Length10h 42m
About this audiobook
In Selai’s settlement, water is more than a resource. It is measured, sung to and governed by rules older than memory. Every ritual must be performed precisely, because survival depends on obedience.
Then the wells begin to stop.
The songs are correct. The vessels are clean. The measures have not changed. Yet the water is withdrawing, and the stone beneath the settlement is growing warm. As fear spreads and the old rules tighten, Selai is drawn into a crisis that threatens more than thirst. To save her people, she must question what the rituals protect, who benefits from them—and whether water can ever truly be owned.
The Bound Water is an atmospheric speculative novel about scarcity, control, inherited belief and the quiet moment when obedience begins to break.
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction, Other
Length10 hrs 42 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 3, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1 - The Silent Measure
30Chapter 27 - After the Call
2Chapter 2 - The Listening Hall
31Chapter 28 - Final Notice
3Chapter 3 - The Hall That Listened
32Chapter 29 - Once It Passed
4Chapter 4 - Koro Dath's Workshop
33Chapter 30 - Aftermath
5Chapter 5 - The Wrong Song
34Chapter 31 - The Tightening
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6Chapter 6 - The Archive
35Chapter 32 - Displaced
7Chapter 7 - Writing the Numbers
36Chapter 33 - A Narrow Break
8Chapter 8 - The Testing part 1
37Chapter 34 - Approved Hours
9Chapter 8 - The Testing part 2
38Chapter 35 - The Faster Fall part 1
10Chapter 9 - Stone Language
39Chapter 35 - The Faster Fall part 2
11Chapter 10 - After the Measure
40Chapter 36 - Adjusted Measures
12Chapter 11 - Marked Lines
41Chapter 37 - Checked Twice
13Chapter 12 - The Long Hold
42Chapter 38 - Invitation
14Chapter 13 - The Old Records
43Chapter 39 - Facing Inward
15Chapter 14 - Repeating Marks
44Chapter 40 - Irevan's Admission part 1
16Chapter 15 - Public Speaking part 1
45Chapter 40 - Irevan's Admission part 2
17Chapter 15 - Public Speaking part 2
46Chapter 41 - Three, Pause, Two
18Chapter 16 - Restricted Passage
47Chapter 42 - Not Required
19Chapter 17 - Koro's Measure
48Chapter 43 - Measures Not Taken
20Chapter 18 - Before the Bell
49Chapter 44 - Unbinding
21Chapter 19 - Fracture Lines
50Chapter 45 - When the Wells Answer part 1
22Chapter 20 - Choices
51Chapter 45 - When the Wells Answer part 2
23Chapter 21 - Measured Silence
52Chapter 46 - Stepping Aside
24Chapter 22 - Preparations part 1
53Chapter 47 - The Simplifier Appears part 1
25Chapter 22 - Preparations part 2
54Chapter 47 - The Simplifier Appears part 2
26Chapter 23 - The Narrow Way
55Chapter 48 - After Irevan
27Chapter 24 - Along the Wall
56Chapter 49 - Learning the Hold
28Chapter 25 - Held Back
57Chapter 50 - What Was Heard
29Chapter 26 - Left Unsaid
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