Free Audiobook : Katabasis, by R. F. Kuang

Alice Law’s a magician with big dreams, the kind that’ve kept her up nights and pushed her to the brink, all to impress Professor Jacob Grimes, Cambridge’s top spell-slinger. But when a freak accident snuffs him out—possibly thanks to her own shaky hands—he’s off to Hell, leaving her future dangling by a thread. Desperate to snag his approval from beyond the grave, she’s ready to chase him down into the underworld, no matter what it takes.

She’s not the only one with skin in the game, though. Peter Murdoch, her smug, know-it-all nemesis, is along for the ride, and the two of them can barely share a room, let alone a mission this insane. Down there, Hell’s a riddle wrapped in chaos, where logic’s out the window and teamwork’s their only shot—assuming they don’t kill each other before they find Grimes.

R.F. Kuang cooks up something fierce in Katabasis, a dark academia fantasy that’s equal parts brainy and brutal. Think grad school stress dialed up to eleven, tossed into a mythical blender with a shot of humor and a whole lot of heart. This audiobook’s a wild descent you won’t want to pause, full of surprises that’ll stick with you long after the echoes fade.