The Hound of Scrying Hollow

A Forest Where the Phoenix Sleeps Standalone

By: Brooke Marley Jones

Narrated by: Zura Johnson, Tim Campbell

Stories creep through Scrying Hollow—whispers of a great beast. Come dusk, the first howl catches the wind and rustles the trees. Make haste, for it's no wolf bounding through the Hollow. The Hound comes for you.

Liliwen, the eldest daughter of the Valet family, knows the tales well. You see, her father was the first to die to the Hound. Seven years later, heartbreak threatens again when Liliwen's brother is ambushed by the beast. Eviscerated and barely alive, her brother escapes and stumbles home.

Once more, death waits upon Liliwen's doorstep.

In response, a reward is issued for the Hound's heart. Believing the queen's physician might help her dying brother, Liliwen embarks on a solitary hunt. Armed with intimate knowledge of the Hollow, she catches the Hound in a magical net. Before she can deliver the killing blow, the splintering of bones rings out.

Suddenly, it's a man, not a Hound, writhing in Liliwen's net.

Liliwen frees the man, but the pair are set upon by wolves, forcing them to retreat into the Hound's home, a ruinous castle within Scrying Hollow. It isn't until Liliwen attempts to escape that the doors slam shut, trapping her. While her brother inches closer to death, Liliwen remains captive in the crumbling castle with the very beast who murdered her father....

The Hound of Scrying Hollow.

©2025 Brooke Marley Jones (P)2025 Podium Audio

pure joy !

📣I did not see that ending coming!!!📣
A spooky fantasy.
FMC~Liliwen Alouette Valet~
MMC~Everard Rook~
The Valet family has lost their father to an attack, now after the eldest son Lysander has been attacked and a near fatal wound.
Liliwen is desperate to get her brother help, and end the terror from the hollow.
"The finest garment is the blood of those who have forsaken you."

True enemies to lovers.

I dare say this has made the list of my top audio book listens.
True enemies to lovers. Found Family. Shifter romance.

Interesting and refreshing

Unique story in the fantasy genre. A little bit of big bad wolf vibes with some little red riding hood. Loved the magic of it.