Now that everybody's here, it's time for a harrowing (heh) trip through the River to get back to where it all began. This might be all for Nona, but we meet a new friend, who may be the most undead of them all. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:21) - Intro (00:39) - Recap (01:24) - Chapter 29 (05:03) - John 5:4 (08:34) - Chapter 30 (11:05) - Chapter 31 (15:31) - Chapter 32 (20:51) - Epliogue (22:42) - Review (26:47) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at...
Feb 27, 2025•28 min•Ep. 27
Nona's family finally starts to make some progress on the problems that have been trying to solve, while Nona is increasingly un-Nona-like. Also, we reflect on that time John Gaius consumed all life in the solar system. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:21) - Intro (00:39) - Recap (01:39) - Chapter 26 (05:20) - Chapter 27 (09:19) - John 1:20 (16:38) - Chapter 28 (23:39) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: Shadow by Alexandr Zhe...
Feb 14, 2025•24 min•Ep. 26
The plan to drop a Nona bomb on Ianthe the First works surprisingly well. Then they reunite with an old titular friend. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:21) - Intro (00:40) - Recap (01:30) - Chapter 23 (10:34) - Chapter 24 (18:19) - Chapter 25 (24:06) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: Shadow by Alexandr Zhelanov licensed under CC-BY 4.0 ....
Feb 07, 2025•25 min•Ep. 25
The plan: send Coronabeth to deal with Ianthe. This turns out to be a bad plan because of their history. The next plan: send Nona-as-Harrowhark to deal with Ianthe. This may or may not be a bad plan because of their history. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:20) - Intro (00:38) - Recap (01:07) - Chapter 20 (09:38) - Chapter 21 (14:27) - John 9:22 (16:18) - Chapter 22 We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: Shadow by Alexandr Zhelanov licen...
Jan 31, 2025•22 min•Ep. 24
As violence and chaos descends on the city, Nona and Camilla take refuge at the school with the Angel. The respite is brief, because they are swiftly found by the chaos and especially the violence. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:21) - Intro (00:40) - Recap (01:11) - Chapter 17 (07:22) - Chapter 18 (13:30) - John 5:1 (14:39) - Chapter 19 (17:37) - John 3:20 (22:01) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: Shadow by Alexandr Zhelan...
Jan 24, 2025•23 min•Ep. 23
Nona and Hot Sauce go on an unauthorized excursion from school to hear the dire ultimatum placed upon the planet by the uncertainly familiar lyctors. It's unsettling and ominous, and ends in chaos and violence. But Nona's just happy to be there. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:21) - Intro (00:39) - Recap (01:31) - Chapter 14 (05:17) - Chapter 15 (09:14) - John 8:1 (11:17) - Chapter 16 (21:19) - John 19:18 (23:41) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at ...
Jan 17, 2025•24 min•Ep. 22
Nona and her family are taken (abducted?) to meet their commander (extorter?) and their old friends (rivals?). It's a seething pot of conflict, but Nona is just happy to be there. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:21) - Intro (00:39) - Recap (00:59) - Chapter 11 (06:53) - Chapter 12 (15:43) - Chapter 13 (19:43) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: Shadow by Alexandr Zhelanov licensed under CC-BY 4.0 ....
Jan 10, 2025•21 min•Ep. 21
Things get violent both in the present and in the past. Nona's friend Honesty gets involved with a road heist that goes necromantically bad. Then Nona recalls the time Camilla and Palamedes unhealthily teamed up to X out a bunch of enforcers while Nona napped on the sea bed. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:21) - Intro (00:38) - Recap (01:10) - Chapter 7 (07:43) - Chapter 8 (08:22) - John 15:23 (09:14) - Chapter 9 (14:19) - Chapter 10 (17:04) - John 5:18 (18:11) - Outro We are Alice Sulli...
Jan 03, 2025•19 min•Ep. 20
Nona has friends. A gang of them! Her favorite thing to do is to hang out with them at school. There is also a dog. And a mysterious watcher. And something ominous in the sky. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:20) - Intro (00:38) - Recap (01:25) - Chapter 3 (06:50) - Chapter 4 (14:16) - Chapter 5 (18:27) - Chapter 6 (25:54) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: Shadow by Alexandr Zhelanov licensed under CC-BY 4.0 ....
