Chains of the Wind
Naiyem Chowdhury Rony
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
Chains of the Wind by Naiyem Chowdhury Rony is a powerful historical fiction novel that explores the harrowing journey of Abena, a young West African griot’s daughter, caught in the brutal Transatlantic Slave Trade. Rich in cultural detail and emotional depth, this epic story reveals Abena’s quiet rebellion aboard a slave ship—where songs become secret codes of resistance, and hope flickers amid despair.
Set against the backdrop of one of history’s darkest chapters, Chains of the Wind sheds light on the resilience, courage, and spirit of those who fought for freedom despite overwhelming odds. Readers passionate about African history, slave narratives, and stories of resistance will find this novel deeply moving and unforgettable.
Duration - 9h 26m.
Author - Naiyem Chowdhury Rony.
Narrator - Digital Voice Madison G.
Published Date - Wednesday, 28 January 2026.
Copyright - © 2026 Naiyem Chowdhury Rony ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Chains of the Wind by Naiyem Chowdhury Rony is a powerful historical fiction novel that explores the harrowing journey of Abena, a young West African griot’s daughter, caught in the brutal Transatlantic Slave Trade. Rich in cultural detail and emotional depth, this epic story reveals Abena’s quiet rebellion aboard a slave ship—where songs become secret codes of resistance, and hope flickers amid despair. Set against the backdrop of one of history’s darkest chapters, Chains of the Wind sheds light on the resilience, courage, and spirit of those who fought for freedom despite overwhelming odds. Readers passionate about African history, slave narratives, and stories of resistance will find this novel deeply moving and unforgettable. Duration - 9h 26m. Author - Naiyem Chowdhury Rony. Narrator - Digital Voice Madison G. Published Date - Wednesday, 28 January 2026. Copyright - © 2026 Naiyem Chowdhury Rony ©.
Language:
English
Chapter 1: The Daughter of Stories | Section 1: The Voice of the Baobab
Duration:00:06:42
Section 2: What Cannot Be Written
Duration:00:07:34
Section 3: The Morning of Red Ash
Duration:00:06:18
Section 4: The Last Song of Peace
Duration:00:05:09
Chapter 2: The Griot’s Warning | Section 1: The Shadow of Silence
Duration:00:02:11
Section 2: The Secret Language
Duration:00:02:38
Section 3: The Griot’s Burden
Duration:00:02:11
Section 4: When the Wind Changed
Duration:00:02:49
Chapter 3: Smoke Over the Hills | Section 1: The Morning that Broke Too Quickly
Duration:00:01:51
Section 2: The Burning of Home
Duration:00:02:08
Section 3: Ashes and Names
Duration:00:02:19
Section 4: The Trail of Smoke
Duration:00:02:53
Chapter 4: Captured in Silence | Section 1: The March Begins
Duration:00:02:13
Section 2: Thirst and Thorn
Duration:00:03:27
Section 3: The Eyes That Watch
Duration:00:03:13
Section 4: The Road of Names
Duration:00:02:54
Chapter 5: The Holding Fort | Section 1: The Gate of Stone
Duration:00:02:30
Section 2: The Dark Below
Duration:00:03:41
Section 3: Stories in the Stone
Duration:00:02:21
Section 4: The Humming Begins
Duration:00:01:59
Section 5: The Breath of Memory
Duration:00:02:06
Chapter 6: Through Iron Gates | Section 1: The Sea That Waits
