First Light: An Audio Drama

The man in the ridiculous hat finally names the job. Something of his has been stolen - a prototype, still in development, that he calls her. Bandits are holding it out on the planet's surface and demanding a ransom in gold, and he doesn't want them ... more

Rubyn is halfway through patching up a leg a wolf nearly took off him when his POD rings. Private number. No name. Just a voice with the kind of authority that doesn't ask twice, and enough knowledge of a Hunt that went very wrong to prove it isn't a... more

Dawn slips into bed earlier than usual, and Rubyn - half-asleep - braces for one of her late-night questions. He doesn't expect the one she's actually come to ask. She's been thinking about what passes between people who care for each other, and she'... more

Dawn has her answer - or she's almost certain she does. One more trip to the station, a few diagnostic tests to confirm it, and the puzzle that's killed seven people comes apart in her hands. She's ninety-eight percent sure. It's the last two percent... more

The station isn't empty when Dawn arrives. The door is open, and inside there's blood - a Hunter who should never have been cleared to be there, killed with a precision no animal could manage. The Guild's scanners confirm what they always do: no life... more

Dawn doesn't believe in ghosts. She isn't built for belief at all, only for what she can verify. So when the Guild starts whispering about a vengeful spirit picking off Hunters at a remote weather station - killing in daylight, then leaving the scann... more