Reed Sterling

Compass & Codex

Kids EN ↓ 79 episodes

Adventure history and adventure science — fiction stories for boys. Compass & Codex is a serialized storytelling podcast for boys ages 8–14 and the families who read with them. Every episode is a chapter of an ongoing story: fire ant scouts, Roman legions, pirates, and more — told with real biology, real history, and real stakes. We explore the unknown, every time. Current series: - Colony in Danger (fire ant adventure fiction) - Eagle's Edge (Roman historical fiction). New chapters every week. Subscribe and start from Chapter 1. Hosted by Reed Sterling. For fans of Watership Down, Redw...

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Reed Sterling

Episodes

Colony in Danger: CH 4 | The Ant Queen Orders No One Leaves | Adventure Audiobook Boys 01.05.2026 25:08

Queen Aureline addresses the entire colony. The decree is absolute: no ant — especially no young ant — ventures beyond the inner boundaries. Cinder, Blaze, and Thistle have three days before the food runs out. In this episode, the Queen’s announcement sends panic through the Grand Chamber. Cinder sneaks into the record chamber that night to find ancient accounts of pill bug territorial disputes —...

Colony in Danger: CH 2 | Fire Ant Colony Food Is Vanishing Overnight | Ant Audiobook Boys 8-14 30.04.2026 18:24

A third of the colony’s food has vanished overnight. Nobody knows why. And the keeper in charge of the stores is pretending everything is fine. In this episode of the Compass & Codex ant adventure audiobook for boys , Cinder, Blaze, and Thistle notice the missing food, confront the keeper Etta Lorne, spy on a secret military briefing from a ledge above the Grand Chamber — and learn that three...

Colony in Danger: CH 3 | Ant Scouts Are Vanishing. No One Can Explain It. | Boys Adventure Audiobook 30.04.2026 22:18

Two more scouts vanished during the night patrol. The disappearances are moving closer. And Cinder just found a piece of shell that doesn’t belong to any ant. In this episode, the colony wakes to an emergency meeting. Cinder, Blaze, and Thistle eavesdrop from a hidden tunnel junction and learn the food shortage is far worse than anyone is publicly admitting. Then Cinder discovers something in the...

Colony in Danger: CH 1 | Fire Ant Scout Dreams of the Patrol | Ant Audiobook Boys 8-14 30.04.2026 26:38

Cinder Marlowe wants to be a scout. He’s a food sorter. Today, that changes. In this episode of the Compass & Codex ant adventure audiobook for boys , Cinder sneaks away before dawn to watch Captain Bram Selwick lead the morning patrol through the Fire Ant Kingdom’s main tunnel. He meets his best friends Blaze and Thistle, watches Queen Aureline make her daily inspection, and makes a decision...