
On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness
The Wingfeather Saga, Book 1
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Once, in a cottage above the cliffs on the Dark Sea of Darkness, there lived three children and their trusty dog, Nugget.
Janner Igiby, his brother, Tink, and their disabled sister, Leeli, are gifted children as all children are, loved well by a noble mother and ex-pirate grandfather. But they will need all their gifts and all that they love to survive the evil pursuit of the venomous Fangs of Dang, who have crossed the dark sea to rule the land with malice. The Igibys hold the secret to the lost legend and jewels of good King Wingfeather of the Shining Isle of Anniera.
Full of characters rich in heart, smarts, and courage, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness is a tale children of all ages will cherish and families can listen to together.
This audiobook includes a PDF of maps, illustrations, and more.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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- By E.F.B. on 05-29-21
By: Andrew Peterson
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How to Summon a Fairy Godmother: A Laugh-Out-Loud Fairytale What-If
- Fairies and Familiars, Book 1
- By: Laura J. Mayo
- Narrated by: Josie Charles
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Lady Theodosia Balfour has certainly gotten the short end of the stick—her stepsister, the newly crowned Princess Beatrice, is telling everyone in polite society that Theo, her sister, and their mother are evil, wicked, and horrid people who treated her like a slave. Though Theo knows this isn't exactly true, it seems her life is thoroughly ruined by the rumor. With the Balfour family estate on the verge of bankruptcy, Theo's only path forward is a forced betrothal to the Duke of Snowbell, a foul-tempered geezer who wishes only to use her as a brood mare for spare heirs.
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Fairytale Retelling
- By Angela D. on 12-10-24
By: Laura J. Mayo
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A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons
- By: Kate Khavari
- Narrated by: Jodie Harris
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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London, 1923. Newly minted research assistant Saffron Everleigh is the first woman to hold the position at University College of London. When she attends a dinner party for the school, she expects to engage in conversations about the university's large expedition to the Amazon. What she doesn’t expect is for Mrs. Henry, one of the professors’ wives, to drop to the floor, poisoned by an unknown toxin. Dr. Maxwell, Saffron’s mentor, is the main suspect, and evidence quickly mounts.
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Clean cozy mystery
- By dubois940 on 08-21-22
By: Kate Khavari
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The Dragon and the Stone (The Dream Keeper Saga Book 1)
- The Dream Keeper Saga
- By: Kathryn Butler
- Narrated by: Shannon McManus
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Even though she's only 12 years old, Lily McKinley already feels the weight of the world's brokenness. She's seen it in her mother's exhaustion, her grandmother's illness, and the cruelty of Adam, the bully at her school. But most tragically, she experienced it two months ago when her father died in a terrible accident. As an artistic daydreamer, Lily has a brilliant imagination to help her cope, but that imagination often gets her into trouble. One day, it transports her to a fantasy world called the Somnium Realm, where her father's secret history embroils her in an epic quest.
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Enjoyable
- By Chris Brenan on 04-02-25
By: Kathryn Butler
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The Lost Key
- Green Ember: Lost Tales, Book 1
- By: S. D. Smith
- Narrated by: S. D. Smith
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Picket, Heather, Jo, and your favorite Green Ember heroes are back for a thrilling new adventure. In the days after their arrival at Halfwind Citadel, the friends are caught up in a desperate fight for the cause when an internal conspiracy threatens to unravel the growing strength of rabbitkind’s resistance.
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Disappointed
- By Jessica on 04-04-25
By: S. D. Smith
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Firstborn Academy: The Complete Trilogy
- Firstborn Academy, Book 1-3
- By: Isla Frost
- Narrated by: Amanda Dolan
- Length: 18 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Ever since magic stormed the world, the price for human survival is surrendering your firstborn to the monsters. But this year it's Nova's turn, and the monsters better watch their backs.
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I wouldn’t recommend
- By Megan Webster on 05-29-21
By: Isla Frost
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Blood of the Earth
- Soulwood, Book 1
- By: Faith Hunter
- Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
- Length: 15 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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When Nell Ingram met skinwalker Jane Yellowrock, she was almost alone in the world, exiled by both choice and fear from the cult she was raised in, defending herself with the magic she drew from her deep connection to the forest that surrounds her. Now, Jane has referred Nell to PsyLED, a Homeland Security agency policing paranormals, and agent Rick LaFleur has shown up at Nell's doorstep.
