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Fourth Wing (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] : The Empyrean 1 (Empyrean)
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4.8 • 2.6K Ratings
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Publisher Description
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!
* Three Bonus Chapters are now included at the end of this production! Chapters 9, 16 and 27 from Xaden's perspective.
Performed by Khaya Fraites, Gabriel Michael, LaMont Ridgell, Taylor Coan, Torian Brackett, Rob McFadyen, Laura C. Harris, Jessica Lauren Ball, Robb Moreira, Megan Poppy, James Konicek, David Cui Cui, Crystal Lee, James J. Johnson, Henry W. Kramer, Nazia Chaudhry, Mike Carnes, Marni Penning, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Amanda Forstrom, Christopher Graybill, Ryan Haugen, Sarah Ruth Dawson, James Lewis, Yasmin Tuazon, Alejandro Ruiz, Nickolette Kong, Tyler Hyrchuk, Matthew Pauli, Yenni Ann, Danny Gavigan, Earl Fisher, Kay Elluvian, Steve Wannall, Megan Hastie, Wyn Delano, Christopher Walker, Eric Messner, Scott McCormick and Terence Aselford.
Customer Reviews
Continued obsession!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ Overall (there are not enough ✨ on the sky)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ Plot
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ Characters
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ Audiobook
I don’t even know how to write a normal review for Fourth Wing because this book completely destroyed my ability to be normal about reading.
I read Fourth Wing (and the entire Empyrean series) ten times in half a year. Ten. Times. And I still couldn’t bring myself to review it until now because it ruined every other book for me. Nothing hit the same. Nothing even came close. This story rewired my brain.
Part of that obsession absolutely comes from the GraphicAudio production. After a wrist injury, when I physically couldn’t hold books, I turned to the audiobook, and that’s when everything escalated from love to full-blown fixation. Gabriel Michael and Khaya Fraites gave Violet and Xaden voices that live rent-free in my head. The music, the sound effects, the full-cast performance; GraphicAudio didn’t just narrate the Empyrean series, they elevated it into an experience. It felt cinematic, immersive, and emotionally overwhelming in the best possible way. Like falling in love in surround sound.
I truly don’t care how many times characters “raise an eyebrow.” I’ve seen that complaint. I’ve ignored it. Because what matters is how this book made me feel, and Fourth Wing made me feel a lifetime’s worth of emotions in 517 pages. Fear. Longing. Rage. Hope. Heartbreak. Desire. Obsession. It cracked me open and never fully put me back together.
There isn’t a single day where Violet and Xaden don’t cross my mind. They live there now. Permanently. Like a high school crush you never quite get over… except this one comes with dragons, war, trauma, and emotional devastation.
This book didn’t just become a favorite. It became a benchmark. A standard. A problem. And I wouldn’t change a single thing.
If you’re looking for a story that will consume you, wreck you, and make you obsessed in a way you can’t explain: welcome to Fourth Wing. 🖤🔥🐉
The only critique I would add, and it comes from a place of pure love, is that I wish the GraphicAudio version were released at the same time as the book. For me, the Empyrean series simply isn’t the same experience without Gabriel Michael and Khaya Fraites. Their performances have become inseparable from these characters, and waiting to hear their voices feels like waiting for the story to fully come alive. The series hits differently with them, and I can’t imagine experiencing it any other way. ❤️🔥
Great
Switched up the voice for Tairn and it’s much better
Hilariously bad
I figured since it was the same price as the regular audiobook, I should try it. I really wish I hadn’t. It sounds like someone is playing with a sound effects keyboard while you’re trying to listen to a book. So many times I have found myself laughing in serious or intense moments because of how dramatic they were trying to make it. Also they couldn’t stick to one pronunciation of several of the character names in the book. Even the same characters pronounce names differently from one chapter to the next. Such a good book, don’t ruin it by getting the dramatized version.