Dec 27, 2024•27 min•Ep. 19
Who is Nona? Even Nona doesn't know. Where is Nona? Unclear. What is Nona? The best question yet, but still unanswered. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:39) - Recap (01:39) - Cover (04:05) - Preface (04:59) - John (11:02) - Chapter 1 (19:22) - Chapter 2 (22:40) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: Shadow by Alexandr Zhelanov licensed under CC-BY 4.0 ....
Dec 20, 2024•23 min•Ep. 18
We read a short story about Palamedes, Camilla, and a mysteriously persistent skeleton. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:21) - Intro (00:41) - Recap (01:21) - The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex (21:43) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: Shadow by Alexandr Zhelanov licensed under CC-BY 4.0 ....
Oct 11, 2024•23 min•Ep. 17
The Sleeper's invasion of Harrow's half-dead fantasia reaches a new level when a new, extremely poetic combatant engages. Then Gideon (not that Gideon) joins Gideon (yes that Gideon) to watch the conspiracy to kill God finally come to fruition. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:21) - Intro (00:40) - Recap (02:04) - Chapter 49 (08:49) - Chapter 50 (14:37) - Chapter 51 (22:32) - Chapter 52 (30:46) - Chapter 53 (32:59) - Epilogue (35:46) - Review (39:55) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah ...
Oct 04, 2024•41 min•Ep. 16
All becomes clear in Harrow's strange vision of the past. Well, clearer. Meanwhile an old friend (and previous titular character!) returns, in a new package. When things get confusing, sometimes you just need someone to smash stuff. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:21) - Intro (00:41) - Recap (01:13) - Chapter 43 (06:46) - Chapter 44 (09:50) - Chapter 45 (15:50) - Chapter 46 (21:33) - Chapter 47 (27:38) - Chapter 48 (36:45) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . F...
Sep 27, 2024•38 min•Ep. 15
Did I say things were weird before? I was wrong. Now things are weird. Harrow runs into some old friends, we learn a little bit about Harrow's attempt at autoneurosurgery, and our one false history splinters into multiple. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:21) - Intro (00:40) - Recap (02:40) - Chapter 34 (08:58) - Chapter 35 (11:46) - Chapter 36 (17:18) - Chapter 37 (28:10) - Chapter 38 (34:09) - Chapter 39 (35:01) - Epiparados (36:32) - Chapter 40 (40:20) - Chapter 41 (41:35) - Chapter 42...
Sep 20, 2024•46 min•Ep. 14
In order to stop Ortus from killing Harrow over and over, Harrow and Ianthe hatch a plot to destroy him. A sexy plot. Then Harrow gets a surprise visit from an old friend, surprising because they are super dead. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:21) - Intro (00:40) - Recap (02:00) - Chapter 29 (07:11) - Chapter 30 (10:25) - Chapter 31 (24:00) - Chapter 32 (29:04) - Chapter 33 (43:26) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: Shadow b...
Sep 13, 2024•44 min•Ep. 13
Things are getting eerie in both Harrow's mind and Harrow's world. Canaan House undergoes a deluge of water and filth and death (but not the usual kind of death). While in the Mithraeum, the dead seem to be rising (but not the usual kind of resurrection). ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:20) - Intro (00:40) - Recap (01:07) - Chapter 21 (08:18) - Chapter 22 (11:25) - Chapter 23 (15:34) - Chapter 24 (19:02) - Chapter 25 (27:16) - Chapter 26 (29:01) - Chapter 27 (34:06) - Chapter 28 (40:03) ...
Sep 06, 2024•41 min•Ep. 12
Harrow settles into life in the Mithraeum. Where "settle" means "struggle confusedly" and "life" means "constant anxiety and periodic murder attempts". ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:21) - Intro (00:40) - Recap (01:30) - Chapter 12 (04:52) - Chapter 13 (08:18) - Chapter 14 (15:52) - Chapter 15 (17:59) - Chapter 16 (26:06) - Chapter 17 (27:24) - Chapter 18 (32:43) - Chapter 19 (37:20) - Chapter 20 (40:28) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadill...
Aug 30, 2024•41 min•Ep. 11
Harrow travels into the world of the Necrolord Supreme and the Lyctors. She travels the River, which is gross and dangerous, and meets the other surviving Lyctors, who are not gross but very dangerous. Also, there's a Resurrection Beast nearby, which is just as threatening as it sounds. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:21) - Intro (00:40) - Recap (03:35) - Chapter 6 (16:50) - Chapter 7 (22:34) - Chapter 8 (26:44) - Chapter 9 (32:28) - Chapter 10 (37:10) - Chapter 11 (38:46) - Outro We are...
