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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
2Chapter 1. Catch At Utterhay
3Chapter 2. Now Shall Be Told Of The House By The Water-Side
4Chapter 3. Of Skin-Changing
5Chapter 4. Of The Waxing Of The Stolen Child
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6Chapter 5. Of Birdalone, And How She Is Grown Into Maidenhood
7Chapter 6. Herein Is Told Of Birdalone’s Raiment
8Chapter 7. Birdalone Hath An Adventure In The Wood
9Chapter 8. Of Birdalone And The Witch-Wife
10Chapter 9. Of Birdalone’s Swimming
11Chapter 10. Birdalone Comes On New Tidings
12Chapter 11. Of Birdalone’s Guilt And The Chastisement Thereof
13Chapter 12. The Words Of The Witch-Wife To Birdalone
14Chapter 13. Birdalone Meeteth The Wood-Woman Again
15Chapter 14. Of Birdalone’s Fishing
16Chapter 15. Birdalone Weareth Her Serpent-Ring
17Chapter 16. Birdalone Meeteth Habundia Again…
18Chapter 17. The Passing Of The Year Into Winter
19Chapter 18. Of Spring-Tide And The Mind Of Birdalone
20Chapter 19. They Bid Farewell, Birdalone And The Wood-Mother
21Chapter 20. Of Birdalone And The Sending Boat
22THE SECOND PART: OF THE WONDROUS ISLES
23Chapter 1. The First Isle
24Chapter 2. Birdalone Falleth In With New Friends
25Chapter 3. Birdalone Is Brought Before The Witch-Wife’s Sister
26Chapter 4. Of The Witch’s Prison In The Wailing-Tower
27Chapter 5. They Feast In The Witch’s Prison
28Chapter 6. Atra Tells Of How They Three Came Unto The Isle Of Increase Unsought
29Chapter 7. The Three Damsels Take Birdalone Out Of The Witch’s Prison
30Chapter 8. In What Wise Birdalone Was Clad, And How She Went Her Ways…
31Chapter 9. How Birdalone Came To The Isle Of The Young And The Old
32Chapter 10. Birdalone Comes To The Isle Of The Queens
33Chapter 11. And Now She Comes To The Isle Of The Kings
34Chapter 12. Of Birdalone, How She Came Unto The Isle Of Nothing
35THE THIRD PART: OF THE CASTLE OF THE QUEST
36Chapter 1. Birdalone Comes To The Castle Of The Quest
37Chapter 2. Of Birdalone, And How She Rested The Night…
38Chapter 3. How Birdalone Dight Her For Meeting The Champions Of The Quest
39Chapter 4. And Now She Meets The Champions
40Chapter 5. Birdalone Has True Tokens From The Champions Of The Quest
41Chapter 6. How The Champions Would Do Birdalone To Be Clad Anew…
42Chapter 7. Of Birdalone, How She Told The Champions All Her Tale
43Chapter 8. In The Meanwhile Of The Departing Of The Champions…
44Chapter 9. Birdalone Cometh Before The Champions In Her New Array
45Chapter 10. The Champions Go Their Ways In The Sending Boat
46THE FOURTH PART: OF THE DAYS OF ABIDING
47Chapter 1. Of Birdalone’s Grief; And Of Leonard The Chaplain
48Chapter 2. Birdalone Learneth Lore Of The Priest. Ten Days Of Waiting Wear
49Chapter 3. Now Would Birdalone Ride Abroad
50Chapter 4. Of Birdalone’s Faring Abroad
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