Random Home presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook model of The Keep as well as the Nightingale by Katherine Arden, go through by Kathleen Gati.

A woman’s family is threatened by forces both true and fantastical in this debut novel inspired by Russian fairy tales.

In a village at the edge of the wilderness of northern Russia, where the winds blow cold as well as the snow falls many months of the year, a stranger with piercing blue eyes presents a fresh father with a gift – a precious jewel on the delicate chain,designed for his young daughter. Uncertain of its signifying, the father hides the present away and his little girl, Vasya, matures a crazy, wilful girl, towards the chagrin of her family. But when incomprehensible makes threaten the joy of their town, Vasya discovers that, equipped only using the necklace, she may be the only person who will keep the darkness away.

Atmospheric and enchanting, with an engrossing adventure at its core, The Keep and the Nightingale is perfect for readers of Naomi Novik’s Uprooted, Erin Morgenstern’s THE NIGHT TIME Circus, and Neil Gaiman.