
Queen of Static
Author: Matthew Kressel
Series: Worldmender #2
Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki, Gabrielle de Cuir
Unabridged: 14 hr 31 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Skyboat Media
Published: 06/30/2026

Author: Matthew Kressel
Series: Worldmender #2
Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki, Gabrielle de Cuir
Unabridged: 14 hr 31 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Skyboat Media
Published: 06/30/2026
Matthew Kressel is a multiple Nebula and World Fantasy Award nominated author and coder. His many works of short fiction have appeared in Analog, Asimov’s, Lightspeed, Clarkesworld, Tordotcom/Reactor, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and many other publications and anthologies, including multiple year’s bests. Alongside Ellen Datlow, he runs the Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series in Manhattan. And he is the creator of the Moksha submissions system, used by many of the largest fiction publishers today.
Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than five thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than nine hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014, and was named one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices in 2012.
Gabrielle de Cuir, award-winning narrator, has narrated over three hundred titles and specializes in fantasy, humor, and titles requiring extensive foreign language and accent skills. She was a cowinner of the Audie Award for best narration in 2011 and a three-time finalist for the Audie and has garnered six AudioFile Earphones Awards. Her “velvet touch” as an actor’s director has earned her a special place in the audiobook world as the foremost producer for bestselling authors and celebrities.
“A surreal and exotic adventure in a unique mythological setting. Scary, exhilarating fun!” N.K. Jemisin, multiple Hugo Award–winning author, praise for King of Shards
“Kressel draws heavily on Hebrew legend and biblical lore to build a robustly imagined fantasy world…Kressel advances his plot briskly through a series of alliances, betrayals, separations, and reunions, and the veiled motives of several of his characters keep his story pleasingly unpredictable. His skill at extrapolating traditional religious lore into the stuff of fantasy bodes well for future books in the series.” Publishers Weekly, praise for King of Shards
“With surprising twists and a deep and detailed universe, King of Shards, the first in a trilogy, is likely to be remembered for more than its Jewish roots.” Barnes & Noble Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog