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Embark on a quest with Birdalone, a young woman who escapes the captivity of a witch to navigate a magical archipelago. Her journey across the vast lake involves encounters with knights, faeries, and the mysteries of the "Isle of Nothing," exploring themes of autonomy and female agency. The narrative is steeped in the language of medieval romance, creating a fairy-tale world that is both perilous and enchanting. It is a pioneering work of fantasy that places a heroine at the center of the hero's journey.
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GenreFantasy
Length14 hrs 38 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 26, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1THE FIRST PART: OF THE HOUSE OF CAPTIVITY
60Chapter 14. The Black Knight Tells The Truth Of Himself
2Chapter 1. Catch At Utterhay
61Chapter 15. The Black Knight Brings Birdalone To The Bower In The Dale
3Chapter 2. Now Shall Be Told Of The House By The Water-Side
62Chapter 16. Yet A Day And A Night They Tarry In The Dale
4Chapter 3. Of Skin-Changing
63THE FIFTH PART: THE TALE OF THE QUEST’S ENDING
5Chapter 4. Of The Waxing Of The Stolen Child
64Chapter 1. Of Sir Leonard’s Trouble And The Coming Of The Quest
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6Chapter 5. Of Birdalone, And How She Is Grown Into Maidenhood
65Chapter 2. Now Ask They Of Birdalone, And Sir Leonard Speaks
7Chapter 6. Herein Is Told Of Birdalone’s Raiment
66Chapter 3. How They Follow The Slot Of Birdalone And The Black Knight
8Chapter 7. Birdalone Hath An Adventure In The Wood
67Chapter 4. Of The Slaying Of Friend And Foe
9Chapter 8. Of Birdalone And The Witch-Wife
68Chapter 5. They Come Home To The Castle Of The Quest
10Chapter 9. Of Birdalone’s Swimming
69Chapter 6. Of The Talk Betwixt Birdalone And Viridis
11Chapter 10. Birdalone Comes On New Tidings
70Chapter 7. Birdalone Telleth The Tale Of Her Wandering Up The Valley…
12Chapter 11. Of Birdalone’s Guilt And The Chastisement Thereof
71Chapter 8. Atra And Birdalone Talk Together…
13Chapter 12. The Words Of The Witch-Wife To Birdalone
72Chapter 9. Hugh Tells The Story Of The Quest’s Ending
14Chapter 13. Birdalone Meeteth The Wood-Woman Again
73Chapter 10. How It Fared With The Three Ladies After The Escape Of Birdalone
15Chapter 14. Of Birdalone’s Fishing
74Chapter 11. Birdalone And The Black Squire Talk Together In The Hall…
16Chapter 15. Birdalone Weareth Her Serpent-Ring
75Chapter 12. The Knights And Their Fellows Betake Them To The Assaulting…
17Chapter 16. Birdalone Meeteth Habundia Again…
76Chapter 13. Birdalone Bethinks Her To Fulfil The Promise Made Unto Atra
18Chapter 17. The Passing Of The Year Into Winter
77Chapter 14. Birdalone Leaves The Castle Of The Quest
19Chapter 18. Of Spring-Tide And The Mind Of Birdalone
78THE SIXTH PART: THE DAYS OF ABSENCE
20Chapter 19. They Bid Farewell, Birdalone And The Wood-Mother
79Chapter 1. Birdalone Rides To Greenford And There Takes Leave Of Arnold…
21Chapter 20. Of Birdalone And The Sending Boat
80Chapter 2. Of Birdalone And Her Fellowship, Their Faring…
22THE SECOND PART: OF THE WONDROUS ISLES
81Chapter 3. They Come To The City Of The Five Crafts, And Birdalone Meets…
23Chapter 1. The First Isle
82Chapter 4. Of The Love Of Gerard’s Sons And Of Jacobus For Birdalone
24Chapter 2. Birdalone Falleth In With New Friends
83Chapter 5. Of The Death Of Audrey, Mother To Birdalone
25Chapter 3. Birdalone Is Brought Before The Witch-Wife’s Sister
84Chapter 6. Of The Sundering Of Birdalone From Gerard And His Sons
26Chapter 4. Of The Witch’s Prison In The Wailing-Tower
85Chapter 7. Birdalone Cometh To Greenford…
27Chapter 5. They Feast In The Witch’s Prison
86Chapter 8. Birdalone Cometh To The Castle Of The Quest
28Chapter 6. Atra Tells Of How They Three Came Unto The Isle Of Increase Unsought
87Chapter 9. Birdalone Findeth The Isle Of Nothing Greatly Bettered
