The Sovereign
For The RecordBy Phillip Mitchell Polite
Length1h 43m
About this audiobook
More than fifteen hundred people died.
What survived was the record.
In the aftermath of a maritime catastrophe that stunned the world, a formal inquiry convenes to determine what happened aboard The Sovereign. Investors demand protection. Families demand truth. Officials demand order.
And one woman sits at the center of it all.
When she takes the stand and states her name, the first lie enters the record.
What follows is not simply an investigation of a sinking ship — it is an examination of power, class, and the quiet decisions made long before disaster strikes. Beneath the polished language of testimony and the rigid decorum of the courtroom lies something far more unsettling: the suggestion that what occurred was not chaos… but design.
Through layered testimony, withheld memory, and calculated restraint, The Sovereign unfolds as a slow-burning institutional thriller. Every question is a trap. Every answer carries weight. Some disasters are accidents. Others are decisions.
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length1 hr 43 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 20, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1For The Record
7The Weight Of Water
2Lower Deck
8The Orchard
3Acceptable Margins
9The Count
4Containment
10The Offer
5The Weight Of Paper
11The Line
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6The Orchard Test
12Sovereign
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