The Gatekeepers: Ash and Ink
The Velmoor Chronicles Book 1By Maren Blackthorn
Length10h 4m
About this audiobook
Some institutions don’t just teach. They consume.
When nineteen-year-old scholarship student Seraphine Vale arrives at Velmoor Academy, the north’s most prestigious magic school, she knows she doesn’t belong. Not by bloodline, status, or the way the ancient halls seem built for everyone except her.
But Velmoor has been waiting for her.
After discovering a hidden journal in the restricted archive, Seraphine uncovers a terrifying truth: the school’s power is sustained by draining its brightest students of the magic that brought them there. The only other person who’s found the same evidence is Caelum Ashvere — legacy student, faculty favourite, and the last person she should trust.
He represents everything Velmoor gave freely to people like him and denied to people like her. He challenges her, infuriates her, and proves to be her intellectual equal.
Together, they have one term to expose a secret hidden for two hundred years before the academy consumes them too.
Audiobook details
GenreFantasy, Romance
Length10 hrs 4 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 8, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Copyright
14Chapter Thirteen
2Chapter One
15Chapter Fourteen
3Chapter Two
16Chapter Fifteen
4Chapter Three
17Chapter Sixteen
5Chapter Four
18Chapter Seventeen
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6Chapter Five
19Chapter Eighteen
7Chapter Six
20Chapter Nineteen
8Chapter Seven
21Chapter Twenty
9Chapter Eight
22Chapter Twenty-One
10Chapter Nine
23Chapter Twenty-Two
11Chapter Ten
24Chapter Twenty-Three
12Chapter Eleven
25Chapter Twenty-Four
13Chapter Twelve
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