{"id":27405,"date":"2026-06-25T17:33:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T17:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookwarehouse.shop\/encore\/?post_type=product&#038;p=27405"},"modified":"2026-06-28T17:18:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T17:18:28","slug":"the-dark-kingdoms-audio-vault","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/bookwarehouse.shop\/encore\/product\/the-dark-kingdoms-audio-vault\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dark Kingdoms Audio Vault"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">17 fantasy audio collections. One massive listening vault. Just $19.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Dragons. Dark magic. Broken thrones. Ancient wars. Monsters. Assassins. Heroes. Betrayal. Impossible quests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Some audiobook deals give you a few stories.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">This one opens the gates.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Middle-earth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Westeros.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">The Witcher.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Malazan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Drizzt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Discworld.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Dragonlance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Dresden.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Warcraft.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Redwall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Seventeen fantasy worlds in one massive ENCORE listening vault.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">This is not a polite little fantasy sampler.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">This is a full-scale invasion of kingdoms, monsters, magic, war, prophecy, gods, thieves, wizards, dragons, and characters who are usually making extremely bad decisions with extremely sharp weapons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">In other words\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:25px;\">exactly what fantasy is supposed to be.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:36px 0;\" \/>\n<h2 style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">\ud83d\udc09 What\u2019s Inside The Vault?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Inside, you get 17 fantasy audio collections:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom:25px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8px;\">J.R.R. Tolkien<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8px;\">George R.R. Martin<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8px;\">Andrzej Sapkowski \u2014 The Witcher<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8px;\">Margaret Weis &amp; Tracy Hickman<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8px;\">Steven Erikson \u2014 Malazan Book of the Fallen<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8px;\">R.A. Salvatore \u2014 Legend of Drizzt<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8px;\">Robin Hobb<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8px;\">Brandon Sanderson<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8px;\">Terry Pratchett<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8px;\">Terry Goodkind \u2014 Sword of Truth<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8px;\">Jim Butcher \u2014 Dresden Files<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8px;\">Joe Abercrombie<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8px;\">World of Warcraft<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8px;\">Naomi Novik<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8px;\">Leigh Bardugo \u2014 Grishaverse<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8px;\">Sarah J. Maas \u2014 Throne of Glass<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:8px;\">Brian Jacques \u2014 Redwall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">That is a ridiculous fantasy lineup for $19.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Not one kingdom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Not one series.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Not one author.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0;\"><strong>Seventeen fantasy collections. One giant listening vault.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:36px 0;\" \/>\n<h2 style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">\u2694\ufe0f This Is Where The Big Worlds Live<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Fantasy is not supposed to be small.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Nobody steps into Middle-earth looking for a quick errand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Nobody enters Westeros expecting everyone to behave.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Nobody opens Malazan, The Witcher, Drizzt, Dragonlance, Dresden, Discworld, Warcraft, or the Cosmere because they want something tiny and tidy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">That is the whole point.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Fantasy is built for disappearing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">For long drives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">For long walks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">For hours of listening while the real world does whatever boring real-world thing it is doing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">You press play\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">and suddenly there are dragons overhead, assassins in the alley, kings making fatal mistakes, magic waking up, armies moving, monsters waiting, and some poor doomed hero being handed a prophecy that will ruin his entire week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:25px;\">Beautiful stuff.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:36px 0;\" \/>\n<h2 style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">\ud83c\udff0 Four Realms Inside The Vault<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">1. The Ancient Realms<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">This is the epic kingdom zone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Tolkien.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">George R.R. Martin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">The Witcher.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Malazan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Sword of Truth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Broken crowns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Ancient bloodlines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Wars that swallow nations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Monsters in the dark.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Magic that always costs more than anyone expected.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:25px;\">This is the big sweeping fantasy that made people fall in love with the genre in the first place.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:36px 0;\" \/>\n<h3 style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">2. The Dark Blades<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">This is where things get sharper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Joe Abercrombie.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">R.A. Salvatore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Robin Hobb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Dresden Files.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Grishaverse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Assassins.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Antiheroes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Cursed powers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Dark cities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Brutal choices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Characters who do the right thing badly, the wrong thing beautifully, or something in between while covered in blood and regret.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">If you like your fantasy with edge, danger, and teeth\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:25px;\">this realm is loaded.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:36px 0;\" \/>\n<h3 style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">3. The Dragon Gates<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">This is the spectacle section.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Dragonlance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Brandon Sanderson.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">World of Warcraft.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Naomi Novik.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Throne of Glass.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Dragons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Battle magic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Empires.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Armies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Chosen warriors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Ancient enemies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Full-scale fantasy fireworks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">This is the part of the vault where the sky fills with wings, the battlefield catches fire, and someone inevitably says something dramatic before everything explodes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:25px;\">As they should.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:36px 0;\" \/>\n<h3 style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">4. The Strange Roads<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">And then there are the worlds with a different kind of magic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Terry Pratchett.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Redwall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Brian Jacques.