Spinning Silver: A Novel Free Audiobook Download by Naomi Novik

Spinning Silver is the story of Agnes, a young woman living in Victorian-era London, who becomes a courier for the magical Spinning Silver. Ownership of this item changed hands many times and it has never been lost since.

In the land of Temeraire, Captain William Laurence and his dragon, Temeraire have saved England from Napoleon Bonaparte's Imperial Fleet. Now they must find a way to keep flying without being killed in the air by cannon fire or falling prey to another nation's secret weapon.

Spinning Silver is about Agatha, a 15-year-old girl who just wants to be normal. She has a mother who is obsessed with becoming the next Esterhazy and a father who's infatuated with being a sorcerer. Her older brother, Magus, is a powerful sorcerer and her younger brother, Basilisk, is the son of one of Europe's most powerful sorcerers. When her parents send her to the Royal Academy for Young Ladies in order to become an apprentice sorceress herself, Agatha wonders if she will survive.

In a world where the sun is dying, people are able to live and work just fine with all the solar light. But there is something very wrong in this world. The golden age is coming to an end and the silver-spinning children of a prophecy have emerged from their hiding places, but some are much more powerful than others.

The Spinning Silver is a story about an island called Samoon, which has been inhabited by humans for nearly a thousand years. In the 1500s, a young girl named Hanalea becomes infused with silver and discovers she can spin it like thread. The island is in turmoil after its ruler, the King of Samoon, suddenly dies and his son takes his place. Hanalea's entry into the royal court begins a game of political intrigue that spans generations as other nations around her begin to rise.