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Faith Hunter hits it out of the Park!
- By Teri on 08-03-16
By: Faith Hunter
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Skyward
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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From Brandon Sanderson, the number one New York Times best-selling author of the Reckoners series, Words of Radiance, and the internationally best-selling Mistborn series, comes the first book in an epic new series about a girl who dreams of becoming a pilot in a dangerous world at war for humanity's future.
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Has Sanderson been reading Craig Alanson???
- By Customer on 11-18-18
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The Bark of the Bog Owl
- The Wilderking Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Jonathan Rogers
- Narrated by: Jonathan Rogers
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged
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12-year-old Aidan Errolson, comes from a long line of adventurers. His grandparents were among the first settlers of Corenwald's Eastern Frontier. His father had been one of the kingdom's greatest warriors. Aidan, on the other hand, lives the quiet, comfortable life, of a nobleman's son. He never has any real adventures, and that, he believes, is the one great injustice of his otherwise happy life. All that will change the day he first hears the bark of the bog owl, and meets Dobro Turtlebane.
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Our Family's New Favorite!
- By Charles Yates on 12-31-18
By: Jonathan Rogers
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Scythe
- By: Neal Shusterman
- Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: Humanity has conquered all those things and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life - and they are commanded to do so in order to keep the size of the population under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe - a role that neither wants. These teens must master the "art" of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.
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Teenage Thumbs up
- By Lila R on 04-01-17
By: Neal Shusterman
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The Shadow of What Was Lost
- Licanius, Book 1
- By: James Islington
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 25 hrs and 28 mins
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It has been 20 years since the end of the war. The dictatorial Augurs, once thought of almost as gods, were overthrown and wiped out during the conflict, their much-feared powers mysteriously failing them. Those who had ruled under them, men and women with a lesser ability known as the Gift, avoided the Augurs' fate only by submitting themselves to the rebellion's Four Tenets.
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Atrocious. Almost abusive.
- By Captain Spanky Of Nazareth on 06-10-20
By: James Islington
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Silver in the Bone
- Silver in the Bone, Book 1
- By: Alexandra Bracken
- Narrated by: Sophie Amoss
- Length: 17 hrs and 33 mins
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Born without a trace of magic, Tamsin Lark is no match for the sorceresses and Hollowers who populate the magical underground of Boston. But when the only parent she’s ever known disappears without so much as a goodbye, she has no choice but to join in their cutthroat pursuit of enchanted relics to keep herself—and her brother, Cabell—alive.
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took a while to get into
- By Alex on 04-22-24
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rise of Kyoshi
- The Kyoshi Novels, Book 1
- By: F. C. Yee, Michael Dante DiMartino - contributor
- Narrated by: Nancy Wu
- Length: 14 hrs and 30 mins
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After years of searching for the next Avatar, the four nations have found peace with Avatar Yun - until Kyoshi, Yun’s friend and servant, demonstrates remarkable bending abilities herself. With the identity of the true Avatar at stake, Kyoshi and her fiery friend Rangi flee the Avatar mansion and find supporters in the daofei - outlaws living in the shadows of the Earth Kingdom. But while Kyoshi, Rangi, and their daofei friends face off against underworld rivals, those who seek to control the Avatar draw close.
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Disappointed.... Not the Kyoshi I knew.
- By Daniel Lopez on 09-21-20
By: F. C. Yee, and others
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- justkeepswimming
- 02-20-22
Meaningful and entertaining but slowly paced
I listened to this series on my own, and now I am sharing this with my eleven year old son and six year old daughter. I loved the narration. Peterson does a great job giving voice to his characters. He is one of the best narrators I have heard to date.
The story itself is entertaining because it is intelligent as well as funny and written on a level which children and adults alike can understand and enjoy. The books are filled with Christian symbolism to which most people, even those who are not Christians, can relate. Self-sacrifice, love, family loyalty, truthfulness, forgiveness, and repentance are all themes of the series. There is more than one prodigal son in this series, all whose stores have very different shades of meaning and outcomes. Particularly meaningful is the method by which the monsters are made and then remade. There will be a lot for kids and parents to discuss with this series.
