Season One: Invasion

Emerging mysteriously during World War II, metahumans became icons of the best – and worst – humanity had to offer. Yet sixty years later, the world still suffers from war, greed and madness. Worse, man’s nadir of systematic cruelty returns with bizarre new weapons. The metahumans of Earth must find a way to defeat this powerful foe and discover what lurks behind the scenes – a secret world hidden from our own.

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Released in the Spring of 2006, the first offering of The Secret World Chronicle was compiled into an audiobook format rather than the traditional podcast. As such, the episodes vary greatly in length and reflect the multiple perspectives of the lead characters during the time of the Invasion around the world.


Introduction, Prologue, and Atlanta Burning
Written by Mercedes Lackey and Steve Libbey
Read by Veronica Giguere and Adam Higgins
Victoria Victrix invites you into the Secret World. The Nazi war criminal Eisenfaust mysteriously returns from the past. The Thule Society commences its attacks on the world.
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Length: 47 minutes (96kbps at 44.1 mhz, 33MB mp3 file)


The Luck of the Devil
Written by Steve Libbey
Read by Adam Higgins
Handsome Devil has it all: a well-paying job (that gets him shot at every day), a beautiful woman (with four arms) and a lifelong streak of incredible, impossible luck. What could possibly go wrong?
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Length: 1 hour 12 minutes (96kbps at 44.1 mhz, 50MB mp3 file)


Fear and Loathing in Lost Wages
Written by Mercedes Lackey
Read by Veronica Giguere
Gifted with healing powers and blue skin, Bella Dawn Parker – aka Belladonna Blue was content to work as an EMT in Las Vegas – until one day her world turned upside down.
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Length: 32 minutes (96kbps at 44.1 mhz, 22MB mp3 file)


On the Town
Written by Cody Martin and Mercedes Lackey
Read by Veronica Giguere
New York City has seen it all. Or has it? John Murdock finds out the hard way.
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Length: 51 minutes (96kbps at 44.1 mhz, 36MB mp3 file)


Blood in Red Square
Written by Steve Libbey
Read by Veronica Giguere
The Russian heroine Red Saviour faces demotion over her draconian tactics – but getting fired is about to be the least of her worries.
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Length: 1 hour 12 minutes (96kbps at 44.1 mhz, 50MB mp3 file)


Changing Faces
Written by Dennis Lee
Read by Veronica Giguere
Meet the meta-criminal Red Djinni, master of disguise, as he executes the perfect bank heist – but his life of crime is about to come to an end.
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Length: 1 hour 8 minutes (96kbps at 44.1 mhz, 48MB mp3 file)


Fading Echoes
Written by Steve Libbey
Read by Veronica Giguere
In the blazing finale to the first part of Book One: Invasion, we see the epicenter of the Thule Society attack: Echo headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Length: 2 hours 13 minutes (96kbps at 44.1 mhz, 93MB mp3 file)


Aftermath
Written by Mercedes Lackey, Steve Libbey, Cody Martin and Dennis Lee.
Read by Veronica Giguere
Our heroes pick up the pieces after the Thule Society attack – and discover new questions to be answered.
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Length: 2 hours 20 minutes (96kbps at 44.1 mhz, 98MB mp3 file)