Sirens and Cages

Azra controls the city.  The drahl have flooded the streets, killing all in their wake and a great bioship hovers in the skies.

Its last hope was in Severus Ridgeway and a clandestine mission to find something to fight back.  A mission that ended in death.  Yet, with the arrival of Emmeline and her Libran companion, that chance might still come.

This is the final episode in Sirens and Cages

The Drahl are running everywhere.  Branton is under attack and hope of salvation is low.  Severus Ridgeway has brought them a small hiatus, but it will not last and the Guild of Symmetry still rests on the edge of destruction.

Across the world, Emmeline has emerged from the trials of the Owlen a new person.  One with remarkable skills.   Now she must step back into danger and lead the charge to fight back. If she is not already too late.

The war have begun and Branton is the target.  Having fled the citadel in time, the unfortunate Emmeline finally awakes in the fabled Land of Sunshine and has been given a choice, one of safety, one of death.
Hearing the destruction ravaging the world, she feels she must do something… and so she agrees to risk everything in the hope of saving even a few lives.  A risk that could take her life.

This is episode 10 of the Sirens and Cages series

The world is on the precipice of destruction as drahl are flooding through the open portal seeking blood and vengeance. Fleeing from the Citadel of Light, Atana and Uriah take the unconscious and beaten Emmeline before the Wall of Souls in search of the glorious Land of Sunshine.

Episode 9/12 of the Sirens and Cages podcast sees the start of the end for Caluna, Branton and perhaps the world.

Emmeline has been taken to the Black Laboratories within the basements of the Citadel of Light, subject to genetic modifications as part of the ultimate endgame that can only lead to destruction. Yet not all is as it seems as motives are questioned and realities are no quite as they seem.

Episode 8 of 12 sees the beginning of the final chapters of Sirens and Cages as the true epic nature of what is happening starts to unfold.

Treachery, deceit. Emmeline has been tricked and the future of the world changes with it.  Kidnapped by an old friend, twisted by the black laboratories of the Citadel of Light, all hope seems to be lost. 

But Uriah Triggalo finds aid from an unlikely source.
Episode seven sees the start of the second chapter of the Sirens and Cages story, a podcast tale of twelve parts.

Having visited the inconspicuous bioengineer at Caluna, Emmeline is feeling stronger once more and ready for her next adventure. The Fountain of a Thousand Mouths appears to be their next destination, but before that they must escape Caluna and all those that reside.

Legion of the Puppetmen is episode 6 of the Sirens and Cages podcast and marks a halfway point in the series. 

The unexpected battle in the mountains has left its mark on our travellers and the result may have profound repercussions for the entire world.  

Racing to Caluna, the notorious City of Thieves, Emmeline and Trigg have begun their quest for salvation, but the injuries sustained in the mountain ma put that quest in jeopardy.

Episode 5 of the Sirens and Cages series. 

Leaving the Wall of Souls, young Emmeline finally understood the truth of her situation and it was not good.   Revelations that the Citadel of Light has sent forth a predator to track and capture them was daunting, but there was no turning back now. as more than just the predator has eyes on our travellers...

This is episode 4 of the Sirens and Cages podcast.  Rerun throughout Dec 2022 and Jan 2023.

After an encounter with a scarlet hound, Emmeline is led into another dimension to pass through the Road of Totems and speak with the fabled Wall of Souls.  It is a dangerous path, one that might claim her life.

This is the rerun of episode 3 of Sirens and Cages, a podcast tale by Dan Berison, a steampunk/biopunk crossover with a hint of magic and a spray of other dimensions.