The Archangel Chronicles

Send us Fan Mail Camilla, Sophia’s guardian, the retired Vestalis Maxima, , takes up the narrative. While preparations for the voyage of the departing Roman fleet for India are reaching their conclusion, Sophia grieves the absence of Adam. Honourius deflects her questions, accuses Adam and Scarus of running off with the Scythian Queen, and counsels her to forget about them. The expedition departs...

Send us Fan Mail The epilogue to Archangel Chronicles I ended the first part of the saga with a mystery: a strange hermit, in a desert monastery high up a mountainside,  where an Archaeologist, Havelock, and his assistant, Hassan have come to find answers.  Archangel Chronicles II begins with another mystery, on another mountain shrouded in legends. Havelock pursues his quest to discern the story...

Send us Fan Mail I thought I would take a few minutes to explain where this story came from before continuing with Archangel Chronicles II Triumph of Innocence. There is a lot more adventures coming as we unroll the next part of the saga. The podcast is such an intimate medium. This story comes directly from me to you, dear listeners, wherever in the world you may be. No ancient bard ever had such...

Send us Fan Mail Book One of the Archangel Chronicles ends where it began, in what seems like a prison at the top of a mountain. But is it really a prison, or a place of safety and strength?  Some travellers are urgently seeking the man in this place, in a desert wasteland. But is it really a wasteland, or a place where one story ends and others have yet to be told? Support the show Send your comm...

Send us Fan Mail Axia is brought back to the Massagetae camp, her wound festering, and in grave condition. She is surrounded by her priestesses, who kneel around her, chanting day and night and offering sacrifices. Arsalion never leaves Axia’s side. Adam realizes  that he is helpless to stem the tide of her infection. While Axia and her brothers have taken their revenge on Artaxes, there is no joy...

Send us Fan Mail Axia and her brothers gather the commanders of the Scythian warriors for a council of war. The Massagetae host is organized into companies and divisions. The whole camp feverishly prepares for the coming battle. Scarus comes up with a plan to deal with the enemy war elephants. The sacred fires are lit, and companies of scouts are set out to disrupt the approaching enemy army. With...

Send us Fan Mail Abu takes up the narrative. His Eagle Master Aduthuma, Abu’s eagle Zephyria and Abu begin their long journey back to the Massagetae camp to join the great hunt, or Nerge. They travel at night along the edges of the steppes, sticking to high places, avoiding towns and cities along the way.  Abu’s attachment to Zephyria grows, and he can see through her eyes while in a trance as Zep...

Send us Fan Mail Adam takes up the narrative again. Abu has gone with his new mentor, the Master of the Eagles far away from the Massagetae camp. Adam is lonely, and feeling Abu’s absence, so he keeps himself busy. Queen Axia is determined to wed Adam, and he is running out of excuses, so he plots with Theron and Scarus to press  the Roxolani (Sarmatian) Prince Arsalion to pursue a match with the...

Send us Fan Mail Abubakar tells us his tearful parting from Adam, his first mentor.  He discovers the mystical threads that binds him to the eagles and  Aduthuma, the Master of the Eales takes him on as his apprentice.  Together they take a long journey to the Sacred Mountains, where Aduthuma begins to pass his knowledge on to Abu. He learns to hunt with the Eagles, and comes to understand the lov...

Send us Fan Mail The eastward migration of the Massagetae continues, until, late into the waning summer, and cool nights, a place for a winter camp is chosen where the ancient Oxus River, now known as the Amu Darya, reaches the Aral Sea.  Adam is visited again by Raphael of the Gray Eyes, who tells him that a solution to his dilemma with the Scythian Queen may present itself. Adam learns from Arsa...

Send us Fan Mail After turning the tables on Thraxsus and his cutthroat band of gladiators and thieves, it is time for a feast. The Queen is at the head of an ever growing host of warriors.  It is time to dispense justice to the Thraxsus’ remaining followers, but justice is harsh on the steppes.   The great migration of Axia and her people continues, and the host grows more day by day, until they...

Send us Fan Mail Axia’s party, slowed down by the Scythian treasure wagons, have attracted a lot of unwanted attention passing through the farthest reaches of the Empire after leaving Baku. They are warned by the commander of the cohort guarding the Gates of Alexander, the last outpost of civilization, but do not heed his advice. The party presses on, but many of the Scythian horsemen have melted...

