Audio only
Length14h 3m
About this audiobook
Stephen's life is a waking nightmare. Two years unemployed, trapped in a house that feels like a tomb, his days blur into a "Groundhog Hell" of rejection letters, cold coffee, and a wife who feels... scripted. His depression is pushing him to the edge, but his loops aren't just psychological. They're code.
When an impossible message from a forgotten friend breaks through the static, Stephen learns the horrifying truth: his bleak reality is Etheris, a cosmic prison he helped build to contain an ancient, soul-devouring entity named Yaldabaoth.
Now, the prison is failing. The resets are corrupting. Hunted by a wife who is more construct than human and guided by a rogue's gallery of apostate priests, forgotten gods, and cosmic horrors, Stephen must reclaim his memories and his power.
To save his family, he must descend to the substrate of reality, confront the blind god Azathoth, and free the love that holds the prison together.
Audiobook details
GenreHorror, Science Fiction
Length14 hrs 3 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 28, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Part 1: Tears of the Veil
3Chapter 1: Comfortably Numb
4Chapter 2: Smells Like Death
5Chapter 3: Circling the Grey
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6Chapter 4: Losing My Religion
7Chapter 5: A Love Like Drowning Part 1
8Chapter 5: A Love Like Drowning Part 2
9Chapter 6: Is there Anybody Out There?
10Chapter 7: Placental Lies
11Chapter 8: Break on Through
12Part 2: Dissolution of Remeberance
13Chapter 9: House of the Rising Son Part 1
14Chapter 9: House of the Rising Son Part 2
15Chapter 10: Say My Name
16Chapter 11: Love is a Dish Best Served Cold
17Chapter 12: Tiny Dancer Part 1
18Chapter 12: Tiny Dancer Part 2
19Chapter 13: The Pink Pony Club
20Chapter 14: Enter Sandman Part 1
21Chapter 14: Enter Sandman Part 2
22Part 3: The Seed Bleeds
23Chapter 15: Wake Me Up
24Chapter 16: Back in Black Part 1
25Chapter 16: Back in Black Part 2
26Chapter 17: Stardust and Suicide
27Chapter 18: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
28Epilogue: Paint it Black
29Notes and Appendices
30A Note to new readers of The Towers of Elysium Series
31The Secret Book of John: Original Sin
32The Secret Book of John: Let There Be Darkness
33The Gospel of Judas: The Morningstar Manuscript Part 1
34The Gospel of Judas: The Morningstar Manuscript Part 2
35The Gospel of Judas: Aspolin Unbroken
36Afterward (About The Towers of Elysium Series)
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