Length9h 29m
About this audiobook
In the February 1953 Galaxy, Groff Conklin praised the novel as "an immensely effective piece of mannered pseudo-historical writing . . . full of color, sex, and wonderful robust characters." The novel is set in a parallel world in which the existence of psychic powers has permitted the development of witchcraft into a science; in contrast, the physical sciences have languished, resulting in a modern culture reminiscent of our eighteenth century. Witchcraft is hereditary but the ability to use it can be held by only one member of a family line at a time, being passed from mother to daughter at the daughter's loss of virginity. The daughter's lover then gains possession of her magical talisman, a jewel known as a "blue star", which enables him to read the mind of anyone he looks in the eye. The catch is that he retains access to this power only so long as he keeps faith with his witch lover.
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction
Length9 hrs 29 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 24, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Prologue
1716 THE EASTERN SEA: SYSTOLE
21 NETZNEGON CITY: MARCH RAIN
1817 CHARALKIS: THE DEPTH AND RISE
32 APRIL NIGHT
1918 DECIDE FOR LIFE
43 ESCAPE
2019 TWO CHOICES
54 DAYLIGHT; REFUGE
2120 INEVITABLE
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65 NIGHT; GENEROSITY; TREASON
2221 MIDWINTER: THE RETURN
76 NIGHT AND DAY; THE PLACE OF MASKS
2322 THE LAW OF LOVE
87 SEDAD VIX: A NEW LIFE
2423 NETZNEGON: RETURN TO GLORY
98 HIGH POLITIC
2524 SPEECHES IN THE GREAT ASSEMBLY
109 SPRING FESTIVAL: INTRIGUE OF COUNT CLEUDI
2625 INTERVIEW AT THE NATION’S GUEST-HOUSE
1110 PRELUDE TO THE SERVANTS’ BALL
2726 THE COURT OF SPECIAL CASES
1211 KAZMERGA; TWO AGAINST A WORLD
2827 WINTER LIGHT
1312 NETZNEGON CITY; A ZIGRANER FESTIVAL
2928 EMBERS REVIVED
1413 FAREWELL AND GREETING
3029 NO AND YES
1514 THE EASTERN SEA; THE CAPTAIN’S STORY
31Epilogue
1615 CHARALKIS; THE DOOR CLOSES
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