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Khort. The First Kharakternyk

Language
Ukrainian
Length
7 hr 37 min
Year
2025
Genre
Fantasy
Author
Olha Navrotska
Narrator
Yevhenii Lisnychyi

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Khort woke in the middle of the night. He had dreamt of something bad, but the dream slipped away at once, leaving only unease and darkness behind. Khort looked around. All was quiet. The forest slept. The fire had almost burned out…

About the Audiobook

Ukrainian strength
must be heard by everyone!

The Ukrainian bestseller «Khort. The First Kharakternyk» is now available in audio.

This is the debut novel of «Chronicles of Power», the first fantasy universe built around Ukrainian strength — one that brings Ukrainians and the wider world together around Ukrainian culture. The project was created by the directors, screenwriters and producers Alan Badoiev and Olha Navrotska.

The audiobook was created in partnership with Oschadbank and Mastercard as part of the “My Accessibility” program, making contemporary Ukrainian epic literature accessible to everyone, including people with visual impairments.

As part of the My Accessibility program, Oschadbank customers with visual impairments can access the full audiobook «Khort. The First Cossack-Kharakternyk» free of charge.

Each month, the bank will send individual promo codes offering a 100% discount via email and through the Oschadbank mobile app.

Long ago, when rivers knew no dams and steppes no borders, in the very heart of Europe, at the crossroads of empires and open country, a free nation of warriors was born. They were called Cossacks. This is the story of the first of them — of Khort, a young Cossack kharakternyk who came into this world to wake the others. And to remind us: we are still here. We remember who we are. And we are taking up the fight again.

Olha Navrotska's fantasy novel «Khort. The First Kharakternyk» tells of a warrior who never sought to be a hero, yet was forced to fight for what was his. A fantasy steeped in the Cossack spirit, in magic, and in the echo of a war that is still going on.

Every movement of his was precise and predatory. From the outside it looked like sorcery, like a rite, even a dance. This was his own way of fighting — quick, calm, spellbinding. It was for this that the Cossacks respected him, and feared him. In such moments Khort felt immortal, and that terrified his enemies.

Khort, The Battle with the Kikimoras, chapter XXI

The audiobook

What you get

  • Audio immersion in the «Chronicles of Power» universe

    so the journey plays out vividly in your mind

  • The complete text of part one of the novel

    professionally narrated in studio quality

  • Atmospheric soundtracks by Max Barskih and Oleh Fahot Mykhailiuta

    created exclusively for the Chronicles of Power Universe

  • Instant access. The book is ready to play

    the moment you buy it

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One moment more — and the voice of your ancestors will sound for you!

Narrator

Yevhenii Lisnychyi
Yevhenii LisnychyiNarrator

Ukrainian film and dubbing actor, voice and diction coach.

“I love fantasy, and when it draws its strength from the Cossack era, it becomes a story that instantly finds its way into your heart.”

Hear the call of your ancestors!

Khort and his companions are already waiting for you on a dangerous road. Join the journey through the Places of Power!

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