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Amazing Engine

Duration
2H 31min
Language
English
Format
Category

Fantasy

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

Writing is magic. But for Fizzbarren, it’s becoming a mechanical nightmare.

Fizzbarren is a writer of fables, a man whose hard-earned wisdom has filled countless pages. But after one too many bad reviews and a crippling case of writer's block, he’s decided he’s done with the "jabbering" of his own mind. His solution? The Amazing Engine—a complex contraption of over four hundred mana-charged gears designed to automate the art of storytelling.

But Fizzbarren isn't alone in his chaotic workshop. His furniture is animated, talkative, and—in the case of his terrified typewriter—absolutely convinced they are next on the list to be "baked into the construct." From a grumpy, human-intolerant mirror to a gossiping pillow and a wobbling bench, his household objects are doing everything they can to stop him from finishing his masterpiece of automation.

As the sparks fly and the gears turn, Fizzbarren must confront the ultimate question: Can a machine truly capture the morals and magic of a human soul, or is he about to destroy the very things that make his stories worth telling?

"Amazing Engine" is a whimsical, high-fantasy adventure that explores the thin line between creative genius and magical madness.

© 2026 PublishDrive (Audiobook): 9781105101915

Release date

Audiobook: July 3, 2026

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