29Chapter 7. The Three Damsels Take Birdalone Out Of The Witch’s Prison
88Chapter 10. Of Birdalone’s Flitting From The Isle Of Nothing
30Chapter 8. In What Wise Birdalone Was Clad, And How She Went Her Ways…
89Chapter 11. Coming To The Isle Of Kings Birdalone…
31Chapter 9. How Birdalone Came To The Isle Of The Young And The Old
90Chapter 12. Birdalone Cometh Again To The Isle Of Queens…
32Chapter 10. Birdalone Comes To The Isle Of The Queens
91Chapter 13. Coming To The Isle Of The Young And The Old…
33Chapter 11. And Now She Comes To The Isle Of The Kings
92Chapter 14. The Sending Boat Disappeareth From The Isle…
34Chapter 12. Of Birdalone, How She Came Unto The Isle Of Nothing
93Chapter 15. Birdalone Lacketh Little Of Drowning…
35THE THIRD PART: OF THE CASTLE OF THE QUEST
94Chapter 16. Birdalone Findeth Her Witch-Mistress Dead
36Chapter 1. Birdalone Comes To The Castle Of The Quest
95Chapter 17. Birdalone Layeth To Earth The Body Of The Witch…
37Chapter 2. Of Birdalone, And How She Rested The Night…
96Chapter 18. The Wood-Mother Cometh To Birdalone And Heareth Her Story
38Chapter 3. How Birdalone Dight Her For Meeting The Champions Of The Quest
97Chapter 19. Habundia Hideth Birdalone’s Nakedness With Faery Raiment
39Chapter 4. And Now She Meets The Champions
98Chapter 20. Birdalone Telleth Habundia Of Her Love For Arthur…
40Chapter 5. Birdalone Has True Tokens From The Champions Of The Quest
99Chapter 21. How The Wood-Wife Entered The Cot, And A Wonder That Befell Thereon
41Chapter 6. How The Champions Would Do Birdalone To Be Clad Anew…
100Chapter 22. Birdalone Wendeth The Wildwood In Fellowship With Habundia
42Chapter 7. Of Birdalone, How She Told The Champions All Her Tale
101Chapter 23. The Wood-Wife Bringeth Birdalone To The Sight Of Arthur In The Wildwood
43Chapter 8. In The Meanwhile Of The Departing Of The Champions…
102Chapter 24. The Wood-Mother Changeth Her Form To That Of A Woman Stricken In Years
44Chapter 9. Birdalone Cometh Before The Champions In Her New Array
103Chapter 25. The Wood-Wife Healeth And Tendeth The Black Squire
45Chapter 10. The Champions Go Their Ways In The Sending Boat
104Chapter 26. The Black Squire Telleth The Wood-Wife Of His Doings….
46THE FOURTH PART: OF THE DAYS OF ABIDING
105Chapter 27. Sir Arthur Cometh To The House Under The Wood
47Chapter 1. Of Birdalone’s Grief; And Of Leonard The Chaplain
106Chapter 28. Fair Days In The House Of Love
48Chapter 2. Birdalone Learneth Lore Of The Priest. Ten Days Of Waiting Wear
107Chapter 29. Those Twain Will Seek The Wisdom Of The Wood-Wife
49Chapter 3. Now Would Birdalone Ride Abroad
108Chapter 30. They Have Speech With Habundia Concerning The Green Knight And His Fellows
50Chapter 4. Of Birdalone’s Faring Abroad
109Chapter 31. Habundia Cometh With Tidings Of Those Dear Friends
51Chapter 5. Sir Aymeris Showeth Birdalone The Mountains Afar Off
110Chapter 32. Of The Fight In The Forest And The Rescue Of Those Friends…
52Chapter 6. Birdalone Heareth Tell Tales Of The Black Valley Of The Greywethers
111Chapter 33. Viridis Telleth The Tale Of Their Seeking
53Chapter 7. Birdalone Beguileth The Priest To Help Her To Outgoing
112THE SEVENTH PART: THE DAYS OF RETURNING
54Chapter 8. Birdalone Fares On Her Adventure
113Chapter 1. Sir Hugh Asketh Birdalone Where She Would Have The Abode…
55Chapter 9. Birdalone Comes To The Black Valley
114Chapter 2. Birdalone Taketh Counsel With Her Wood-Mother Concerning The Matter Of Sir Hugh
56Chapter 10. How Birdalone Fell In With A Man In The Black Valley Of The Greywethers
115Chapter 3. Of The Journeying Through The Forest Of Evilshaw Unto The Town Of Utterhay
57Chapter 11. Birdalone Is Led Up The Black Valley
116Chapter 4. Of The Abiding In Utterhay In Love And Contentment
58Chapter 12. How Those Twain Get Them From Out Of The Black Valley…
117IMPRINT | DISCLAIMER
59Chapter 13. Now They Rest For The Night In The Strait Pass
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