fallen General
10Chapter 9 – New Hands, New Deals
11Chapter 10 – The Weight of Ledgers
12Chapter 11 – Loose Threads
13Chapter 12 – Foundations in Stone
14Chapter 13 – Roads to the King
15Chapter 14 – Tides and Scales
16Chapter 15 – Sands on the Tide
17Chapter 16 – Old Friends, New Fronts
18Chapter 17 – Fire in the Vein
19Chapter 18 – The Price of a Crown
20Chapter 19 – Terms of Favour
21Chapter 20 – Echoes of Dunlow
22Chapter 21 – New Ground
23Chapter 22 – First Storm
24Chapter 23 – Ashes in the Cup
25Chapter 24 – The Old Oath
26Chapter 25 – Lines on the Board
27Chapter 26 – The Edge of the Map
28Chapter 27 – Names That Follow
29Chapter 28 – Rotten Gold
30Chapter 29 – The Squeeze
31Chapter 30 — The Cost of Visibility
32Chapter 31 — The Second Ledger (Part
33Chapter 32 — The Second Ledger (Part
34Chapter 33 — Grain and Iron
35Chapter 34 – Meat for the Horde
36Chapter 35 – Quiet Knives
37Chapter 36 – Hairline Fractures
38Chapter 37 - The meeting of the Kings
39Chapter 38 – Thin Ledgers (Dunlow
40Chapter 39 – Numbers in the
41Chapter 40 – Smog over Gruk’Thar
42Chapter 41 – New Lines on Old Maps
43Chapter 42 – Lines in the Ledger
44Chapter 43 – Alliance Banners
45Chapter 44 – Muster
46Chapter 45 – Cracks in the Crown
47Chapter 46 – The Road Out, the Road In
48Chapter 47 – Dunlow Under Tension
49Chapter 48 – The Plan in the Trees
50Chapter 49 – The Green Throat
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