Episode 1 – Leviathan
published between April 27th, 2021 – June 8th, 2021
22,989 words, approximately 100 pages

The Sapient Union city-ship Craton, twenty-five light years out from Sol have an encounter with a terrifying life-form.  The giant entity, known as a Leviathan, has been asleep for deep ages of time, but now . . . they may have woken it up.

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Episode 2 – Vitriol
published between June 21st, 2021 – August 16th, 2021
42,281 words, approximately 154 pages

After barely surviving their encounter with the sleeping Leviathan twenty-five light years from Earth, Captain Brooks and his crew search for an individual whose mere presence may protect them from the reality-warping abilities of the beings.  While officially called Cerebral Readers, they are known in the wilds of space by a different name – Seers.

Directed towards a distant colony, long cut off from Earth, they have nothing as much as a name to begin their search with . . .

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Episode 3 – Trauma
published between September 10th, 2021 – December 10th, 2021
65,363 words, approximately 238 pages

The Craton travels to Medical Station 29 – the Chain.  This immense, deep-space station cares for the most serious medical cases in known space, perhaps even able to save the thousands of developing clones rescued from the colony of New Vitriol.

But in The Chain are also those who have been touched by eldritch powers, who may not be who we believe, and may be the gateway to things more dangerous than our greatest minds can even fathom.

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Episode 4 – Home
published between December 20th, 2021 – February 15th, 2022
48,376 words, approximately 176 pages

The Craton and her crew return to the Sol System, the original home of humanity.  For many of her crew, born far from the cradle of our species, it is a unique event, to see the world that nurtured us into existence.  For those from Earth, though, a harsher reality is known, as the history of our world is not one of tranquility and peace.

With a pending trial against him, Brooks confronts his past on Earth, while Apollonia gets a dream both crushed and fulfilled.  This is the calm before the storm, for people to look inward and come to grips with themselves and their reality.

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Episode 5 – Trial
published between March 7, 2022 – May 3rd, 2022
41,643 words, approximately 152 pages

Captain Ian Brooks, accused of failure to follow orders, must stand trial on the mighty Korolev Station, capital of humanity.

This is no simple trial, but a battle in a political power struggle within which he is only a pawn.  Despite being aware of this, there is little he can do except try to survive with his honor and his commission intact.  Yet the true target of the trial is something he never expected, something closer to him than he had expected . . .

On the Craton itself, a new election for mayor of the city-ship is taking place.  While Brooks was originally elected to the role, there is question if he will win again – and if he loses, will the new winner be up to the task?

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Episode 6 – Diplomatic Maneuvers
published between May 30th, 2022 – August 22nd, 2022
66,571 words, approximately 243 pages

A small group of aliens have begged the Sapient Union for aid, and the Union will answer.

Faced with imminent destruction at the hand of a vicious warlord who has sworn to destroy them to the last being, Captain Brooks must maneuver carefully.   While he is empowered to negotiate and seek peace, the Craton alone cannot hope to match the enemy’s overwhelming numbers.

But peace – and the lives of the beings in jeopardy – hang by a hair.  And if the mad warlord decides to strike, it may mean a total war that could lead to the deaths of trillions.

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Episode 7 – Puppets
published between September 6th, 2022 – November 18th, 2022
53,501 words, approximately 195 pages

The Craton, damaged in battle, goes for repairs in the neutral territory known as Gohhi Station.  This collection of independent space stations is the marketplace of the universe; home to the most wretched and the most obscenely wealthy beings in known space.

In this melting pot, friends and enemies abound on every level, and the Craton‘s presence is more than just for repairs; diplomacy and intrigue are the tools of the trade, as Brooks and Urle both must go undercover to discover dark secrets about this interstellar oasis.  But on every level, cutthroat dealings can leave you rich or dead even at the hands of those you thought you could trust, even if you do everything right.  Escape may be the only way out for those stuck here; though even that simple goal may be an impossible dream.

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Episode 8 – Showing the Flag
published between November 21st, 2022 – January 31st, 2023
59,744 words, approximately 218 pages

Still stationed at the neutral port of Gohhi, the Craton and her crew get to enjoy a bit of relaxation – in theory.  With a famous play to be had aboard ship, all eyes are turned inward.  But attempted murders and the psychopaths that infest Gohhi station will not leave much time for relaxation, as an attempted murder will begin a chain of events that will lead to tensions rising, and the specter of conflict on the horizon.

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Episode 9 – Mayday
published between February 6th, 2023 – March 9th, 2023
20,346 words, approximately 74 pages

On the cargo carrier Maria’s Cog, something goes drastically wrong.

Barely escaping the vessel before it is destroyed, a survivor fights to live on, even as her situation gets worse and worse.

With Captain Brooks and the Craton racing to save all they can, they must also try and figure out just what destroyed the Maria’s Cog – and if it poses a threat to them.

There is no magic that can reach out and pluck the living across the vast distances of space, no miracle shield that can protect against debris flying at thousands of miles per hour.  The vacuum is merciless, and when reality-bending technology is taken out of the equation there is only cold hard physics to determine if one lives or dies.

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Episode 10 – Star Hunters
published between March 16, 2023 – May 10, 2023
46,212 words, approximately 169 pages

Old spacer legends tell of a Space Pirate who discovered a terrible weapon – relic technology from a civilization long gone and far more advanced than anything that seems possible.

When a number of remote colonies of the Sapient Union are attacked by pirates, the Craton is swiftly sent to provide aid and ward them off.  But these pirates claim to have discovered the terrifying relic technology once again, and there are signs that they might just be telling the truth.

The crew of the Craton must investigate, find the truth of the matter, even if it means facing things that are far beyond their understanding.  Do the pirates really possess this long-lost technology?  Are the stories even true?  And if so, what cost will it claim?

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Episode 11 – Masquerade
published between May 20, 2023 – July 4, 2023
39,111 words, approximately 143 pages

The holiday Darkeve has come, and the crew of the Craton get to relax, dress up, and have a good time!

Apollonia Nor is able to experience the first real holiday in her life – if she can get left alone.  For Pirra and Tred, a happy day may turn out to be less than they had hoped.

While for Captain Brooks, an old friend comes calling to settle on a debt . . .

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Episode 12 – Exodus
published between August 14, 2023 – November 21, 2023
95,897 words, approximately 349 pages

On the distant planet Ko, the sky is falling.  Omen, the planet’s moon, is breaking up and will soon come down on the world, wiping it clean of all life.

Ko holds a treasure on its surface, though; not gold or silver or unobtainium, but intelligent life.

To save them, the crew of the Craton must not just make first contact, but convince the inhabitants of Ko that they face insurmountable danger.

Which means going down and meeting them, face to face, living with them, and gaining their trust.  The dangers are high, and the costs may be even higher.  Even survival and success may leave one changed forever.

And behind it all lingers the question; why is the moon falling at all?

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Episode 13 – Dark Star
published between on November 27, 2023 – January 26, 2024
72,678 words, approximately 265 pages

Deep in space, a relic temple of an ancient, seemingly lost civilization has been discovered.  25,000 kilometers in width, the station dwarfs even the Earth itself.

Captain Brooks must join up with adventurer and explorer Nadian Farland to take the first steps into a place where man was not meant to tread.  A place where reality twists and warps, and the echoes of the past still rebound.

Into the heart of madness and death.

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Episode 14 – Damage
published between on March 11, 2024 – March 15, 2024
5667 words, approximately 20 pages

After the life-changing events at the Dark Star, some of those who came away alive deal with the consequences in their own minds. There is no choice – they must move forward.