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The Golden Swift Audiobook Summary

The thrilling sequel to #1 NYT bestselling author Lev Grossman’s The Silver Arrow, in which Kate and Tom confront the limits of what even magic can do.

A lot has changed for Kate in a year. She and Tom are now full-fledged conductors of the steam-powered, animal-saving Great Secret Intercontinental Railway. Life is good!

Or good-ish, anyway. Her uncle Herbert has gone missing, and the worsening climate means that there are more and more animals that need help all the time. How many times does Kate have to save the world before it stays saved?

And her real life isn’t exactly perfect either. She flunked her audition for the junior high musical and got stuck in the chorus, while her archenemy Jag got a lead.

So, out of desperation, Kate breaks the rules and takes the Silver Arrow out on an unsanctioned mission, to find Uncle Herbert and bring back balance to the world. But she quickly discovers she’s not the only one on the Great Secret Intercontinental Railway. There’s a mysterious train called the Golden Swift out there too, with an agenda of its own. Is it an ally? A rival? An enemy? A bit of all three?

The question will turn Kate’s world upside down, take her from the Scottish Highlands to the Australian outback to the bottom of the Bering Sea, and lead her straight on a collision course with the mysterious masters of the Great Secret Intercontinental Railway itself. Because when you’re a human being fighting to save nature, are you the hero or are you the villain? There are no simple answers.

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The Golden Swift Audiobook Narrator

Simon Vance is the narrator of The Golden Swift audiobook that was written by Lev Grossman

About the Author(s) of The Golden Swift

Lev Grossman is the author of The Golden Swift

Subjects

The publisher of the The Golden Swift is Hachette Audio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Family, Juvenile Fiction, Siblings

Additional info

The publisher of the The Golden Swift is Hachette Audio. The imprint is Little, Brown Young Readers. It is supplied by Hachette Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781668604618.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

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