Length7h 53m
About this audiobook
A changeling child. A mother away with the fairies.
Madeleine is in her early twenties when she conceives on the night of a full moon. Having the baby will mean putting her doctoral studies on hold. Yet from the first flutter of new life, she feels its lure.
Then baby Maud arrives, sweet and tiny, worth every moment of a difficult labour. But when she is returned to Madeleine's arms, something feels wrong. The child won't stop crying. Her eyes glint with an ancient cunning. Could she be an imposter, switched while Madeleine wasn't watching?
Meanwhile, the world carries on. Buses rumble through the city. Baristas steam milk. Alone in the crowd, Madeleine searches for a way to rid herself of this ravenous creature. On her walks with the pram, voices heckle from the hedgerows and mists unfurl across the pavement, beckoning her towards fairyland.
Full of lingering magic and riveting menace,
Queen Mab is the story of the most elemental forms of transformation, and one woman's path back to herself.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.8 (157)
Includes Goodreads
GenreHorror
Length7 hrs 53 mins
Narrated byHelen Laser
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateSep 10, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Credits
2Dedication
3Opening
4Part I: The Lady of Shalott
5The first flicker of life…
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6Tomorrow is my birthday…
7In the last days of my pregnancy…
8A mother and child in a quiet room…
9Part II: La Belle Dame sans Merci
10On the eighth day…
11She still had her pyjama shirt on…
12Madeleine stumbled along the hallway…
13"Sing to her…"
14In the tea shop…
15The symptoms of changeling children…
16It was tomorrow…
17She told Tom her friends were all busy…
18There were whispers in the forest…
19There were messages in the group chat…
20It was early May…
21So, she must see Angela…
22Under the hedge…
23Part III: The Host of the Air
24The world had stopped pitching and shaking…
25They rented a car and a car seat for Maud…
26The village was unchanged…
27"Stupid bastard, unsignalled exit…"
28Where? At the mother and baby unit…
29Madeleine started up…
30"Well," said Tom…
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