The Reluctant Archmage
A Classic High Fantasy Academy RomanceBy D. C. Vantry
Length15h 46m
About this audiobook
Ilaria Voss has been banned from every lecture hall at the Mage's Academy, which is fine, because she has been sneaking into the library instead.
Then the Archmage drops dead in front of four hundred students, and the Founder's Ledger — a book that writes tomorrow's spells tonight — writes her name on the next page.
The faculty refuse. The Ledger repeats itself. And Chancellor Aurel Sabran, who has spent twenty years keeping that book from choosing anyone, is ordered to prepare her for an office that has killed its last three holders within a season.
He tutors her in a cold tower room with two chairs and one lamp. Neither of them mentions what the Ledger is actually naming.
A classic high fantasy academy romance about bad teachers, worse wards, and the arithmetic of who pays.
Audiobook details
GenreFantasy, Romance
Length15 hrs 46 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 26, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1One
12Twelve
2Two
13Thirteen
3Three
14Fourteen
4Four
15Fifteen
5Five
16Sixteen
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6Six
17Seventeen
7Seven
18Eighteen
8Eight
19Nineteen
9Nine
20Twenty
10Ten
21Epilogue
11Eleven
22About the author
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