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
29Chapter 28 – Rotten Gold
2Chapter 1 – Ashes and Iron
30Chapter 29 – The Squeeze
3Chapter 2 – The Vein Beneath the Dust
31Chapter 30 — The Cost of Visibility
4Chapter 3 – Red Gold Rumours
32Chapter 31 — The Second Ledger (Part
5Chapter 4 – The First Stones
33Chapter 32 — The Second Ledger (Part
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6Chapter 5 – Eyes of the Crown
34Chapter 33 — Grain and Iron
7Chapter 6 – Iron and Opportunity
35Chapter 34 – Meat for the Horde
8Chapter 7 – Ash on His Name
36Chapter 35 – Quiet Knives
9Chapter 8 – The Fallen General
37Chapter 36 – Hairline Fractures
10Chapter 9 – New Hands, New Deals
38Chapter 37 - The meeting of the Kings
11Chapter 10 – The Weight of Ledgers
39Chapter 38 – Thin Ledgers (Dunlow
12Chapter 11 – Loose Threads
40Chapter 39 – Numbers in the
13Chapter 12 – Foundations in Stone
41Chapter 40 – Smog over Gruk’Thar
14Chapter 13 – Roads to the King
42Chapter 41 – New Lines on Old Maps
15Chapter 14 – Tides and Scales
43Chapter 42 – Lines in the Ledger
16Chapter 15 – Sands on the Tide
44Chapter 43 – Alliance Banners
17Chapter 16 – Old Friends, New Fronts
45Chapter 44 – Muster
18Chapter 17 – Fire in the Vein
46Chapter 45 – Cracks in the Crown
19Chapter 18 – The Price of a Crown
47Chapter 46 – The Road Out, the Road In
20Chapter 19 – Terms of Favour
48Chapter 47 – Dunlow Under Tension
21Chapter 20 – Echoes of Dunlow
49Chapter 48 – The Plan in the Trees
22Chapter 21 – New Ground
50Chapter 49 – The Green Throat
23Chapter 22 – First Storm
51Chapter 50 – Shadows and Futures
24Chapter 23 – Ashes in the Cup
52Chapter 51 – Stones in the Sky
25Chapter 24 – The Old Oath
53Chapter 52 – Stone and Iron
26Chapter 25 – Lines on the Board
54Chapter 53 – The Teeth of Dunlow
27Chapter 26 – The Edge of the Map
55Chapter 54 – The Last Day at Dunlow
28Chapter 27 – Names That Follow
56Chapter 55 – The Weight of Iron
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