Length2h 58m
About this audiobook
They came seeking medicine. They found a world.
The towers of Old Bristol rise from the water like the fingers of a buried giant, and in their heights, people have built lives the Estuary Collective never imagined. Vertical gardens cascade from balconies. Bridges span between skyscrapers at dizzying heights. And somewhere in this maze of glass and steel, strangers are watching.
The foraging party has arrived. But earning the trust of people who've survived alone for fifty years won't be easy, especially when the cure they need lies deeper still, in flooded levels where only the Underloft dare to go.
The Estuary Collective is dying. The clock is ticking. And in the drowned city, nothing is given freely.
The Drowned City continues the Tides of Tomorrow series, a hopeful climate fiction series for readers who love Becky Chambers, Station Eleven, and City of Ember.
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction, Dystopia
Length2 hrs 58 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 14, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter One The Waiting
8Chapter Eight The Bridge Folk
2Chapter Two The Council
9Chapter Nine Confrontation
3Chapter Three Ghosts
10Chapter Ten The Descent
4Chapter Four What She Knows
11Epilogue Below
5Chapter Five Different Answers
12About the Author
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6Chapter Six The Library
13PREvIEW - Book 3 - The Underloft
7Chapter Seven The Trade
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