Cirrus@Austlit

'In a dystopian city, an ageing courier is forced to go into business with an underworld ganglord in order to pay for the treatment that keeps him alive. 

'Set in a sprawling dystopian metropolis called 'The Strata' and featuring an ensemble cast, this podcast interweaves a collection of stories into a single overarching narrative. 

'A fantastic world. Characters that feel real. A story that won't let go.'

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'The Grid can give you everything you ever need, except a way out.

'Vance Nolan has fallen on hard times. Dishonoured, jailed for tech-theft and disowned by his family, he now works as a junker in a machine graveyard.

'Life couldn’t get any worse. Until it does.

'Pursued for reasons he does not understand, Vance has only one option: to remove himself from the Grid—the worldwide network that encompasses all aspects of modern living—in an attempt to thwart those who want him dead.

'As the Grid closes in around him, Vance will make a discovery about his past that will not only change everything he thought he knew about himself, but about the world around him as well.'

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'A distant planet. A deadly secret. Seventeen years after it began, the interstellar war has taken its toll: the inhabitants of Earth are desperate to find a way to defeat the Argoni, a merciless and horrifying alien race. Light years away from the fighting, mechanic Landry Stanton lives a peaceful, mundane life on the desolate planet Procyon A, and that’s just the way he likes it. But when an unauthorized trip to the other side of the planet leaves him shipwrecked and stranded alongside a hostile alien that wants him dead, Landry discovers a terrifying secret: the Argoni threat is greater than anyone back on Earth imagined. With his oxygen and water running out, and with no way to warn the United Earth Marines, Landry’s lonely fight for survival becomes a battle for humanity itself.'

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'The Reach is in turmoil. As the conflict escalates, casualties begin to mount on all sides. Nowhere is safe. Now, time is running out. The deadline for escaping the planet is drawing ever closer with each passing hour. For Knile Oberend and his companions, there is only one option left. They must take their chances and journey through the mysterious Sunspire. There is no other way. Sunspire (Book 4 of the Reach) is the final chapter in the epic saga of the last days of Earth.'

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'The Earth is in ruins. Cities and nations are destroyed. Brant is a synthetic, a machine made in the image of man who dreams of bringing humans back into the world. Close to achieving his goal, his tiny cradle of life is now threatened by ominous black clouds that roll in from the north and bring darkness to the land. In the wasteland, the cannibalistic Marauders begin to escalate their war with the resistance fighters of Ascension. As resources dwindle, both sides become more ruthless, endangering all within the region. Brant will be forced to once again return to the wasteland and into the midst of the battle to confront the source of the darkness in an attempt to save all that he has created.'

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'War is coming to the Reach. Knile Oberend has located the mysterious organisation known as Skybreach. At the same time, insurgents have begun an uprising with one goal – to destroy the Consortium and everything they represent – and with a vast stockpile of weaponry at their disposal, there may be no one who can stand against them. With time in short supply, Knile and his companions will be forced to risk their very lives in order to bring Skybreach’s plan to fruition in spite of the conflict. Meanwhile, Alec Duran tightens the net around his target. As he too is embroiled in the war, he finds that his own life may be in peril. He must make a choice between protecting those close to him or continuing his crusade at the risk of losing them all. As the conflict escalates, the Reach stands on the brink of destruction. Skybreach (Book 3 of the Reach) chronicles the continuing saga of the last days of Earth and the characters whose lives become intertwined as they try to escape.'

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'The Earth is suffocating under toxic skies and there’s only one way for those left behind to escape – the space elevator that sits atop the massive structure known as the Reach. Knile Oberend has returned from exile and faced the demons of his past. Having climbed to the top of the Reach, he now faces his toughest challenge – finding a way to save those he left behind. For years Talia Anders lived alone and in poverty. Now as she makes her way toward the Reach to rescue an old friend, a mysterious man shadows her movements and threatens to destroy her dreams of escape. Meanwhile, disgraced cop Alec Duran has reached rock bottom. Alienated by his own colleagues, he finds himself at the mercy of a group of vigilantes who may turn out to be his only chance at salvation. And, in the habitat far above the Reach, a discovery is made that will impact all of their futures in ways they could never anticipate. Landfall (Book 2 of the Reach) chronicles the continuing saga of the last days of Earth and the characters whose lives become intertwined as they try to escape.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

The Earth is suffocating under toxic skies and there’s only one way for those left behind to escape – the space elevator that sits atop the massive structure known as the Reach.

Knile Oberend is an outcast, a man exiled for the crimes of his past. Thrown an unlikely lifeline, he has less than forty-eight hours to cash in his ticket at the top of the Reach and escape off-world.

Disgraced cop Alec Duran had a bright future until he made one fateful mistake. Now his last shot at redemption becomes entwined with the fate of the very man who ruined his life three years ago.

Alton Wilt, an underworld boss desperate to leave Earth, falls upon a rare find – the name of a man who is about to be granted passage off-world. With his minions in tow he is hell bent on stealing that privilege for himself.

As time runs out, these three men find themselves on a collision course that will lead to a confrontation from which only one can emerge victorious.

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'The Earth is in ruins. Cities and nations destroyed. Mankind is extinct. Brant and Arsha are synthetics, machines made in the image of people. They dream of bringing humans back into the world and have the technology to succeed, but the obstacles in their way are mounting. Not only are their own conflicting ideals creating a rift between them, but now the sinister Marauders are closing in as they seek revenge on Brant. Out in the wasteland, strange lights and mysterious objects in the sky herald the arrival of new factions that seek to control the region. Even in the once quiet streets of their own city, malevolent forces are beginning to unfurl that threaten the sanctity of everything they hold dear, jeopardising the future that is within their grasp.'

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'The Earth is in ruins. Cities and nations destroyed. Those who survive the onslaught succumb to the cold blackness of winter. A handful of machines finally emerge into the light, lost and directionless. They are the last remnants of civilisation. Brant is a synthetic - a machine who has the appearance and emotions of the humans who made him. He is hunted across the wasteland by cruel scavengers known as Marauders who are intent on cannibalising his body to prolong their own lives. Brant carries a great burden as he tries to return home: a secret that can change the world. Against the unforgiving desert, the twisted denizens of this new world and his own dark past he needs to find a way back at any cost.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'In the near future, a man climbing the corporate ladder finds that his latest promotion is not all that it seems. Sent to the dank and mysterious Sub-Level 19, he encounters a monstrous device that severs his hand and replaces it with an indistinguishable mechanical substitute - the price for his elevation in the company.

'At home, his partner Jane realises that all is not as it seems, as he withdraws further and further into his career. Try as she might, she can't break through to him, and he keeps his secret from her as their relationship begins to fall apart.

'Now the time for another promotion is at hand, and the man must make a decision - to follow his career, his dreams of wealth and success, and to risk being sent back to Sub-Level 19, or to turn his back on it all and return to the woman he loves.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.