Length14h 34m
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Warden of Silence (The Watchers of Silence Series, Book 1)
In the frozen, isolated forests of Jämtland, Sweden, a solitary engineer named Henrik Ekström is hiding a world-shattering secret beneath his barn. Without government funding, corporate backing, or anyone’s knowledge, Henrik has spent fifteen years building the impossible: a fully functional, faster-than-light spacecraft.
Guided by Elin, a brilliantly sarcastic artificial intelligence, and fuelled by complex equations that came to him in his dreams, Henrik successfully travels to Proxima Centauri and back. But when he decides it’s time to break his silence and sends a letter proving his discovery to the Swedish government, he ignites a global geopolitical earthquake.
Sweden’s steely Prime Minister, Natalia Andersson, quickly realises her nation is now the sole custodian of the most transformative technology in human history.
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction
Length14 hrs 34 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 19, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Copyright
2216. The Shape of Silence
2Dedication
2317. The Fracture Line
3Foreword
2418. A City Born in Silence
4Prologue
2519. The Oldest Echo
5I. The Silence Breaks
2620. The Horizon Becomes a Door
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61. The Silence of Östersund
27III. The Fractured Signal
72. Pilgrimage to Vulcan
2821. Embassy among the stars
83. Letters to Power
2922. The Language of Logic
94. First Contact
3023. Reflections of Earth
105. Fallout
3124. The World They Came Home To
116. Echoes Beyond the Silence
3225. The Tau Effect
127. The Visit
3326. A Friend in the Spiral
138. The Circle Widens
3427. The World That Follows
149. The Seventh Day
3528. Arrival
1510. The Line in the Snow
3629. The Signal That Watches Back
16II. The Weight of Knowing
3730. The Silence that follows
1711. The Cold Welcome
38Acknowledgments
1812. The Silence Ends
39Also by Anthony Fitzpatrick
1913. Eyes Open
40About the Author
2014. The First Shot
41A note from Elin
2115. The Line We Must Not Cross
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