The Silk Road Girl
A sweeping, heartrending YA historical adventure about a stolen letter, a family on the edge of ruin, a perilous flight across ancient Persia, a lost inheritance, a secret buried by time, and a girl who refuses to disappearBy Albert V. Dunmore
Length7h 29m
About this audiobook
Niloufar slipped into her father's scriptorium after dark to retrieve one harmless thing — a love poem she'd written for her dead mother and never had the nerve to give her.
Eighteen years old. Banned from the scrolls since she was sixteen. Hidden now behind a tapestry of Darius hunting lions, the papyrus crumpled against her chest, she meant to be gone before anyone came.
Then two sets of footsteps crossed the threshold. Her father's dragging limp — the foot a horse had kicked when she was nine. And a stranger's, light and quick, like a cat walking a wall.
"I cannot be serious, Bahram. The man is a viper."
"I know what he is. I also know what he has on me."
What he has is a letter. A petition to the general Mardonius, pleading mercy for the rebel Ionian cities — a letter Niloufar copied in her own steady hand two summers ago. She was proud of it. She thought they were doing something good.
In the court of Xerxes, a plea is the same as an accusation.
If that list reaches Susa before the new moon, it will name her father. Her uncle. Every man who signed. And the whole house will be erased like ink bled through papyrus.
So a daughter who was never meant to see the scroll takes it — and runs.
Across the ancient Royal Road she goes, a rolled secret pressed to her chest, a traitor's horseman cresting every ridge behind her. Inns where the wrong word is a death sentence. A river that swallows the truth. A guide whose loyalty is for sale to the highest bidder. A mother's buried past rising out of the dust to meet her.
To save the family that hid the truth from her, Niloufar must outrun an empire, choose between blood and water, and decide whether some letters really are worth burning for.
The Silk Road Girl is a sweeping, heartrending YA historical adventure about a stolen letter, a family on the edge of ruin, a perilous flight across ancient Persia, a lost inheritance, a secret buried by time, and a girl who refuses to disappear.
Perfect for readers who love epic historical journeys, brave heroines, ancient-empire intrigue, family-secret reveals, and breathless danger on the open road. A standalone story.
Audiobook details
GenreYoung Adult
Length7 hrs 29 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1 - The Scroll I Wasn’t Meant to See
15Chapter 15 - The Ashes That Still Tell the Truth
2Chapter 2 - The Horse That Carried a Warning
16Chapter 16 - The Hours That Slip Like Sand
3Chapter 3 - The Road I Never Knew Was Watching
17Chapter 17 - The Lie That Became a Crown
4Chapter 4 - The Voice of My Father’s Fear
18Chapter 18 - The Silence of a Broken Star
5Chapter 5 - The River That Took the Truth
19Chapter 19 - The Debt I Could Not Repay
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6Chapter 6 - The Hand That Took a Bribe
20Chapter 20 - The Farewell That Stung Like Fire
7Chapter 7 - The Price of a Dead Man’s Name
21Chapter 21 - The Hand That Held the Sun
8Chapter 8 - The Inn Where Secrets Are Spoken
22Chapter 22 - The Road That Split in Two
9Chapter 9 - The Cell That Gives No Answers
23Chapter 23 - The Fortress That Ate My Shadow
10Chapter 10 - The Debt That Has No End
24Chapter 24 - The Song That Broke the Chains
11Chapter 11 - The Mother I Never Really Knew
25Chapter 25 - The Door That Opened the World
12Chapter 12 - The Pact Made in the Dark
26Epilogue
13Chapter 13 - The Pillar That Held a Ghost
27About the Author
14Chapter 14 - The Choice Between Blood and Water
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