The Fifth Doll Audiobook (Free)

The bestselling writer of The Paper Magician Series transports readers to a darkly whimsical ” new world ” where strange magic threatens a quiet village that only a desperate woman can save.

Matrona lives in an isolated village, where her life is devoted to pleasing her parents. She’s diligent in her chores and has agreed to marry a guy of their choosing. But a visit to Slava, the neighborhood tradesman, threatens to upend her life time.

Entering his clear home, Matrona discovers a strange collection of painted nesting dolls—one for each villager. Fascinated, she can’t resist the urge to open up the doll with her father’s face. However when her father begins performing strangely, she realizes Slava’s dolls are much more than they seem.

When he learns what she’s done, Slava seizes the opportunity to provide Matrona stewardship over the dolls—whether she wants it or not really. Forced to open up among her own dolls every three times, she falls deeper in to the grim power of Slava’s masterpieces. But nothing can prepare her for the serious secret hiding in the fifth doll.