Some of the more difficult parts of the books follow. There are monsters, distorted and overpowering, some exceedingly evil and powerful, and others misunderstood, regretful, despairing, or pitiful. The children and their families are in danger repeatedly and often escape death only narrowly. Many children are abused by adults and bullied by other children. War, thievery, murder, lying, betrayal, mental illness, depression, and fighting abound. Several loved characters die. The final death in the story is particularly difficult and a bit shocking. These elements may disturb some readers / listeners, especially younger ones for whom the book is aimed. That said, as the characters work through their problems in the fantasy world, they learn coping skills and wisdom which may help child listeners / readers deal with problems when they are mistreated, feel depression, or experience the death of loved ones. Some problems the characters experience belong solely to the fantasy world, and the manner in which they are solved belong solely to the fantasy world. These elements are where the spiritual symbolism broaden the meaning and beauty of the story.
Perhaps the most memorable part of the books is the cast of characters. Most of Peterson's characters are complex, imperfect, and believable. Most are funny in some way. The pirate grandfather and several other characters, even the some of the scary creatures themselves, are very funny and entertaining.
I think Peterson may have had input from some of his children when he thought up some sillier elements of his fantasy world. Cows are not particularly scary--let's give them rows of teeth and make them eat people. Let's make candles out of snot. Let's make a drawing of a character, each of us taking one body section, head, torso/arms, legs/feet, but not show each other our part until it is all done. Now this monster has the head of a bear, the arms of an octopus, and the tail of a monkey!
The greatest difficulty I had with the story was the pace of the writing itself. Peterson's writing takes a LONG time to set the stage for each scene. Character's feelings are discussed, what they see, what they remember, etc., etc. until the story becomes quite tedious and somewhat repetitive. Sometimes the characters act in ways which seem unrealistic given the situations in which they find themselves which also adds to the tension and length of the story unnecessarily (Would mom REALLY say it was "too dangerous" for them to walk along a ledge when they were already being chased by monsters?). I actually left the room in which I was listening to the story and came back five minutes later with one character still walking down a staircase of a three story house towards danger. Did we really have to hear what everyone else in the person's life was doing right then? If I had been reading the story myself, I would probably had skimmed these parts and moved on with story at a faster pace than listening to the narration allowed. Sometimes I wonder if writers get paid by the word because this is a problem I have seen with other books including the Harry Potter series (especially the final book). My six year old daughter had another perspective, though. When I was complaining aloud that Peterson should move along a little faster, she yelled, "Oh Mom, just enjoy the story for what it is!" Haha, out of the mouth of babes...
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- Tyler Appel
- 08-12-21
Awesome.
Great awesome amazing.
Great family book.
I have listened to it one time and I wanna listen to the other books. My name is Charlee Appel
I am eight years old. I want to be a writer.
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- Joshua
- 12-02-21
Adventure and the power of family
Just a great overall story full of adventure and the power of family. You will find this book mostly in the young readers section of a book store. But I'm a 38 year old man and loved it just as much as the next kid.
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- Barnabas H.
- 01-25-21
Great, engaging family story
We really enjoyed this book and my kids have been asking every day since we finished it when we can listen to the second one. The kids who enjoyed it most are 7 and 9. The 5yo listened at different times and enjoyed it when she did, but wasn't as enraptured as the older ones.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-25-21
Amazing books and incredible performance/voices
Love the books and Andrew Peterson's voices for the different characters! Meaningful, fun, and thoughtful.
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- Farmon212th
- 06-24-22
really good
loved this book, finished in a day. I'm 26, surprised that I loved it.
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- MSC
- 12-09-21
Amazing book! (+PDF info)
This is a great book! I can’t get around to reading the real book because, 1.I never have the time, and 2.I just have the audio books!
I love this series, and listen to non-stop every night! Great listen. And some people have problems with the PDF, how you get into is you look at the ‘chapters’ and it’s up at the top. If that still doesn’t work I don’t what to say. Overall,I loved it, and would recommend it to ages 5+. Might be a little scary for ages 4 and younger. Have good rest of you day/night
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- Rachelle N. Talley
- 07-26-21
Enjoyed it
It felt like a slow start, but once the story developed it was really interesting. Eager to start the second book!
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- Rod Goodemote
- 06-16-22
Great characters
Excellent character development and unexpected events. I loved the footnotes during the reading in a different accent.
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- JR in WI
- 02-11-22
For fans of Narnia and Lord of the Rings
loved both story and the author's artful narration! this is a classic and heartwarming tale, full of adventure and with lessons of character
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