Send us Fan Mail   Adam, Abu and Scarus are now placed in the custody of Axia, Queen of the Red Scythians, and they begin a relentless journey on horseback with her warband across the Eastern Empire, headed for Baku, on the shores of the Caspian Sea, the empire’s farthest outpost.  The band meets up again on the shores of the Black Sea with Theron, who has recruited a dubious band of former gladia...

Send us Fan Mail Our story now moves a land far away from the civilized cities of Roman AEgypt, out onto the vast  Steppes of Central Asia,  where a party gathers on a vast Scythian burial ground. A mysterious winged being makes it presence known. Adams companions are alarmed by strange lights in the sky, but Adam has seen them before.  Adam recalls events of the last several years, when he was ki...

Send us Fan Mail While our reluctant prophet is drawn far, away from Alexandria on an uncertain adventure, our narrative now shifts to the darkened halls of Herod the Great’s palace in Jerusalem. There, brooding deeply in the gloom of night, he receives a series of visitors from the past that remind him of many things he would rather forget.   Herod is forced to confront the blackness of his own s...

Send us Fan Mail Adam reflects on a past memory of Axia, who now speaks to the secret assembly. She vows to return to her people and retake her throne. The scholars at Alexandria reveal knowledge of the sea routes to the east, which have since become blocked by pirates. Another invitation by a powerful Indo-Parthian King is revealed.  Honorius seeks to recruit Axia and her peoples to restore the t...

Send us Fan Mail In the aftermath of the great race, Adam's fame as healer of the Queen of the Red Scythians threatens his security.  Scarus, the centurion, is assigned by the prefect to become Adam’s bodyguard, and becomes a reliable friend. Adam’s comfortable existence is interrupted by a summons to a secret meeting of notables,  assembled by Honorius. Great plans with an eye to the east ar...

Send us Fan Mail The day of the great race comes.  During the opening spectacle, Axia's funeral fire is ignited. But the crowd is astonished when a red phoenix flies up from the ashes, followed by the re-appearance of the Red Scythian Queen to lead her faction's teams. The Race is close, but Axia needs to survive yet another disaster to win it. Support the show Send your comments to raym...

Send us Fan Mail Axia’s recovery is kept secret. Adam assembles a group of scholars together with Theron and his guards. Adam reveals what he knows about the likely cause of Axia’s seizures. A secret plot is unmasked. Theron ponders an unpleasant surprise for the conspirators. Support the show Send your comments to raymond@raydiantlightstudios.com

Send us Fan Mail Axia recovers with Adam’s help, but he is alarmed by the bold expression of her intentions towards him. Sofia recites the tragic history of the Massagetae and asks Adam to introduce her to Axia. Sophia and Axia come from different worlds, and Axia does not hesitate to express her claims to Adam, but at the end she is disarmed by Sophia's graciousness. Axia makes a dark vow to...

Send us Fan Mail Adam’s fame as a physician in ancient Alexandria continues to grow, and his medical practice thrives. An evil shadow from the past makes its presence known, but Raphael is close by.  Adam’s fame attracts a Greek merchant and impresario, Theron Simonides, accompanied by two extraordinary warriors from the steppes, Red Scythians of the Massagentae tribe to Adam’s clinic. Theron reci...

Send us Fan Mail Evil invades Adam and Abu's home, leaving Adam stricken, but Atlas and Calliope come to the rescue.  While unconscious, Adam has a mysterious vision, and Raphael reveals himself again. Support the show Send your comments to raymond@raydiantlightstudios.com

Send us Fan Mail Adam and Abu settle into the great city of Alexandria. Adam uses his skills and knowledge to build an ancient medical practice, and their household begins to thrive. Adam is drawn to the Great Library and the Museion, the seat of all knowledge in the ancient world, and seeks out the famous lady philosopher Sophia he had been told about. He presents himself to her, and she is intri...

Send us Fan Mail Chapter 6 Secrets from the Past Episode Summary The narrative in our story now shifts to Camilla, the retired Vestal Virgin, who we first met in the prologue, 25 years before. As instructed by  a highly placed confidant of the Emperor, Paulus Honorius Fabius, Camilla had been conscripted to take the newly born baby Sophia, from her mother, Tullia, at birth and spirit her away acro...

Send us Fan Mail Abu and Adam begin their memorable trip down the ancient Nile, bound for the great City of Alexandria.   Adam discovers too late that they have been followed, and are betrayed back into the hands of Drago.  But there is a violent reckoning, and the creatures of the Nile unexpectedly come to Adam and Abu's aid, but with tragic consequences. Support the show Send your comments...