Length1h 31m
About this audiobook
Threads Before the Storm
In Veyrasa, law is woven into cloth. Marriages, trade rights, sea routes, bloodlines — all held in silk, memory, and thread. Cut a knot, and a life unravels. Burn a panel, and a family ceases to exist.
The Widow's Knot — Meris wakes to find her marriage has vanished from the cloth. Her husband is alive. The knot is not. The registrar who re-ties it will see more of her than she intended.
The Storm Reader's Daughter — Lura Vale can feel the route cloth her father reads for House Arozan. Women are forbidden to touch it. The monsoon doesn't care about the law.
The First Unpicker — Resa Thane is ordered to cut a legal thread no one has ever cut before. Her mentor taught her to weave. He never taught her how to destroy what she loves.
Three rituals. Three women. The empire before it learned what its own cloth could do.
For readers of adult dark fantasy who want their magic to hold — and their romance to cost.
Audiobook details
GenreFantasy, Romance
Length1 hr 31 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 2, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Widow’s Knot
2The Storm Reader’s Daughter
3The First Unpicker
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