Duration:00:02:26
Section 2: The Ship with No Sky
Duration:00:03:27
Section 3: The Naming of Shadows
Duration:00:03:18
Section 4: The Scarred Sailor
Duration:00:03:25
Section 5: Beneath the Skin of the Sea
Duration:00:04:33
Section 6: To Remember Is to Resist
Duration:00:05:07
Section 7: Iron Beneath the Tongue
Duration:00:03:46
Section 8: The Wall Between Eyes
Duration:00:03:46
Section 9: The Breath Between Chains
Duration:00:02:16
Chapter 7: Names Made of Salt | Section 1: The Power of Naming
Duration:00:02:26
Section 2: The Secret Ledger
Duration:00:02:01
Section 3: Whispers in the Dark
Duration:00:01:49
Chapter 8: The Song That Was Forbidden | Section 1: The First Forbidden Note
Duration:00:01:31
Section 2: Echoes of the Forbidden
Duration:00:01:33
Section 3: The Overseer’s Wrath
Duration:00:01:24
Section 4: Silent Resilience
Duration:00:01:23
Section 5: The Quiet Rebellion
Duration:00:01:20
Chapter 9: The Sailor with No Country | Section 1: The Ghosts He Carries
Duration:00:02:12
Section 2: A Whisper Between Shadows
Duration:00:01:25
Section 3: The First Chord
Duration:00:01:31
Section 4: Risk and Reckoning
Duration:00:01:15
Section 5: The Weight of Secrets
Duration:00:01:12
Chapter 10: The Belly of the Beast | Section 1: Darkness and Despair
Duration:00:02:02
Section 2: The Rhythm of Resistance
Duration:00:01:30
Section 3: Eyes That Watch
Duration:00:01:07
Section 4: Silent Defiance
Duration:00:01:03
Section 5: Breath Between the Chains
Duration:00:01:25
Chapter 11: The First Chord | Section 1: A Line in the Dark
Duration:00:01:38
Section 2: Verses in the Veins
Duration:00:02:28
Section 3: The Near-Betrayal
Duration:00:02:31
Section 4: The Hidden Chorus
Duration:00:02:15
Chapter 12: The Eye That Watches | Section 1: The Man with the Stick of Iron
Duration:00:01:42
Section 2: Listening Without Hearing
Duration:00:02:05
Section 3: The Sailor in the Shadows
Duration:00:01:51
Section 4: A Whisper Between Thieves
Duration:00:02:22
Section 5: The Test of Fire
Duration:00:03:27
Chapter 13: Three Knocks, One Breath | Section 1: A Secret Rhythm
Duration:00:01:26
Section 2: Tomas’s Crossroads
Duration:00:00:56
Section 3: Echoes in the Iron
Duration:00:01:46
Section 4: The Silence Test
Duration:00:02:53
Chapter 14: What Tomas Carries | Section 1: The Buried Tide
Duration:00:02:07
Section 2: The Offering
Duration:00:03:18
Section 3: Splinters of Truth
Duration:00:03:10
Chapter 15: The Broken Drum | Section 1: The Boy with the Laughing Eyes
Duration:00:03:47
Section 2: The Night of One Song
Duration:00:03:33
Section 3: Tomas’s Watch
Duration:00:03:00
Section 4: The First Full Verse
Duration:00:03:17
Section 5: The Edge of Trust
Duration:00:03:41
Section 6: The Song in the Open
Duration:00:02:26
Chapter 16: Cracks in the Hull | Section 1: Unease Among the Bones
Duration:00:01:24
Section 2: Tomas’s Warning
Duration:00:01:12
Section 3: Splinters in the Wood
Duration:00:01:08
Section 4: The Overseer’s Shadow
Duration:00:02:09
Section 5: Splinters in the Mind
Duration:00:01:52
Section 6: The Leak
Duration:00:01:58
Section 7: Splinters in the Spine
Duration:00:01:41
Section 8: The First Break
Duration:00:01:29
Section 9: The Captain’s Suspicion
Duration:00:03:20
