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Asperfell
- Author
- Jamie Thomas
- Narrator
- Nicola Barber
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Publish Date
- 23 June 2026
- Run Time
- 14 hours 53 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Asperfell, legendary prison of mages, is home to violent criminals and demented spirits. No one has ever left.
Briony, as far as she knows, is neither mage nor spirit. Growing up on a secluded countryside estate, she has spent her life removed from the politics of the capital. But after her father is killed for sedition, the vicious King Keric sentences her to death. Only by slipping through the gate to Asperfell can she save herself. To stay alive, she must find the former crown prince, banished there to die years before. He holds the key to finding their way back home.
What she finds beyond the gate is a world of dark magic and darker secrets. Of cryptic whispers and dangerous mages. And, there in the depths, a bleak and broken man with no interest in being rescued. . . .
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Details
- Author
- Jamie Thomas
- Narrator
- Nicola Barber
- Duration
- 14 hours 53 minutes
- Release Date
- 23 June 2026
- ISBN
- 9781668655146
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hachette Audio
- Genre
- Fantasy romance, Epic fantasy / heroic fantasy, Historical fantasy, Dark fantasy, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
A noblewoman with hidden magic. An exiled prince with dark secrets. Only together can they escape their magical prison and save their realm, in this romantic fantasy novel from Jamie Thomas.   Asperfell, legendary prison of mages, is home to violent criminals and demented spirits. No one has ever left.   Briony, as far as she knows, is neither mage nor spirit. Growing up on a secluded countryside estate, she has spent her life removed from the politics of the capital. But after her father is killed for sedition, the vicious King Keric sentences her to death. Only by slipping through the gate to Asperfell can she save herself. To stay alive, she must find the former crown prince, banished there to die years before. He holds the key to finding their way back home.   What she finds beyond the gate is a world of dark magic and darker secrets. Of cryptic whispers and dangerous mages. And, there in the depths, a bleak and broken man with no interest in being rescued. . . .  
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