The Book of Magic Audiobook (Free)

An anthology celebrating the witches and sorcerers of epic fantasy-featuring stories by George R. R. Martin, Scott Lynch, Megan Lindholm, and many more!

Hot for the heels of Gardner Dozois’s (Rogues, Old Venus) acclaimed anthology The Reserve of Swords comes this companion quantity devoted to magic. How could it be usually? For each Frodo, there’s a Gandalf…and a Saruman. For each Dorothy, a Glinda…and a Wicked Witch from the West. What would Harry Potter be without Albus Dumbledore..Read More about The Book of Magic ..and Severus Snape?

Figures of intelligence and power, possessing arcane, often forbidden knowledge, wizards and sorcerers are shaped-or misshaped-by the potent magic they look for to wield. Yet though their capabilities may be godlike, these men and women remain human being…some might say all too human. Such can be their curse. And their glory.

In these pages, seventeen of today’s top fantasy writers-including award-winners K. J. Parker (The Two of Swords), Megan Lindholm (The Windsingers), John Crowley (The Deep), Tim Power (Last Call), Liz Williams (Snake Agent), Elizabeth Bear (Eternal Sky Trilogy), George R.R. Martin (A Track of Glaciers and Open fire), Kate Elliott (The Court of Fives Trilogy), Scott Lynch (The Republic of Thieves), and more-cast wondrous spells that thrillingly evoke the inexplicable, awesome, and at times downright terrifying worlds where magic reigns supreme: worlds as a long way away as permanently…so that as near as nearby.

Narrated by Tag Deakins, Susan Denaker, Stephen Mendel, Lincoln Hoppe, Holly Palance, Nicholas Guy Smith, Maxwell Caulfield, Kristen Ariza, Tonya Cornelisse, Bruce Mann, Sile Birmingham, John Lee, Almarie Guerra, Steve Western, Elliot Hill, Kimberly Farr, Scott Brick and Karissa Vacker.