The Vanished Birds: A Novel Audiobook (Free)

A mysterious kid lands in the treatment of a solitary woman, changing both of their lives forever, with this captivating debut of connection across space and time.

“The very best of what science fiction can be: a thought-provoking, heartrending story about the choices define our lives.”-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

A solitary dispatch captain, drifting through period.

Nia Imani is a woman out of place. Journeying through the stars condenses years into mere months for her, though the years about The Vanished Birds: A Book continue to march gradually onward for everyone she has ever known. Her close friends and lovers have aged past her. She lives limited to the next paycheck, until the time she matches a mysterious youngster, fallen through the sky.

A mute kid, burdened with unimaginable power.

The scarred boy will not speak, his only type of communication the haunting music he plays on a vintage wooden flute. Captured by his songs and otherworldly character, Nia decides to take the boy directly into live amongst her staff. Soon, these two outsiders discover in one another the items they absence. For him, a home, a place of like and safety. On her behalf, an anchor to the world outside of herself. For both of them, a family group. But Nia is not the only person who wants the boy.

A millennia-old female, poised to burn down the near future.

Fumiko Nakajima designed the boats that allowed mankind to flee a dying Globe. One thousand years afterwards, she today regrets what she has carried out in the name of progress. When possibility brings Fumiko, Nia, and the kid together, she identifies the potential of his gifts, and what will happen if the ruling power discover him. So she transmits the pair towards the faraway corners of space to cover them as she crafts an idea to redeem her previous mistakes.

But period is running out. The past hungers for the youngster, so when it catches up, it threatens to tear this makeshift family apart.