The Archangel Chronicles
Historical fantasy of a time when heaven touched earth. This is a story of a reluctant prophet sent by the angels on an epic quest through the ancient worlds of Rome, Egypt, Persia and India to witness a turning point in history. This is a tale of the struggle between good and evil, darkness and light, and how courage and faith will transform the world. Author's email : raymond@raydiantlightstudios.com
Episodes
38 episodes
AC II Chapter 9 Pilgrim
Gondophares, King of a great empire, is plagued by recurring, vivid dreams of a tiger in the jungle and a glowing child who calls to him. Despite returning home to peace and prosperity, he feels restless—haunted by a divine longing that no eart...
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AC II Chapter 3. Gondophares
The narrative now shifts to Gondophares, also known as Gaspar, the Indo-Parthian King of Kings, powerful overlord of all the mighty, rich and populous lands of the great river Indus, stretching from the shores of the Erythrean Sea to the Hindu ...
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AC II Chapter 8. Taxila
Adam and his companions arrive in the grand city of Taxila, a thriving metropolis with diverse cultural influences, including Buddhist, Greek, and Zoroastrian elements. The city's splendor and advanced infrastructure amaze the travellers.
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AC II Chapter 7 The Passage
The travellers escaping the Kushans, come to Alexandria in the Caucasus, another of the lost cities of Alexander, which has not yet fallen to the Kushans. The arrival of Loukia, a descendant of Roxanna, causes a stir amongst the Greeks in this ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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AC II Chapter 5 Death Maiden
The mysterious monk now tells the story of the green-eyed Loukia, child of light and descendant of daughters of ancient Greek kings in the far east. The travellers are captivated by her tragic tale. It begins with the fate of the cities built b...
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AC II Chapter 5 Treasure of Bukhara
Our narrative shifts back again to Adam. Axia, Arsalion and their party together with Adam, Scarus and Targitus, Master of Eagles, depart from the Massagetae, leaving her brothers Protothyes and Skumaxa as co-regents of the nation. At first the...
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AC II Chapter 4 Monsoon
The Great King Gondophares, the philosophia, and the rest of the party return to the palace. On the way, the great transformation of the Monsoons transforms the land. But, before the rains return, the Romans and the Indo-Parthian army mus...
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AC II Chapter 2 The Periplus
The 10-ship roman trade fleet has crossed the Indian Ocean and approaches the end of its journey to the lands of the Indus. But little is known about the port city of Barbaricum, and what awaits them there. With all the uncertainty, plans are s...
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AC II Chapter 1 The Tomb of Sorrows
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 he...
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Archangel Chronicles II: The Second Prologue
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....
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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A Word From Me, the Storyteller
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...
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Epilogue
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...
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Chapter 25 The Kurgan
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 realiz...
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Chapter 24 The Lord of Slaughter
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 d...
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Chapter 23 The Nerge
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 pla...
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Chapter 22 The Three Manly Sports
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 i...
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Chapter 21 The Balapan
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 ...
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Chapter 20 Through the Eagle's Eye
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 a...
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Chapter 19 Moses of the Massagetae
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 followe...
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Chapter 18. Bartatua
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 Al...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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35:41
Chapter 17 Baku and Beyond
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,...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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38:47
Chapter 16 On Eagle's Wing
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. Ada...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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59:19
Chapter 15. Herod's Visitors
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 serie...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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