pirateaba Audiobooks

Some literary phenomena arrive quietly. pirateaba is the pseudonymous author behind The Wandering Inn, a fantasy web serial that began in July 2016 and has since grown past sixteen million words, making it one of the longest works of fiction ever written in the English language. Publishing new chapters week after week for the best part of a decade, the author has built a devoted worldwide readership while keeping their identity entirely private.

The writing sits at the crossroads of epic fantasy and the LitRPG tradition, in which characters gain levels, classes and skills, yet its heart is resolutely human. The story follows Erin Solstice, an ordinary young woman from Earth who finds herself keeping an inn in a perilous magical world and changes it one guest at a time. Slow-burning, funny and unexpectedly moving, the series has become a touchstone of modern serial fiction, and its audiobook editions have carried it to an even wider audience.

The natural place to begin is The Wandering Inn itself, the opening volume of the saga, which carries a 4.6 star rating in our catalogue and is narrated by Andrea Parsneau, whose lively character work defined the early audiobooks for legions of fans. Produced by Podium Audio, the series has now run to well over a dozen substantial volumes.

We also hold two of the most recent instalments, Archmage’s Ire and Couriers Outbound, books eighteen and nineteen, both narrated by Erin Bennett, who now voices the series as it follows the Wind Runner Ryoka Griffin among Couriers and Archmages. A word to newcomers: this is a story that richly rewards starting from book one. Settle in for one of fantasy’s great long hauls and explore the volumes below.