Bones of Empire Audiobook (Free)

Way back when, Ritakhou was a flourishing empire filled with light, life, and magic. After that came the Schism. Right now the kingdom is called Rimbaku and is a pale shadow of its former self, a land stripped of its glory and its power. The just magic left originates from aitachi, the Relicant Touch-the capability to absorb abilities and memories by consuming aishone: the bones of the useless.

Rimbaku’s foes are circling, assessment the nation’s edges. They understand the empire can be weak, and are motivated to drive it over the advantage and then remove its bones as it did to its deceased for so long.

Meanwhile, the brothers Kagiri and Noniki lay out from their little village with a handful of aishone and significant amounts of hope. They soon find the world a bigger, darker place than they imagined, and are compelled to accept an unhealthy proposal, one that will place both of them at risk for not merely their lives but their very souls-and that may modification the Relicant Empire permanently.