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Lord of the Fading Lands

Tairen Soul • Book 1

by C.L. Wilson

Narrated by Abby Craden

4.05 ABR Score (28.0K ratings)
★ 3.95 Goodreads (27.8K) ★ 4.59 Audible (286)
13h 28m Released 2021 Fantasy

Why Listen to This Audiobook?

A thousand-year-old grieving king goes feral over a woodcarver's daughter — and Abby Craden makes every obsessive moment feel earned.

  • Great if you want: fated mates fantasy with epic emotional stakes and Fey lore
  • Listening experience: lush and slow-burning — more romantic intensity than plot momentum
  • Narration: Craden captures Rain's ancient anguish and Ellysetta's quiet power distinctly
  • Skip if: instant-bond romance tropes or possessive heroes frustrate you

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About This Audiobook

A thousand years ago, the Fey King Rain Tairen Soul scorched the world in grief for his murdered queen and disappeared into the Fading Lands. When a new threat draws him back, he encounters a woodcarver's daughter whose soul calls to his in a way nothing has in ten centuries. Ellysetta is mysterious even to herself, untrained and overwhelmed, and the intensity of Rain's attention carries dangers that neither of them can fully anticipate. C.L. Wilson's first Tairen Soul novel builds a fantasy romance of considerable scope.

Abby Craden narrates with an emotional investment that matches the novel's sweeping ambition — the scale of the central romance, the threat to the Fading Lands, and Ellysetta's own awakening powers require a voice capable of spanning both the intimate and the epic. At just over 13 hours, Lord of the Fading Lands launched a series that developed a devoted following for its particular combination of high-stakes fantasy and deeply felt romance.