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Fourth Wing (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Empyrean 1


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Ratings
Book
1004
Narrator
283
Release Date
December 27, 2023
Duration
7 hours 52 minutes
Summary
'Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.
Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.
But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.
With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.
She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.
Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.
Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.
Adapted from the novel and produced with a full cast of actors, immersive sound effects and cinematic music!
Performed by Khaya Fraites, Gabriel Michael, Torian Brackett, Taylor Coan, LaMont Ridgell, Robb Moreira, Laura C. Harris, David Cui Cui, Scott McCormick, Troy Allan, Jessica Lauren Ball, Lydia Kraniotis, Matthew Pauli, Henry W. Kramer, Alejandro Ruiz, Nazia Chaudhry, Amanda Forstrom, Marni Penning, Carolyn Kashner, Nora Achrati, Rayner Gabriel, Ryan Carlo Dalusung, Earl Fisher, Patrick Boylan, Christopher Graybill, Megan Hastie, Nanette Savard, James J. Johnson, Megan Poppy, Ryan Haugen, Sarah Ruth Thomas, Yenni Ann Godinez, Ken Jackson, Jonathan David Bullock, Nickolette Kong, Sam Intrater, Jillian Levine-Sisson, Tyler Hychuk, Wyn Delano, Mike Carnes, Danny Gavigan, Eric Messner, Kay Eluvian, James Konicek, Christopher Walker, Terence Aselford, Steve Wannall and Yasmin Tuazon.'
Reviews
Profile Avatar Judith M. Apr 2024

The narrator, while good, sounded more like a 14 year old than a 20 year old. The book, while also good, made Violet more cowardly than I expected. It was jarring. Toward the end it seemed to straighten out with the characters and I very much enjoyed the ending!

Profile Avatar Anonymous Apr 2024

I’ve already read the book and couldn’t get enough so decided to download the audio version. 10/10 loved the whole thing! Great job!

Profile Avatar Hoosier_Mama Apr 2024

I love everything about the first and second books of Fourth Wing! This is my second time listening, and I can not wait for the GA of Iron Flames to come out in May! 10 out of 10!

Profile Avatar Jennifer Jimenez Feb 2024

If you loved book 1, you'll love book 2. Great narration!!

Profile Avatar Shari B. Feb 2024

Excellent, it's always enjoyable to listen to a full cast graphic audio production with sound effects of a favorite book, really brings to life the fantasy genre, especially if they get the voices right. This is a great book, exciting and action packed with lots of great characters (the dragons are my favorite!). I already enjoyed the single narrator version, this full cast graphic audio version was very entertaining, like listening to an audio play of the book. Part 1 ended at a really intense part of the plot that makes you REALLY want to know what happens next, so I already bought Part 2 and i'm looking forward to diving in.

Profile Avatar Courtney Apr 2026

I love these books!

Profile Avatar Anonymous Jan 2024

Love this book and wanted to get the graphic audiobook as soon as I finished reading it!! Wish both parts were released together. The music and sound effects were great—like listening to a movie! And the voice of Violet was PERFECT!! Unfortunately, the voice for Xaden missed the mark—instead of sounding strong, confident, and commanding respect, he often sounded obnoxious and immature—I really hope this changes for part 2 or they recast him for Iron Flame. Nothing against the actor, just not right for this particular role. I also felt as though the voice for Tairn could be deeper, wiser, and a litter more aged. I also think some of the names/words are definitely mispronounced if you are going for the authentic Gaelic pronunciation, but some of that is probably on Rebecca Yarros (hot topic, I know).

Profile Avatar Anonymous Jun 2026

Loved the book, but to my surprise I preferred the physical book over the graphic audio. One of the voices sounded very AI, and several of the voice actors could have more enthusiasm. But I loved the book and story itself!

Profile Avatar Essa Jun 2026

i think i’m in love with

Profile Avatar Stephanie B. Apr 2026

Couldn’t stop listening!

Profile Avatar JJ H. Mar 2026

Loved the book but cannot with this narrator. Wish I would have listened to the sample first.

Profile Avatar P.Lowe Feb 2026

One of my favorite books of all time!

Profile Avatar Anonymous Feb 2026

I love it!!

Profile Avatar Megyn P. Jan 2026

I loved this book so much I have read the book and listened to this multiple times and it brings the book to life and makes you feel like you’re apart of the story.

Profile Avatar Zelda G. Jan 2026

loved it! kept me hooked from start to finish.

Profile Avatar Dee Mullins Jan 2026

ABSOLUTELY LOVEDDDD

Profile Avatar Hollow Jan 2026

Love it

Profile Avatar AMALIA G. Jan 2026

Quite interesting plot that keeps the reader intriguided throughout the whole story.

Profile Avatar Sherryl S. Nov 2025

Loved it. I can ready anything that has consistent character development & doesn't betray a character they've built in the name of a "plot twist". That's not what a plot twist is, it's just lazy (yeah, I'm looking at you Hunger Games). Not here. Rebecca Y invests so much time in building her characters, the internal relationships & the tangential, that even if the story line was awful (it's not, it's amazing!), the characters can do the heavy lifting. It just got better with each book in the series.

Profile Avatar Asingwire J. Nov 2025

The best narrator ever oh and the story is so good

Profile Avatar Ashley J. Oct 2025

very well done by the cast. My absolute favorite reads

Profile Avatar Kersti-Lee S. Oct 2025

Brilliantly done...edge of my seat and I already know what was coming...

Profile Avatar Richard H. Oct 2025

great story of adventure and a dystopian culture. however, be prepared for some adult literature that is sexually explicit.

