Alchemised

De: SenLinYu

Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld

In this riveting dark fantasy debut, a woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy—and the man tasked with unearthing the deepest secrets of her past.

“What is it you think you’re protecting in that brain of yours? The war is over. Holdfast is dead. The Eternal Flame extinguished. There’s no one left for you to save.”

Once a promising alchemist, Helena Marino is now a prisoner—of war and of her own mind. Her Resistance friends and allies have been brutally murdered, her abilities suppressed, and the world she knew destroyed.

In the aftermath of a long war, Paladia’s new ruling class of corrupt guild families and depraved necromancers, whose vile undead creatures helped bring about their victory, holds Helena captive.

According to Resistance records, she was a healer of little importance within their ranks. But Helena has inexplicable memory loss of the months leading up to her capture, making her enemies wonder: Is she truly as insignificant as she appears, or are her lost memories hiding some vital piece of the Resistance’s final gambit?

To uncover the memories buried deep within her mind, Helena is sent to the High Reeve, one of the most powerful and ruthless necromancers in this new world. Trapped on his crumbling estate, Helena’s fight—to protect her lost history and to preserve the last remaining shreds of her former self—is just beginning. For her prison and captor have secrets of their own . . . secrets Helena must unearth, whatever the cost.

©2025 SenLinYu (P)2025 Random House Audio

Heart wrenching

This is an EPIC war time dark fantasy novel with an incredible, extremely mapped out, complex magic system. It’s almost mind numbing how much intricate the world building is in this book with everything from sciences, magics, theologies and religions explained in depth. Deep dives into PTSD and the violent mental and physical abuses that caused them and the way the characters healed or couldn’t from all the trauma they received during and post war times. That being said there is a romantic SUB PLOT, and it’s is beautiful and extremely stressful and times. (Had me nail biting and tearing up)
I loved this book and it was well worth the listen!

This is my Roman Empire.

This is my Roman Empire. Senlinyu give us a masterclass in writing morally grey characters. Beautifully written. Masterfully crafted. Performed flawlessly. Emotionally resonant. A true work of art. The characters and story will stick with you forever. 5 stars. Highly recommend.

Truly an amazing read

Words truly can’t describe the journey this book takes you on. Your attention to captured in the first sentence. It tears you apart and then puts you back together again. It is a work of art that makes you view the world differently when you’ve finished. The way everything is brought full circle is truly amazing and mind boggling just how the author brings it together in the end. I would 100% recommend this book to all fantasy readers.

Well written captivating story

Listened to this after Manacled, so it was easier to get into the story, knowing how it would progress. The original world-building added a fresh perspective, while the heart of the story remained as brilliant as before

Loved the narrator’s voice changes and inflections.

Loved the plot and world building and the master level of storytelling. Beautifully written and an incredible piece of literature.

Wow Sen

Top tier narration which we would always receive from Saskia Maarleveld. This is a masterfully wove work of art from SenLinYu. I honestly as so speechless.

I had to know what happened next

The world building was really good, the characters were dynamic. I definitely recommend reading the content warnings before listening to the book.

Fresh, imaginative and captivating

It takes a while to figure out that this is a love story. The writing is intense, the narrative unique and enthralling. The way the other structured her tale into three distinctive parts, heightens the suspense and desire or the reader/listener to continue further to understand what is happening. The characters were beautifully designed to be human, flawed and to earn the empathy, commitment and compassion of the reader! A must read!
Many kudos to the narrator who created distinct voices and captured the character and personality of each player! It was truly a relief to listen to o e of the few female narrators that can create male voice post puberty! I was under the impression, for a while, that few but Andrea Parsneau could manage this feat, and usually cross my fingers when choosing a book ( not that many male narrators can do female voices and characters any justice, either)! Many thanks to the narrator for bringing this amazing epic to life!! Just buy the book!!!

Hauntingly Epic

A dark journey through necromancy, war and love. This is the best book I’ve read this year! This is for lovers of magic and tragedy. I hope they make this into a movie.

I love this story

this is one of my top reads for 2025! I love the way the characters are written. they are definitely fully fleshed out and not shallow.the plot is complicated and the magic system is unique. Will be recommending this one to friends.