Bird of a Thousand Stories, Kiyash Monsef
Bird of a Thousand Stories, Kiyash Monsef
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Bird of a Thousand Stories

Author: Kiyash Monsef

Narrator: Nikki Massoud

Unabridged: 10 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/04/2025


Synopsis

In this “breathless…entrancing” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) companion to the New York Times bestselling Once There Was that’s perfect for fans of Impossible Creatures, Marjan travels around the globe in search of a mythical bird in terrible danger, whose fate could determine the future of the world.

Marjan Dastani is successfully leading a double life. Only a few people know that when she’s not in school, she travels the world taking care of mythical beasts, sent on missions by a shadowy organization known as The Fells.

In an adventure that takes her across continents and connects her with the wildest of mythic beasts around the globe, Marjan must track down the fabled Bird of a Thousand Stories before someone with more nefarious plans finds it. But the more closely she connects with the world’s mythical creatures, the more danger she’s in of losing her friendships—and all that tethers her to the life she’s known.

About Kiyash Monsef

Kiyash Monsef is an Emmy Award–nominated producer and director; a writer of short stories, videos, comic books, and games; and a designer of innovative conversational and voice interface experiences. He’s the author of Once There Was, which was a finalist for the Morris Award, and Bird of a Thousand Stories


Reviews

Goodreads review by Erin on May 10, 2024

The Bird of a Thousand Stories shimmers with the fantastic but is rooted in all too real emotions and so much heart. Monsef creates worlds and creatures you long to revisit again and again. This book left me stunned and forever enchanted.......more

Goodreads review by Em on November 26, 2024

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review, and I can honestly attest that this is the sort of timely fantasy that the world needs to read right now. I've seen multiple author interviews proclaiming that second installments in fantasy series are often the most difficult, but if that's true,......more

Goodreads review by Dusty on March 05, 2025

Sequel to Once There Was... it holds up just as well as the first. I love, love, LOVE... frankly, am incredibly grateful for books whose story is so clearly in the driver's seat. Characters are who they are and want what they want but never at the expense of the story. Here and there is a mildly pre......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on February 19, 2025

Follow-up/companion book to award-winning Once There Was but can be read without having read the first one. Certainly there are a few plot lines that could segue into a 3rd book featuring Marjan and the mystical beasts she helps. Marjan is a teenager, marked with a sign left by a unicorn, designated......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on February 26, 2025

I really loved this little series! I'm hoping there will be many more!......more