The Shadowed Oracle

The Bonded Worlds, Book 1

By: R.B. Sturn

Narrated by: Zura Johnson

This is no Prophecy. It is only Survival.

When twenty-seven-year-old Ingrid Lourdes receives a series of ominous messages, the mysteries of her past quickly unravel, and the nightmares she suffered from all her life are made flesh. She is catapulted into a new world full of immortals, wraiths, cursed monsters, a raging religious war, and a secret society of beings just like her called world-walkers—living on Earth, but driven from their home world of Ealis.

With the help of Dean Crassus, one of the leaders of this secret army of world-walkers, she is forced into a Homeric series of misadventures. Fighting a scourge and the creatures it brought with it. Seeking allies in storied kingdoms. Infiltrating a magic-wielding usurper's court. And all the while, running from a ruthless Prince, and the even crueler High King he serves, to save not only herself and this new world, but the humans she left behind on Earth.

©2026 R.B. Sturn (P)2026 Podium Audio

It was a lot.

There is a lot of information. I also feel like there is a lot of information I'm missing? Or maybe I have more questions now that I'm left waiting for the next book to drop. There's just a lot of information being given with not a whole lot of answers or maybe half-answers to questions about the information being given I guess? This book should DEFINITELY come with legend or a key of some sort regarding the different realms and the creatures in it and all the information.

The story/fantasy portion of it was pretty decent. Again, more questions than answers. I was left feeling more lost than I started with that epilogue. If you're looking for romance, you won't find much here except maybe sexual tension/frustration and possible build-up to something in another book? Other than that, I might read book 2 if only to get SOME DAMN ANSWERS.