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Wednesday, 25 July 2007

Pick Of The Pods: The Secret World Chronicle

Although I'm a fan of audio books, radio plays etc, I've never really found a serialised podiobook I could sink my teeth into (aurally speaking) until The Secret World Chronicle: Invasion!

Co-authored by Mercedes Lackey - a science-fiction author whose name, if not her work, was familiar to me - and Steve Libby, I stumbled across this serial on iTunes with one of my occasional random word entries in its search engine.

I had tried all permutations of "roleplaying games" and couldn't find anything new that interested me; so I typed in "superhero" and among the many podcasts thrown up by the search was this one.

Divided into easily digestible 10-15 minute episodes/chapters, I've listened to about a dozen, as of this morning, and have been very impressed; lots of material to "borrow" for superhero RPGs (the stories - apparently - were inspired by an online RPG) and interesting characters.

And who couldn't love a story which features a scene of an Angel of The Lord fighting a Nazi stormtrooper in powerarmour above the streets of modern day Atlanta?

Previously, when I've tried podiobooks, I've managed maybe six or so episodes, then abandoned ship because of either shoddy writing or the annoying voice of the reader (or a combination of both), but The Secret World Chronicle has no such problems - mixing it up with its voice talents so the gender of the reader matches the gender of the protagonist for that part of the overall story.

With pulp Nazi villains, 'realistic' superheroes in a modern setting, and cinematic-quality action scenes aplenty, it's no wonder that I find this podcast so compelling.

Book One: Invasion has been finished, and during the hiatus before Book Two: The Hunt commences, listeners are being treated to Secret World War - a collection of short stories about the first metahumans who appeared during the Second World War. Of course, I have a little way to go yet before I reach them!

The Secret World Chronicle: Invasion gets - so far - a massive thumbs up from HeroPress and a strong recommendation that you subscribe to this podiobook.
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