Stellar Shock: an audiobook podcast

In this chapter, the village of Tuitoma bursts to life on the night of the festival, where torchlight and music offer temporary escape from the drudgery of rural life. Ser Sarrafin, young and heavy with unspoken grief, navigates the chaotic warmth of community: firelight, song, children’s laughter, and the sharp camaraderie of friends. He is swept into the celebration reluctantly, until an impromptu performance thrusts him into the...

Podcast Summary – Shockwaves: Chapter 2 – Prospectus

Welcome back to Shockwaves, the official aftershow for Stellar Shock. In this episode, Jess and Arthur dissect Chapter Two: Prospectus, the brutal, breathless descent into war-torn Tuitoma. What begins with sweaty shirts and cracked fences ends in smoke, blood, and silence—and Arthur holds nothing back.

We explore the relentless detail of a village barely holding together b...

Podcast Summary – Shockwaves: Chapter 2 – “Prospectus”

Tensions rise in Tuitoma as Ser and the boys return to their quiet village, only to find the calm already beginning to crack. In this richly textured chapter, we follow Ser through muddy paths, family routines, and the hushed suspicions of a community on the brink. A secret glimpse into the elders’ hall reveals political fractures, looming war, and Ward Sarrafin’s stern grip...

Welcome to Shockwaves, the official aftershow breakdown for Stellar Shock! Hosts Jess and Arthur dig deep—literally and thematically—into Chapter 1: Demesne, where the world of Afirit comes to life through sweat, soil, and splinters.

They unpack Ser Sarrafin’s quiet strength, the relentless routine of Tuitoma’s survival, and how magick—or the lack of it—shapes power and purpose. From the rough loyalty of Ser’s chaotic friends to...

In the heart of the jungle-bound village of Tuitoma, young Ser Sarrafin shoulders the toil of survival one ker-chunk of his hoe at a time. In Chapter 1: Demesne, we meet Ser—a quiet, steadfast farmer nicknamed “Tomasi” for his ability to fade into the background—who has built a life out of hard earth, blistered hands, and unshakable perseverance. As Tuitoma grows from tents to adobe, Ser’s work feeds the village, even as his own ma...

In our premiere episode of Shockwaves, Jess sits down with Arthur—the mind behind Stellar Shock—to tear into the prologue and first episode, “Argument.” No soft takes, no safe ground. Just raw conversation about a world where magic cuts, monsters bleed, and survival is earned one bruise at a time.

They talk scorched earth and floating cities, dissect the brutal raid on Cornelia, and get into the heads of unlikely intruders Kani and ...

The skies over Cornelia churn with wind and war in this electrifying prologue episode. High above the ocean’s fog, floating islands cradle an empire bound by ancient canta and proud defiance of gravity. But pride burns fast.

As shadows gather and phoenixes rise, a brutal siege erupts atop the wind-swept city of Carna. Two unlikely infiltrators scale rooftops. Squads in black canta swarm the Wind Keeper’s mansion. Flaming skies shatt...

In this haunting episode, we walk through a landscape long since ravaged—by fire, by time, by things better left unnamed. Charred trees lean like forgotten sentinels, their roots tangled in ash and bone. The wind whispers through what remains, stirring fragments of the past: broken branches, claw marks, and the quiet evidence of lives ended without ceremony.

As day fades and shadow stretches, we follow travelers who cross this scarr...