Length5h 12m
About this audiobook
The dead are standing up at Khest, and a dragon in the salt is trying to rise.
Ronan rode a dragon off the edge of the world and woke with an empty wound where his sword should have been. Something drew Ferrus Magnus from the carcass, and whatever wants a blade that killed a dragon, he does not mean to leave it armed.
The trail leads to an inn where refugees are fleeing the same rumor: a grey figure whose ash will not fall. He isn't killing the north. He's collecting it.
The roads converge. Keira, who tracked Ronan down a mountain. Galix, carrying a truth his white city refuses to hear. Beneath the salt, a wizard who has hunted this enemy for a year and a half and knows whose fault he is.
Steel passes through the grey man. Arrows ignore him. On the white flats, an army of the dead is forming ranks around a dragon that has begun to test its jaw.
The company stands together. It may not be enough.
The First Burning is Book Four of The Age of Ash and Book One of The Age of Scales.
Audiobook details
GenreAction and Adventure, Fantasy
Length5 hrs 12 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 4, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
15Chapter 13 - The Star-Chart
2Prologue
16Chapter 14 - The Long Sand
3Chapter 1 - The Wood-Axe
17Chapter 15 - The Room
4Chapter 2 - The Huntress
18Chapter 16 - The Study
5Chapter 3 - The Last Lamp
19Chapter 17 - The Sheared Keep
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6Chapter 4 - The Empty Country
20Chapter 18 - The Vigil
7Chapter 5 - The Cell
21Chapter 19 - Last at the Lamp
8Chapter 6 - The Delving
22Chapter 20 - The Open Ground
9Chapter 7 - The Warden
23Chapter 21 - The Borrowed Light
10Chapter 8 - The Wanting
24Chapter 22 - The Salt Below
11Chapter 9 - The Cut
25Chapter 23 - Dragonrise
12Chapter 10 - The Monastery
26Chapter 24 - Sword and Book
13Chapter 11 - The White City
27Chapter 25 - The Open Sea
14Chapter 12 - The Errand
28A Note From The Author
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