Length5h 10m
About this audiobook
THE DEAD ARE RISING. SO ARE THEY.
The dragon did not come to burn the world. It was made to.
A garrison stands at the edge of a salt basin in full armor, every man dead on his feet, waiting on orders from the figure walking among them. Beyond the wall, half-buried in the white, something the size of a barn opens its eyes.
Because the dragon is not the enemy. It is the leash. And the hand that holds it answers to something older still — something that has waited under the ash for an age and is, at last, awake.
Ronan carries a blade older than any name still spoken for it, and a strength he has learned to fear. Four others stand with him — the party of five. What is rising in the north will make them choose anyway.
The First Burning begins the Age of Scale, set in the world of the Age of Ash trilogy. No previous reading required.
Audiobook details
GenreAction and Adventure, Fantasy
Length5 hrs 10 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 4, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
16Chapter 14 - The Long Sand
2Prologue
17Chapter 15 - The Room
3Chapter 1 - The Wood-Axe
18Chapter 16 - The Study
4Chapter 2 - The Huntress
19Chapter 17 - The Sheared Keep
5Chapter 3 - The Last Lamp
20Chapter 18 - The Vigil
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6Chapter 4 - The Empty Country
21Chapter 19 - Last at the Lamp
7Chapter 5 - The Cell
22Chapter 20 - The Open Ground
8Chapter 6 - The Delving
23Chapter 21 - The Borrowed Light
9Chapter 7 - The Warden
24Chapter 22 - The Salt Below
10Chapter 8 - The Wanting
25Chapter 23 - Dragonrise
11Chapter 9 - The Cut
26Chapter 24 - Sword and Book
12Chapter 10 - The Monastery
27Chapter 25 - The Open Sea
13Chapter 11 - The White City
28A Note From The Author
14Chapter 12 - The Errand
29Book Saga
15Chapter 13 - The Star-Chart
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