{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"The Quantum Range Chronicles","home_page_url":"https://quantum-range-chronicles-pod.fireside.fm","feed_url":"https://quantum-range-chronicles-pod.fireside.fm/json","description":"The war starts at dawn. Experience the shocking opening chapter of the new sci-fi epic, Quantum Range: Echo Born.\r\n\r\nIn the remote mining valley of Dustville, a heavily-armed force known as the Crokonians arrives with terrifying, surgical precision. Their goal is not chaos, but clinical, total occupation, leaving the civilian population paralyzed by confusion. While the town's defenders—a ragtag security team—are overwhelmed, two figures connected to the mysterious \"Order\" are forced to act.\r\n\r\nThis is the sound of a new regime settling in. Listen to this full chapter to find out why the invaders ignored the mines but systematically disabled everything else, and what happens when the defense chief, Mayor Cassian, attempts to negotiate with an enemy that operates with absolute silence.\r\n\r\n\u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u0026gt; To continue the story and join the fight, find the full audiobook, Quantum Range: Echo Born, on Audible, Apple Books, and all major audiobook platforms today!","_fireside":{"pubdate":"2025-11-15T13:00:00.000-05:00","explicit":false,"owner":"Daniel Harris","image":"https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/c/cfef9527-f4a9-4ca5-9f1d-44ca9fc9817c/cover.jpg?v=1"},"items":[{"id":"4e025aa0-fb5f-49ef-b146-3a09d2f2dac1","title":"Episode 4: The Shadow Behind Ankin (Chapter 2 Review)  ","url":"https://quantum-range-chronicles-pod.fireside.fm/4","content_text":"In this episode, we break down Chapter 2, where the political fractures inside the Quantum Order meet the brutal reality of war. The Council Chamber still bears the scars of the recent Krokonian attack, and tensions run high as Ryoshi and the High Council debate their next move. We explore the shifting alliances, the fears driving the Order’s leadership, and the uneasy rise of Ankin—whose behavior is beginning to slip into something uncanny, dangerous, and not entirely his own.\n\nWe also follow the strike team’s midnight assault on Dustville’s occupied mining quarter—a mission that exposes not only the vulnerabilities of the Krokonian forces, but the darker transformation happening inside Ankin during battle. This chapter lays the groundwork for the coming unraveling of trust within the Order and hints at the deeper corruption already taking root beneath the surface.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn this episode, we break down Chapter 2, where the political fractures inside the Quantum Order meet the brutal reality of war. The Council Chamber still bears the scars of the recent Krokonian attack, and tensions run high as Ryoshi and the High Council debate their next move. We explore the shifting alliances, the fears driving the Order’s leadership, and the uneasy rise of Ankin—whose behavior is beginning to slip into something uncanny, dangerous, and not entirely his own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe also follow the strike team’s midnight assault on Dustville’s occupied mining quarter—a mission that exposes not only the vulnerabilities of the Krokonian forces, but the darker transformation happening inside Ankin during battle. This chapter lays the groundwork for the coming unraveling of trust within the Order and hints at the deeper corruption already taking root beneath the surface.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Chapter 2 opens inside the damaged Council Chamber, a visual reminder that the Order is still reeling from the Krokonian incursion. While the High Council debates strategy—withdraw, retaliate, or attempt to stabilize Ryoshi’s assessment cuts through the political fallout: the attack wasn’t meant to capture Dustville, but to test the Order’s speed, tactics, and chain of command.\r\n\r\nRyoshi pushes for a rapid counterstrike, and Ankin is unexpectedly appointed to lead it. His silence, tension, and refusal to meet Ryoshi’s eye foreshadow the internal shift beginning to take hold of him.\r\n\r\nAs the teams move into the high-country night for the covert ascent, the chapter transitions from political tension to field operation.\r\nRyoshi leads with discipline and precision. Ankin, however, trails the group like a loaded weapon, his presence both reassuring and unsettling. During the infiltration, the Order’s squads execute their objectives with near-perfect coordination—disabling generators, taking comm relays, and neutralizing patrols with non-lethal force.\r\n\r\nBut Ankin’s tactics grow sharper, colder. He breaks formation. His aura reads wrong. His decisions veer toward total suppression rather than surgical disruption. Ryoshi finds him alone with a Krokonian officer—alive, but scarred by something that seems to come from Ankin’s very presence.\r\n\r\nThroughout the mission, Ankin behaves as though someone—or something—is guiding him, his reactions too perfect, too automatic. Ryoshi confronts him, sensing a script, a foreign influence, or the first signs of a deeper corruption. Their relationship strains under the weight of it.\r\n\r\nThe chapter ends with the operation escalating into full street combat as Krokonian reinforcements flood the mining quarter. Ryoshi feels the mission slipping out of its careful structure and realizes, with building dread, that the greatest danger may not be the Krokonians at all—but the darkness beginning to take root inside Ankin.","date_published":"2025-11-15T13:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cfef9527-f4a9-4ca5-9f1d-44ca9fc9817c/4e025aa0-fb5f-49ef-b146-3a09d2f2dac1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":6006815,"duration_in_seconds":375}]},{"id":"025194a7-b6ab-4628-a9ba-75073b2c4abd","title":"Episode 3: Chapter 2 – The Fractured Council","url":"https://quantum-range-chronicles-pod.fireside.fm/3","content_text":"In Chapter 2 of Echo Born, the war reaches the heart of the Quantum Order. The Council Chamber still bears the scars of the Krokonian assault, and while the leaders debate how to respond, Ryoshi and Ankin stand at a crossroads—one of strategy, loyalty, and something darker beginning to stir.