Chapter 17: To Speak Without Words
Duration:00:16:10
Chapter 18: Shadows in the Water
Duration:00:15:20
Chapter 19: The Circle Beneath
Duration:00:16:14
Chapter 20: The Sailor’s Choice
Duration:00:05:45
Chapter 21: The Salt Song
Duration:00:14:47
Chapter 22: Ashes in the Wind | Section 1: The Dying Light
Duration:00:01:27
Section 2: The Griot’s Prophecy
Duration:00:01:31
Section 3: Carried Away
Duration:00:01:37
Section 4: The Silence After
Duration:00:01:30
Section 5: The Last Gift
Duration:00:01:49
Section 6: Song for the Wind
Duration:00:01:40
Chapter 23: The Rope and the Moon
Duration:00:01:46
Section 2: The Rope is Made Ready
Duration:00:01:48
Section 3: The Hanging
Duration:00:01:22
Section 4: Grief That Turns to Fire
Duration:00:01:28
Section 5: Silent Bonds
Duration:00:01:26
Section 6: The Birth of the Rebellion
Duration:00:01:19
Section 7: Threads of Resolve
Duration:00:01:42
Chapter 24: A Knife from the Sea
Duration:00:01:10
Section 2: The Quiet Gift
Duration:00:01:23
Section 3: Threads of Resistance
Duration:00:01:21
Section 4: Rumors in the Dark
Duration:00:01:10
Section 5: The Song Spreads
Duration:00:01:07
Section 6: Eyes Like Hawks
Duration:00:01:04
Section 7: The Narrow Escape
Duration:00:01:22
Section 8: Silent Alliances
Duration:00:00:59
Section 9: The Edge of Defiance
Duration:00:00:49
Section 10: Gathering Shadows
Duration:00:00:48
Section 11: Whispers on the Wind
Duration:00:00:45
Section 12: The Shattering Silence
Duration:00:01:01
Section 13: Flames of Resolve
Duration:00:00:42
Section 14: Silent Preparations
Duration:00:00:46
Section 15: The Edge of Night
Duration:00:00:42
Section 16: Breath Before the Storm
Duration:00:00:48
Chapter 25: The Drums Return | Section 1: The Return of the Drums
Duration:00:01:35
Section 2: A Rhythm of Resistance
Duration:00:01:24
Section 3: Clash of Silence and Sound
Duration:00:01:12
Section 4: The Aftermath of Defiance
Duration:00:01:01
Section 5: The Song of Resistance Grows
Duration:00:00:52
Section 6: Nightfall’s Secret Gathering
Duration:00:00:53
Section 7: Tomas’s Growing Fear
Duration:00:00:49
Section 8: The Captives’ Quiet Resolve
Duration:00:00:50
Section 9: The Whisper of Hope
Duration:00:00:48
Section 10: Tomas’s Secret Aid
Duration:00:00:44
Chapter 26: The Blood in the Wake | Section 1: A Dark Tide
Duration:00:00:52
Section 2: Shadows of Fear
Duration:00:00:54
Section 3: Tomas’s Dilemma
Duration:00:00:50
Section 4: Whispers in the Dark
Duration:00:00:42
Section 5: The Captain’s Fury
Duration:00:00:39
Section 6: Tomas’s Secret Resolve
Duration:00:00:43
Section 7: The Silent Pact
Duration:00:00:42
Section 8: The Watcher’s Doubt
Duration:00:00:46
Section 9: Tomas’s Hidden Gift
Duration:00:00:53
Section 10: The Tide Turns
Duration:00:00:57
Chapter 27: The Map They Cannot See | Section 1: A Song of Secrets
Duration:00:01:46
Section 2: Whispers in the Shadows
Duration:00:01:28
Section 4: The Hidden Compass
Duration:00:01:40
Section 5: The Quiet Signal
Duration:00:02:49
Section 7: The Gathering Storm
Duration:00:02:51
Chapter 28: The Storm’s Mask | Section 1: When the Sky Turns
Duration:00:02:15
Section 2: The Sky Breaks
Duration:00:02:12
Section 3: The Storm’s Mask
Duration:00:02:07
Section 4: The Chains Begin to Loosen