Aug 23, 2024•40 min•Ep. 10
Strange things are afoot aboard the Erebos. Newly Lyctorized Harrow recovers aboard the Emperor's flagship while also recollecting a variety of things that, as far as we know, never happened. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:20) - Intro (00:40) - Recap (06:32) - Prologue (10:04) - Parados (13:38) - Chapter 1 (16:17) - Chapter 2 (28:26) - Chapter 3 (30:15) - Chapter 4 (39:06) - Chapter 5 (42:38) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Mus...
Aug 16, 2024•43 min•Ep. 9
The hidden monster(s) of Canaan House come into the light. The dark secrets of the past are revealed, and Gideon and Harrow must work together extremely closely to deal with their very gross consequences. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:21) - Intro (00:40) - Recap (01:30) - Chapter 34 (11:36) - Chapter 35 (22:09) - Chapter 36 (36:18) - Chapter 37 (40:08) - Epilogue (45:47) - Review (53:53) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: ...
Aug 02, 2024•55 min•Ep. 8
The missing Protesilaus partially turns up. The part being his head. Then the dark revelations start coming in rapidly and the number of people left alive in Canaan House starts to drop precipitously. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:20) - Intro (00:40) - Recap (01:16) - Chapter 29 (05:34) - Chapter 30 (17:01) - Chapter 31 (29:22) - Chapter 32 (41:00) - Chapter 33 (43:00) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: Shadow by Alexandr ...
Jul 26, 2024•44 min•Ep. 7
The Ninth, Sixth, and Fourth houses team up. An unfortunate incidence of extreme cosmic terror occurs. Now it's just the Ninth and Sixth houses. Also, Gideon and Harrow have remembered that they hate each other. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:20) - Intro (00:39) - Recap (01:21) - Chapter 24 (11:06) - Chapter 25 (16:24) - Chapter 26 (25:45) - Chapter 27 (34:19) - Chapter 28 (43:43) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: Shadow b...
Jun 21, 2024•45 min•Ep. 6
Things get challenging, in the form of challenges that the necromancers in the First House must accomplish. Gideon and Harrow succeed at another one (once again involving much pain for Gideon). Then events take a turn toward more mundane violence. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:19) - Intro (00:38) - Recap (01:03) - Marker 13 (12:26) - Chapter 21 (18:50) - Chapter 22 (25:18) - Chapter 23 (34:17) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! M...
Jun 14, 2024•35 min•Ep. 5
Gideon and Harrow get invited to a nice dinner party. It goes well! Then they attempt a dangerous challenge in the depths of the First House. It goes extremely painfully , but also well. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:20) - Intro (00:38) - Intro (01:09) - Chapter 15 (08:29) - Chapter 16 (10:27) - Chapter 17 (16:30) - Chapter 18 (20:46) - Chapter 19 (28:54) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: Shadow by Alexandr Zhelanov licen...
Jun 07, 2024•30 min•Ep. 4
Gideon wanders the First House and meets the other visitors. Eventually she realizes that Harrow is missing and rushes to her rescue, surprising herself. Harrow has discovered the challenge of the House and to everybody's dismay she needs Gideon's help to overcome it. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:20) - Intro (02:24) - Chapter 11 (13:08) - Chapter 12 (22:57) - Chapter 13 (26:06) - Chapter 14 We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: Shad...
May 31, 2024•33 min•Ep. 3
Gideon is recruited to be Harrow's Cavalier. They travel to the First House where Gideon meets a whole pack of interesting and occasionally friendly necromancers and cavaliers. Some of them are dangerous, which doesn't matter to Gideon. Some of them are hot, which very much does. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:19) - Intro (01:13) - Chapter 5 (03:38) - Chapter 6 (08:36) - Chapter 7 (17:01) - Chapter 8 (23:04) - Chapter 9 (33:07) - Chapter 10 (37:07) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah ...
May 24, 2024•38 min•Ep. 2
We start in on Gideon the Ninth! Gideon hatches her plan to escape her dreary life in/on the Ninth, which is a planet and a house and a tomb. But her nemesis Harrowhark Nonagesimus has other plans for her. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (00:19) - Intro (00:36) - Cover (02:00) - Cast of Characters (04:10) - Chapter 1 (13:06) - Chapter 2 (17:30) - Chapter 3 (24:55) - Chapter 4 (30:38) - Outro We are Alice Sullivan , Micah Sparkman, and Jeff Lake . Find us at armadillo.club ! Music: Shadow by ...
May 17, 2024•31 min•Ep. 1
