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Pathfinders of the Dark: A Science Fiction Audiobook Series

Pathfinders of the Dark: A Science Fiction Audiobook Series

By: James Wilson
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Pathfinders of the Dark is a serialized science fiction audiobook set against the backdrop of humanity's first interstellar war. When an alien swarm called the Varithra pours through a fold in the dark past Saturn, they bring with them a secret: they are not conquerors. They are afraid of what some humans carry.

Jax is a drive mechanic from a breaking-yard town on the gray coast of Earth. He has spent his life keeping a strange gift close, the ability to read the front edge of the world a half-second before it arrives. When the fleet finds him and hands him a piece of the enemy to wear at his temple, he becomes the one thing a thousand-minded swarm cannot predict: a single human mind willing to choose the path the consensus ruled impossible.

This is the story of the war they were afraid to tell. It begins at Mars.

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Episodes
  • Episode 5: The Ship That Asked for Him / The Inner Line

    Episode 5: The Ship That Asked for Him / The Inner Line
    Jul 3 2026
    Captain Stone lost eleven people on a ship called the Halcyon and spent a year filing requests by name. The Vigilant Guardian is waiting. So is a sensor chief with a question, a navigator who owes a debt, and a child's drawing taped to the lower corner of the navigation console. Chapters 9 and 10 of The Battle of Mars.
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    18 mins
  • Episode 4: The Empty Chairs / The Unwinnable Day

    Episode 4: The Empty Chairs / The Unwinnable Day
    Jun 26 2026
    The intake shrinks. The empty chairs stay where they are. And the last thing they teach before they send you to a ship is what a Pathfinder does when there is genuinely no path left to walk. Chapters 7 and 8 of The Battle of Mars.
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    15 mins
  • Episode 3: The Moon Without a Name / The Chair

    Episode 3: The Moon Without a Name / The Chair
    Jun 19 2026
    Eleven candidates in a bare room on a nameless moon, a mentor who tells them the truth instead of keeping them steady, and the first time Jax puts on a piece of the enemy and goes all the way down. Chapters 5 and 6 of The Battle of Mars.
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    13 mins
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