In episode 351 of the Functional Nerds Podcast, Patrick Hester and John Anealio welcome Stephen Aryan to these hallowed virtual halls to talk about his Age of Darkness trilogy (Battlemage, Bloodmage, Chaosmage) published by Orbit books, and the new Age of Dread trilogy – which begins with Mageborn. Of Gods and Men, a digital and audio novella set within this world is now available.

About Stephen: “I’m a writer and podcaster. I’ve previously written a comic book column and comic book reviews for Tor.com, developed intellectual property into comic book pitches for a media company, and self published a superhero comic. Since 2007 I have been co-hosting a comics and geek culture podcast. We recently moved networks to Geek Syndicate, renamed ourselves, Grouchy Old Geeks and rebooted our numbers. I have also spoken on panels at comic book conventions about comics and podcasting. I’m also working on several comic book projects.”

This week’s picks:

* Stephen Aryan: The Punisher – Netflix

* John: Babylon’s Ashes by James SA Corey

* Patrick: Britannia – Prime

Links:

* Stephen Aryan on Twitter

* John Anealio on Twitter

* Patrick Hester on Twitter

* The Functional Nerds Patreon Page

* Patrick’s Book: Into the Fire (available everywhere)

© 2018 Patrick Hester and John Anealio

This podcast contains original music by John Anealio.