\n\nRyoshi pushes for a precision counter-strike to protect Dustville before the Krokonians can regroup, but Ankin’s growing ruthlessness raises questions no one wants to ask. As the mission unfolds, what was meant to be a clean, surgical operation turns into something far more dangerous—revealing fractures not just in the battlefield, but in the brotherhood between master and student.\n\nThis episode explores the shift from politics to action: the Council’s dilemma, the strike team’s high-risk mountain ascent, and the first signs that something inside Ankin may be changing… or already lost.\n\nIf Chapter 1 introduced the war, Chapter 2 exposes the cost of it.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn Chapter 2 of Echo Born, the war reaches the heart of the Quantum Order. The Council Chamber still bears the scars of the Krokonian assault, and while the leaders debate how to respond, Ryoshi and Ankin stand at a crossroads—one of strategy, loyalty, and something darker beginning to stir.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRyoshi pushes for a precision counter-strike to protect Dustville before the Krokonians can regroup, but Ankin’s growing ruthlessness raises questions no one wants to ask. As the mission unfolds, what was meant to be a clean, surgical operation turns into something far more dangerous—revealing fractures not just in the battlefield, but in the brotherhood between master and student.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis episode explores the shift from politics to action: the Council’s dilemma, the strike team’s high-risk mountain ascent, and the first signs that something inside Ankin may be changing… or already lost.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf Chapter 1 introduced the war, Chapter 2 exposes the cost of it.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In Chapter 2, we shift from cosmic myth to ground-level reality. The ruined outskirts of Dustville come into focus as we follow Jake Slade in the fragile hours before everything changes. Still unaware of the scale of the war he’s been born into, Jake moves through a world where silence is never truly safe—where every shadow holds either memory, danger, or both.\r\n\r\nWe meet the early supporting cast: the watchful Ryoshi, the mysterious ANA presence, and the first whispers of a coming force tied to Dark Matteris. The chapter builds tension through atmosphere, hinting that the universe isn’t just collapsing politically—but spiritually. Jake’s instincts sharpen, the fractures widen, and the first real question settles in:\r\n\r\nIs Jake Slade being hunted, guided… or prepared?\r\n\r\nThis chapter sets the emotional foundation of the saga—before the invasion, before the rebellions, before the legends. It’s the last breath of quiet before the storm that will reshape the galaxy.","date_published":"2025-11-01T14:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cfef9527-f4a9-4ca5-9f1d-44ca9fc9817c/025194a7-b6ab-4628-a9ba-75073b2c4abd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":57828831,"duration_in_seconds":2409}]},{"id":"b124f1d2-87c2-4faa-bff0-4b74b1083662","title":"Episode 2: Episode 2: Seige Dustville ","url":"https://quantum-range-chronicles-pod.fireside.fm/2","content_text":"A quiet mining town wakes to the hum of its generator and the shadow of invasion. As the Krokonians descend from the clouds, Dustville becomes ground zero for a war between resonance and control, faith and machinery.\n\nWe explore the deeper meanings behind the chapter — the symbolism of the moss, the power of sound as a weapon, and the first glimpse of Ryoshi and Ankin, whose choices will shape the future of the galaxy.\n\nThis is where the legend begins — not with heroes, but with survival.\n\n📘 Read the full story in Quantum Range: Echo Born, available now on Amazon, Kindle and Audible, narrated by James R. Cheatham.\n\n🎙️ The Quantum Range Podcast — where echoes become stories, and stories become legacy.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eA quiet mining town wakes to the hum of its generator and the shadow of invasion. As the Krokonians descend from the clouds, Dustville becomes ground zero for a war between resonance and control, faith and machinery.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe explore the deeper meanings behind the chapter — the symbolism of the moss, the power of sound as a weapon, and the first glimpse of Ryoshi and Ankin, whose choices will shape the future of the galaxy.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is where the legend begins — not with heroes, but with survival.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e📘 Read the full story in Quantum Range: Echo Born, available now on Amazon, Kindle and Audible, narrated by James R. 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Their goal is not chaos, but clinical, total occupation, leaving the civilian population paralyzed by confusion. While the town's defenders—a ragtag security team—are overwhelmed, two figures connected to the mysterious \"Order\" are forced to act.\n\nThis is the sound of a new regime settling in. Listen to this full chapter to find out why the invaders ignored the mines but systematically disabled everything else, and what happens when the defense chief, Mayor Cassian, attempts to negotiate with an enemy that operates with absolute silence.\n\n\n\n\nTo continue the story and join the fight, find the full audiobook, Quantum Range: Echo Born, on Audible, Apple Books, and all major audiobook platforms today!\n\n\n","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThe war starts at dawn. 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Listen to this full chapter to find out why the invaders ignored the mines but systematically disabled everything else, and what happens when the defense chief, Mayor Cassian, attempts to negotiate with an enemy that operates with absolute silence.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo continue the story and join the fight, find the full audiobook, Quantum Range: Echo Born, on Audible, Apple Books, and all major audiobook platforms today!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2025-10-21T20:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/cfef9527-f4a9-4ca5-9f1d-44ca9fc9817c/b5e97439-ed20-4b31-ae7a-48f2f8a19b2f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":71074794,"duration_in_seconds":2961}]}]}