This is the audio version of the first chapter of The Falcon’s Children, a fantasy novel being published serially on this Substack. For an explanation of the project, click here. For the table of contents, click here. For an archive of world building, click here. See notes below.
Notes:
1. One interesting and useful thing about recording your own book is that it makes you think more carefully about pronunciation. In this case, upon further reflection, the name of a crucial character, Queen Bryghaida, should be pronounced “Brig-eye-da,” not “Brig-ay-da,” the “ai” in Brethon being different from the “ae.” Likewise her sister’s name should be pronounced “Din-eye-ra.” I don’t have time to re-record just now, but future chapters will have the appropriate pronunciation.
2. I apologize in advance for character accents that may, ah … slip around.
3. In my introductory post I said that these audio versions would be paywalled after the prologue but that seems a little too quick, so I’ll be leaving them free until Chapter 5.
— RD