Duration:00:02:27
Section 5: The Storm’s Aftermath
Duration:00:02:21
Section 6: Quiet Calculations
Duration:00:01:51
Section 7: The Language of Shadows
Duration:00:01:21
Section 8: The Calm Before the Storm
Duration:00:01:03
Chapter 29: The Day of the Silent Sun | Section 1 – Dawn Without Song
Duration:00:02:09
Section 2 – The Weight of Waiting
Duration:00:02:10
Section 3 – The Crew’s Unease Turns to Anger
Duration:00:02:12
Section 4 – The Signal Within the Silence
Duration:00:01:58
Section 5 – Dusk at the Edge of the World
Duration:00:02:06
Section 6 – The Night Breathes
Duration:00:02:04
Chapter 30: The Lock of Bone and Fire | Section 1 – The Breaking of Chains
Duration:00:01:50
Section 2 – Flames on the Deck
Duration:00:01:46
Section 3 – Breaking the Chains
Duration:00:01:40
Section 4 – Flames of Rebellion
Duration:00:01:23
Section 5 – Breaking Chains
Duration:00:01:18
Chapter 31: The Captain’s Fury | Section 1 – Flames in the Darkness
Duration:00:01:11
Section 2 – The Clash of Steel and Will
Duration:00:01:13
Section 3 – Flames and Blood
Duration:00:01:21
Section 4 – The Turning Tide
Duration:00:01:31
Section 5 – Flames and Shadows
Duration:00:01:21
Section 6 – Blood on the Planks
Duration:00:01:10
Section 7 – Flames and Shadows
Duration:00:01:07
Section 8 – Blood on the Deck
Duration:00:00:58
Chapter 32: The Lost and the Free
Duration:00:02:55
Section 2 – Shadows and Decisions
Duration:00:01:50
Section 3 – Into the Aft Hold
Duration:00:01:24
Section 4 – The Reckoning
Duration:00:01:14
Section 5 – Into the Abyss
Duration:00:01:08
Section 6 – The Sea’s Embrace
Duration:00:01:02
Section 7 – Holding Ground
Duration:00:00:57
Section 8 – The Sea’s Choice
Duration:00:00:50
Section 9 – Holding the Deck
Duration:00:00:50
Section 10 – The Edge of Fate
Duration:00:00:48
Chapter 33: Tomas’s Redemption | Section 1 – A Collision of Paths
Duration:00:01:48
Section 2 – The Duel of Shadows
Duration:00:01:53
Section 3 – The Choice
Duration:00:05:18
Chapter 34: The Ship That Would Not Sink | Section 1: Aftermath of the Rebellion
Duration:00:02:26
Section 2: Holding the Line
Duration:00:02:13
Section 3: Fractures and Resolve
Duration:00:02:05
Section 4: Nightfall and Vigil
Duration:00:02:12
Section 5: Dawn’s Fragile Light
Duration:00:01:46
Section 6: Steeling Resolve
Duration:00:03:21
Chapter 35: A Name for the Dead | Section 1: The Heavy Silence
Duration:00:01:53
Section 2: The Song Begins
Duration:00:01:58
Section 3: A Voice That Does Not Break
Duration:00:01:54
Section 4: The Weight of Memory
Duration:00:01:57
Chapter 36: Chains in the Wind | Section 1: Drifting Between Worlds
Duration:00:01:54
Section 2: The Weight of Survival
Duration:00:01:36
Section 3: The Drift Toward Uncertainty
Duration:00:01:44
Section 4: The Quiet Forge of Resolve
Duration:00:01:45
Section 5: Drifting Toward Tomorrow
Duration:00:01:45
Chapter 37: The Flag of Memory | Section 1: A Banner Born from Ashes
Duration:00:01:26
Section 2: Stories Woven in Thread
Duration:00:01:48
Section 3: A New Dawn of Defiance
Duration:00:01:39
Section 4: Embers of Resistance
Duration:00:01:30
Section 5: A Quiet Defiance
Duration:00:01:13
Section 6: The Quiet Storm
Duration:00:01:11
Section 7: Threads of Defiance
Duration:00:02:15