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Ballad of the Bone Road
- Author
- A.C. Wise
- Narrator
- Nicole Poole
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Publish Date
- 17 February 2026
- Run Time
- 8 hours 8 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
From Sunburst Award–winning author A. C. Wise, this utterly original dark fantasy tale is perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Ava Reid.
Port Astor is a city of ghosts. Once home to the beautiful, brutal courts of the fae, forty years ago they vanished without explanation—and Port Astor decided to forget.
Brix and Bellefeather are paranormal investigators, working to keep Port Astor's wraiths and specters from consuming the city. Both have hauntings of their own: Belle shares her body with a demon, Belizial; Brix has trapped the soul of his dead fiancée in the world of the living, unwilling to let her go.
While investigating the glamorous and notoriously haunted Peony Hotel, Brix and Belle come across a young couple tangled up in one of the city's most infamous tales. Jimmy Valentine, silver screen idol and one-time favorite of a fae queen, has returned to haunt the Peony. But Jimmy is no mere ghost, and Brix and Belle soon realize his return is more intimately tied to their own hauntings than they could ever have imagined.
The fae have not forgotten that Port Astor once belonged to them. And their Hollow Queen won't give up her kingdom so easily.
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Details
- Author
- A.C. Wise
- Narrator
- Nicole Poole
- Duration
- 8 hours 8 minutes
- Release Date
- 17 February 2026
- ISBN
- 9781696623087
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Highbridge Company
- Genre
- Dark fantasy, Fantasy, Horror and supernatural fiction
Synopsis
From Sunburst Award–winning author A. C. Wise, this utterly original dark fantasy tale is perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Ava Reid.Port Astor is a city of ghosts. Once home to the beautiful, brutal courts of the fae, forty years ago they vanished without explanation—and Port Astor decided to forget.Brix and Bellefeather are paranormal investigators, working to keep Port Astor's wraiths and specters from consuming the city. Both have hauntings of their own: Belle shares her body with a demon, Belizial; Brix has trapped the soul of his dead fiancée in the world of the living, unwilling to let her go.While investigating the glamorous and notoriously haunted Peony Hotel, Brix and Belle come across a young couple tangled up in one of the city's most infamous tales. Jimmy Valentine, silver screen idol and one-time favorite of a fae queen, has returned to haunt the Peony. But Jimmy is no mere ghost, and Brix and Belle soon realize his return is more intimately tied to their own hauntings than they could ever have imagined.The fae have not forgotten that Port Astor once belonged to them. And their Hollow Queen won't give up her kingdom so easily.
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