The windjammer, Maeve Lambourne, needs to land a new patron in the worst way. Low on supplies and desperately needing the armaments to survive the Daskensian threat, she's willing to take any job. A mysterious stranger offers her a simple task for a huge payout: retrieve a stolen relic. She jumps at what sounds like easy money to refit and restock her ship, then she discovers the easier the job the more it might get them all killed.
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Raid: Chapter 1: Offer of Gain
Listen now (16 min) | Ice clinked into the bottom of the yellowed glass, then hissed and cracked as the Ashanaer Whiskey flowed over it. Maeve nodded at Lou, her favorite bartender at the Nimble Eel. She added a few cezri to the cost of the drink to ensure he would send any prospective clients her way.
Raid: Chapter 2: Letter of Marque
Listen now (12 min) | First Chapter <|> Next Chapter The morning sun burned Bas’ eyes as he left the Prism Keep. He straightened his tunic and waistcoat and pushed the smirk from his face. With a bit of struggle, he suppressed his strut as he stepped onto the cobblestone street. The day before had been a good day. He won their case, allowing them to lay claim on most of the p…
Raid: Chapter 3: Song of the Sea
Listen now (11 min) | First Chapter <| Previous Chapter <|> Next Chapter Maeve pressed the map she received from Garland on the table and slid the sheet of breathsteel over it. Their target was in the southeast corner of the archipelago. It was far from the fire isles. She wouldn’t have to see the remnants of her home. Garland clearly marked the Chapel of Oanh on the western …
Raid: Chapter 4: Root of the Problem
Listen now (11 min) | First Chapter <| Previous Chapter <|> Next Chapter After a week on the sea, the song persisted among the crew. Maeve hummed and even sang it as she went about her work. Fortunately, the dreams didn't return. She hoped it was the remains of their encounter with a sea spirit and not that they had angered or merely attracted the attention of one.
Raid: Chapter 5: The Maiden of the Moon
Listen now (10 min) | First Chapter <| Previous Chapter <|> Next Chapter Bas lay on his bed, starring into the beams and boards of the ceiling. His muscles were sore from the fight. Now they released their tension since they escaped unharmed. To focus his mind, Bas recited the oath of the mariner, “we rise with the tide and ebb with the moon. For honor, we risk the waves. …
Raid: Chapter 6: The Frame of the Door
Listen now (10 min) | First Chapter <| Previous Chapter <|> Next Chapter Maeve awoke, grateful for a good night’s sleep. She scratched Gomruth on the back of his head. They basked in the morning sunlight. A peculiar energy wafted through the air, casting a chill like a shadow.
Raid: Chapter 7: The Path into Shadows
Listen now (11 min) | First Chapter <| Previous Chapter <|> Next Chapter Maeve opened the door slowly. Beyond this point, fear lurked in the shadows, ready to spring anything upon them. Garland gave them no description of the passages or the dangers within. They studied the drawing of the ark, and she hoped they would recognize it when they saw it.
Raid: Chapter 8: The Weight of Decision
Listen now (11 min) | First Chapter <| Previous Chapter <|> Next Chapter Maeve and Jade walked in opposite directions around the walls of both rooms, seeking any sign of a false wall. Maeve reached out through the aether to find the air currents in the room. In the past, she had found false walls by tracking the draft leaking through the imperfect seal between the rooms.
Raid: Chapter 9: The Stain of Blood
Listen now (9 min) | First Chapter <| Previous Chapter <|> Next Chapter Within the chapel at the heart of the crypt, the pillars of the altar twisted and turned like colored smoke trapped in glass tubes. Four-pointed stars were emblazoned on each wall with a strange birdlike glyph in the center.
Raid: Chapter 10: The Masque of Truth
Listen now (10 min) | First Chapter <| Previous Chapter <|> Next Chapter The eerie black flames licked at the broken air around it, neither giving nor taking light from the room. Maeve forgot her body. There was only the black light. Nothing else existed in all the worlds.
Raid: Chapter 11: The Circle of Dread
Listen now (9 min) | Maeve forced herself to stand up. The ritual burned strange shadows on the walls of the chapel and the aetheric pillars were gone. Sev's eyes flickered like large silver stars in their sockets. "What the hells was that?" Jade asked as he stood up.
Raid: Chapter 12: The Promise of Reward
Listen now (9 min) | First Chapter <| Previous Chapter <|> Next Chapter Sev stared through the breathsteel window at the blood moon. The argent throne formally condemned him on his homecoming. He didn’t shed a tear or whisper a prayer. His soul dried up on the voyage home. Though he could still see the colored lights shining through the windows, his mood dulled their bril…
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