The Mirage on the Brink of Oblivion Audiobook

★ 4.7 out of 5 on Amazon

500+ ratings across the series

Unabridged audiobook · 6 hr 6 min

Third and final book in the trilogy. New to the series? Book 1, The Truth Beyond the Sky, is free at myth.li/podcasts

Or get the complete collection: all three audiobooks plus all three ebooks, at a discount.

What if you could hold a memory in the palm of your hand?

What if you could trade memories like souvenirs, or build structures that defy imagination? In the Mirage, you can.

Centuries after a cataclysmic Vakragha attack, Mirage City floats above a forgotten world. Most of its people have lost touch with the physical world altogether. Except Jyana.

Obsessed with the sea beneath the city, she discovers that something is destroying the coral reef. No one believes her, not even Torin, the one she loves, who is consumed with keeping the city afloat. Mirage’s towering structures depend on a constant supply of ambrosia, and the shortages are reaching a breaking point.

Then a refugee from before the attack returns. Asha has come on a secret mission that could destabilize the entire planet, and bring the Mirage crashing down.

Drawing on the real-world science of binaural sound as explored in Bob Monroe’s research, this is a mind-bending out-of-body adventure about love, memory, and the cost of innovation. It concludes the Epic of Aravinda.

🎧 The entire first chapter is free at the "Preview" link above. Press play before you decide.

What reviewers say

"Crusoe takes world building to a new level here and the result is something to behold... If you enjoyed the first two, expect that trajectory to continue arcing upwards. Highly recommended."

— Tom Minderle, author of Fringe Knowledge for Beginners

"I am reminded of the epic space operas such as E.E. ’Doc’ Smith’s Lensman series... this has a breadth and scope that is similarly grand, and equally epic. But it has its own sense and texture."

— Kevin G. Rhoads, MIT alumnus

"Blends modern spiritual teaching with science fiction in a way that keeps it feeling light-hearted and positive, even in the midst of universal destruction."

— Lamar R, Amazon reviewer

About this recording

Somehow, Vayuna got hold of this story and is releasing it to the whole galaxy. She also goes by the name Vati, and if you know her, you know she has more than one reason to want it told.

But that’s her framing. Mine is plainer: this audiobook was produced using carefully tuned open-source voice technology and edited chapter by chapter by me. Vayuna is the voice you’ll hear, and the preview link above is the fastest way to know if you’ll enjoy her for six hours. I listen at 1.2x myself, sometimes faster. Her diction holds up at speed better than most.

Delivered as a single .m4b file with full chapter markers, your player will remember where you left off. No copy protection and yours to keep on any device.

A one-page listening guide is included with your download.