Silent Strata

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The walls of The Bastion don't just protect. They listen.

In a colossal, windowless fortress that stretches endlessly upward, Veda is a Sound-Mapper. While the rest of the city fears the "Void Storms" raging outside, Veda presses her ear to the cold limestone, using tuning forks and stethoscopes to detect the microscopic fractures that threaten their world. She is solitary, obsessive, and hears things in the stone that the ruling Masons ignore.

But deep in the forgotten strata of the lower levels, she finds a heartbeat where there should be only mortar.

Merrick is an Anchor. Centuries ago, he was walled alive into the foundation to "feed" the city's protective wards. He did not die. Absorbed by the limestone, he has become a consciousness fused with the architecture—a man of dust, pressure, and silence.

When Veda discovers his hollow, a forbidden connection forms through the stone. Merrick protects her from the corrupt Masons by shifting the corridors to hide her; Veda brings him the sensory offerings of a world he can no longer touch. But as their whispers turn into a dangerous intimacy, Veda uncovers the terrifying truth about the Bastion's history.

The storms outside are a lie. The prison isn't keeping the monsters out; it's keeping the citizens in. And to free them, Veda must find the perfect resonant frequency to shatter the walls—even if it means destroying the only man she has ever loved.

He is the cage. She is the key. Together, they will bring the house down.

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Data de lançamento

Audiolivro: 19 de fevereiro de 2026