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Wit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Adventure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Creatures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Quests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Friendship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Chaos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Heart.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Not every fantasy world needs to be grim, bloody, and covered in ash.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Some are clever.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Some are funny.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Some are warm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Some sneak up on you and become favorites before you realize what happened.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">This realm gives the vault range.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Dark kingdoms, yes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:25px;\">But also wonder.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:36px 0;\" \/>\n<h2 style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">\ud83c\udfa7 Why Fantasy Works So Well In Audio<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Fantasy audiobooks are dangerous.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">In the best possible way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">One minute you are driving to the store.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">The next minute you are following a ranger through a frozen forest, watching a dragon circle above a battlefield, or listening to a wizard explain why the entire universe is once again in terrible trouble.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Fantasy audio turns ordinary time into story time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Driving.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Walking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Working.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Cleaning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Exercising.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Traveling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Sitting around pretending you are going to do something productive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">This is exactly the kind of collection you want sitting in your library, ready whenever you need to disappear into another world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:25px;\">Or seventeen of them.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:36px 0;\" \/>\n<h2 style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Already Have A Few?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Good.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Then you already know how strong this territory is.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">But with 17 fantasy collections inside, this vault does not need every folder to be brand new to you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">That is not the deal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">If even two or three of these worlds are new to you \u2014 or if there are a few you have always meant to try \u2014 the whole thing makes sense fast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">That is the beauty of a mega-vault.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">You are not buying one audiobook.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">You are opening a shelf of kingdoms.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">A stack of sagas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">A pile of dragons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">A doorway into weeks and weeks of fantasy listening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:25px;\">All for $19.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:36px 0;\" \/>\n<h2 style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">This Is Not A Weekend Listen<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Let\u2019s be honest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">This is not something you \u201cfinish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">This is something you move into.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Start with Tolkien.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Get lost in Westeros.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Go monster-hunting with The Witcher.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Enter Malazan if you are feeling brave.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Follow Drizzt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Try Discworld when you need brilliance and chaos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Dive into Dragonlance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Open Dresden.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">March into Warcraft.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Visit Redwall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Pick a gate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Any gate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">They all lead somewhere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:25px;\">And that is the whole point.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:36px 0;\" \/>\n<h2 style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">\ud83d\udde1\ufe0f One Folder. One Price. Seventeen Worlds.<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">The Dark Kingdoms Audio Vault gives you 17 fantasy audio collections in one massive ENCORE listening deal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Save it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Keep it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Listen at your own pace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">No pressure to finish everything.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">No need to love every single world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Just open the vault and start wherever the magic grabs you first.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Because one great fantasy world can be worth the price.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:25px;\">Here, you are getting seventeen.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"margin:36px 0;\" \/>\n<h2 style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">\ud83d\udeaa The Gates Are Open<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">17 fantasy audio collections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">One massive listening vault.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Just $19.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">If you like dragons, dark magic, broken thrones, ancient wars, monsters, assassins, impossible quests, legendary worlds, and stories big enough to vanish into\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">this is the one.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\"><strong>The Dark Kingdoms Audio Vault is open now.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Download it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Save it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:15px;\">Put on your headphones.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:0;\">And enter the realms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>IMPORTANT NOTES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Please note: because this is such a large audio vault, indexes are not included with this collection. But you\u2019re getting over 1,000 audiobooks\/audio titles for just $19 \u2014 and your purchase is <strong>100% satisfaction guaranteed<\/strong>. If you\u2019re not happy, just let us know and we\u2019ll refund you. No questions asked.<\/li>\n<li>Google Drive is where the books are stored<\/li>\n<li><strong>These collections are LARGE: we highly recommend you download to a computer or Mac first before transferring to your favorite mobile device(s). We also recommend downloading 1 book or at most 1 collection at a time (though you can elect to download all at once if you wish).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>You should get redirected to the download page right after purchase. If you do not, simply hit the CONTACT US\u00a0 link at the bottom of this page and we will promptly respond with the download info!<\/li>\n<li>Once you get your download link, please bookmark it or download the collections for safe storage.<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"plain-container","ast-site-content-layout":"normal-width-container","site-content-style":"unboxed","site-sidebar-style":"unboxed","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[25],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-27405","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-audiobooks","desktop-align-left","tablet-align-left","mobile-align-left","first","instock","sale","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookwarehouse.shop\/encore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/27405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookwarehouse.shop\/encore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookwarehouse.shop\/encore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookwarehouse.shop\/encore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookwarehouse.shop\/encore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookwarehouse.shop\/encore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookwarehouse.shop\/encore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=27405"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookwarehouse.shop\/encore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=27405"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookwarehouse.shop\/encore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=27405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}