Length7h
About this audiobook
In a Bohemian village gripped by fear, young Cristóph watches the only person who ever protected him condemned as a witch. What follows is a journey across a Europe on the edge of war, through courts and forests and the cold places between, as a boy marked by loss becomes the figure every child waits for on Christmas Eve. The Blood of Winter is the first book of AELF-KING: The Twelve-Tide Sagas, a twelve-part epic telling the origin of Santa Claus through the witch trials of the 1600s. All sagas begin in fire. All hope begins in shadow.
Audiobook details
GenreFantasy, Fairy Tales and Folklore
Length7 hrs
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateOct 7, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE BLOOD OF WINTER
2Interlude I
3Chapter 1: The Hollow
4Chapter 2: The Burning
5Chapter 3: The Mended Fence
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6Chapter 4: The Market Square
7The Iron Shepherd · I
8Interlude II
9Chapter 5: The Healer and the Fugitive
10Chapter 6: The Healer's Calculus
11The Iron Shepherd · II
12Chapter 7: The Black Forest
13Interlude III
14Chapter 8: The Crones' Clearing
15Chapter 9: The Prophecy of the Five Rings
16Chapter 10: The Road to Bohemia
17The Iron Shepherd · III
18Chapter 11: The Good King
19Chapter 12: The Smuggler's Tide
20The Iron Shepherd · IV
21Interlude IV
22Chapter 13: The Calling
23Chapter 14: The First Miracle
24The Iron Shepherd · V
25Interlude V
26A Bowl on the Sill
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