Profile Avatar Katlynn D. Oct 2025

Loved

Profile Avatar Sumone G. Oct 2025

Loved it so much i purchased the second book as soon as i finished. Look it up, you won't regret it. Iron flame

Profile Avatar Henri V. Sep 2025

First time reading a fantasy. Was not disappointed. Having only two books instead of a trilogy keeps the pace up. Great cast as well!

Profile Avatar Melissa C. Sep 2025

Great book, good picks for voice actors so far. Good narrator.

Profile Avatar Kayla M. Jul 2025

Great book , I love the voice of the narrator and it has a good plot twist towards the ending

Profile Avatar Anonymous Jul 2025

I absolutely enjoyed part 1 and look forward to part 2

Profile Avatar marie Jul 2025

awesome reading. I think they did an amazing job

Profile Avatar Anonymous Jul 2025

This was my first graphic audio book and I loved it! The story is great it has it all! The dragons, the action, the suspense, the secrets and the romance!

Profile Avatar Anonymous Jul 2025

Very good book

Profile Avatar GADA M. Jul 2025

Excellent book original story I could have done without so much profanity

Profile Avatar Pamela Brown Jul 2025

I absolutely love this book. Graphic audios bring a better depth to the characters. Pulls you into the story line.

Profile Avatar Ashley J. Jul 2025

loved it! we need to have more to read!

Profile Avatar Janice Jun 2025

The best!!!

Profile Avatar Mariah G. Jun 2025

So great!! As a mom of 2 boys sometimes listening to the books is all I can do. The narrator’s were amazing!!

Profile Avatar Cmagallon7097 Jun 2025

Love it

Profile Avatar Brandy E. Jun 2025

Can’t wait for part 2!

Profile Avatar Anonymous May 2025

First book I listen to on here and I'm glad I chose this series. I listened to this in the car with the windows down and truly felt like I was with Violet in the air. The sound effects were nice, though I wish it was a different narrator. She wasn't bad except I felt like the voice sounded young and lacked emphasis or emotion during the narration. aside from that though I enjoyed this audiobook.

Profile Avatar Anonymous May 2025

The sound effects and different narrator's is not for me. It's like listening to TV without watching the screen. the annoying music is also over the top. I've listened to the books by a single narrator and wanted to listen to the story again but I'll give it a miss and rather read the books. With all the background noise and music it was very distracting for me.

Profile Avatar Marilyn S. Mar 2025

Too much back ground noice and way too much profanity. I enamored by the story, on the second book now!

Profile Avatar Shawn W Strait Mar 2025

Love everything about this book. Graphic audio production did a GREAT JOB with sound effects of a favorite book, really brings to life the fantasy genre, especially all the different voices for the characters.

Profile Avatar Anonymous Feb 2025

Listening to the audio helped me better understand what was happening. I love every play-by-play action they incorporated throughout the audio, which made it feel so realistic.

Profile Avatar Samantha Rampaul Feb 2025

I completely fell in love with the dramatised audiobook. the narrators were perfectly matched to each character. Yarros has written an truly amazing fantasy-enemies to lovers with all the lure to it with the dragons and much more. i love the complexity of each character and how we see the value of true friendship and bonds being formed in such a tense environment

Profile Avatar Anonymous Feb 2025

Great narration!

Profile Avatar Gareth W. Feb 2025

This was my first time listening to something like this and I thought it was excellent, highly recommend and they have done such a good job of sucking you into the emersiveness of the world and the drama with the voice actors was such good work. well done.

Profile Avatar Anonymous Jan 2025

Graphic audios have been a life savor for me and the only audio versions I enjoy

Profile Avatar cfaprlovesbooks Jan 2025

I listened to the original audiobook of Fourth Wing and decided to listen to this one as well and OMG. I thought all the additional sounds would be distracting but it is so much better than the original I am mind blown. I can picture the story like a movie in my head. I loved this story before, but I love it even more now.

Profile Avatar Natty Dec 2024

I loved it , maybe a wanted a more dark low voice for Xaden or Tairn , but enjoyed it a lot

Profile Avatar Laura A. Nov 2024

One of the best books I’ve read in a long time! So much so that I’m reading it a second time in the space of 3 weeks and this time I’m listening to this audiobook as I read and it takes the book to a whole new depth! You feel as though you’re right there with violet! Such a great experience :)

Profile Avatar aimee Oct 2024

action packed. suspenseful

Profile Avatar Ebonii K. Oct 2024

Loved listening to this

Profile Avatar Courtney L. Sep 2024

Love it

Profile Avatar Kira C. Aug 2024

Amazing!

Profile Avatar Louise N. Jul 2024

I hope this books is made into a movie. Enjoyable listen!

Profile Avatar Elliot M. Jun 2024

Very engaging. Love a story that has depth of world building, without taking itself too seriously

Profile Avatar David D. May 2024

A excellent book!

Profile Avatar Anonymous Apr 2024

my first read in a long time and oh my!! I loved it!

Profile Avatar Anonymous Jan 2024

Violets narrator was perfect but Xaden’s didn’t feel right at all. I’m struggling to continue listening. I’d even say Dain’s narrator would’ve been better for that part.

Profile Avatar Katie B. Jan 2024

Absolutely in love this the main narrator (Violet) in this audiobook. I wish Xaden was voiced by a different person. Nothing against the voice actor, his voice just doesn’t fit the descriptions. Also Tairn is the biggest disappointment. His voice in no way matches the grumpy, sarcastic descriptions in the book. I hope this is something that can be remedied in future releases.

Fourth Wing (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Empyrean 1

Fourth Wing (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Empyrean 1

Author: Rebecca Yarros
Read by: Lamont Ridgell
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