The Garden and the Serpent

About This Audiobook

Twelve-year-old Theo Dunnery isn’t just afraid of the dark—he’s afraid of what happens when the lights go out. Every night, Theo slips between two realities: in one, he’s a lonely kid in a sleepy town; in the other, he’s a warrior racing through a jungle of bioluminescent vines, hunted by a serpent that speaks in riddles. Ted Dekker crafts a dual-world adventure that’s equal parts dream logic and nightmare fuel, where each door you step through could be an exit—or an entrance to something far worse. The writing balances whimsical wonder with creeping dread, never talking down to young listeners but never flinching from the terror of a child who’s losing grip on what’s real. A.W. Miller’s narration cements the experience: Miller shifts between Theo’s quiet, wavering voice and the serpent’s serpentine hiss with unsettling precision, using pacing to blur the line between monologue and menace. If you’ve ever wondered what it’d feel like to question every moment you wake up in, this is your audiobook.