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Compass & Codex
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Adventure history and adventure science — fiction stories for boys.
Compass & Codex is a serialized storytelling podcast for boys ages 8–14 and the families who read with them. Every episode is a chapter of an ongoing story: fire ant scouts, Roman legions, pirates, and more — told with real biology, real history, and real stakes.
We explore the unknown, every time.
Current series:
- Colony in Danger (fire ant adventure fiction)
- Eagle's Edge (Roman historical fiction).
New chapters every week.
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Hosted by Reed Sterling.
For fans of Watership Down, Redwall, the Warriors series, Empires of the Undergrowth, and anyone who wants adventure fiction that respects the reader.
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Colony in Danger: CH 15 | The Pill Bug Siege Has Happened Before — and It's Starting Again | Nature Adventure Story for Kids
2d ago00:15:53Tap to summarizeBack at the hollow, the team patches up the wounded Silas and pieces together what they saw: Thane Reed's pill bugs aren't just raiding — they're building a fortress, hoarding food, and holding prisoners. Then Silas reveals the worst part: this happened fifty seasons ago, when the pill bugs laid siege to starve the Kingdom into surrender, and the colony only survived through a secret deal no one will admit to. As pill bug patrols spread out to hunt them and fresh tracks cut straight toward home, Cinder realizes the siege is starting again — and the only way to stop it is to rally every creature in the meadow.Colony in Danger is a nature adventure story for kids 8-14 — a young fire ant scout, Cinder Marlowe, has just days to figure out why the colony's food is disappearing before everyone starves.Perfect for kids 8-14 who love animals, survival, and adventure. For fans of Watership Down, the Warriors series, and the world of Empires of the Undergrowth — with real fire-ant science woven through every chapter.📚 Grab your copy of Colony in Danger: The Fire Ant Kingdom (Book 1) — available now on Amazon: https://us.amazon.com/stores/Reed-Sterling/author/B0H2ZM86WQNew chapters every Tuesday. Follow us now!00:00:00 — Back at the hollow, patching up a wounded friend00:03:00 — What the pill bugs are really building00:04:45 — A siege that happened fifty seasons ago00:07:00 — "This time, nobody hides the truth."00:08:30 — Spotted — the patrols fan out to hunt them00:12:45 — Fresh tracks cut straight toward the Kingdom00:13:45 — Cinder's plan: rally every creature in the meadow00:14:50 — CH 16 — What Comes NextSend us Fan MailI am the author of serialized fiction books for kids and young adults, including:- Brickhaven: A Bricks Fan Fiction Adventure- Colony In Danger: A Fire Ant Adventure- Eagle's Edge: A Story of Rome, Gaul and the Making of a Soldier- Treasure Island: A Classic Adaptation- Iron Rails & Ruin: A Novel of Steam, Sorcery and the Lawless Montana Territory📚 All five books -- including Brickhaven Book 1 -- are now available on Amazon: https://us.amazon.com/stores/Reed-Sterling/author/B0H2ZM86WQ📖 Wanna check out all five series for yourself? Get all five Chapter 1s free: https://compass-codex.kit.com/middle-school-reader-groupThank you for listening! This is Reed Sterling. Remember: Never stop exploring unknown worlds.
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Brickhaven: CH 7 | Max Proves He's the Builder as Krag's Curfew Falls | LEGO Stories for Kids 8-12
3d ago00:28:04Tap to summarizeBracket shows Max how the exiles really talk to the people still trapped inside Brickhaven — hollow bricks, coded loaves, and a flag system run from the astronomer's tower. But the rebels won't trust a stranger claiming to be the Builder, so Max has to prove it: by revealing the hidden flaws he built into their own town, secrets no one else could know. One by one, a teacher, a baker, and a guard's daughter come to believe him — and then a runner arrives at nightfall with word that Krag has sealed the town with a curfew, doubled the patrols, and started breaking down doors.Brickhaven is a serialized LEGO adventure story for kids 8-14 — a ten-year-old wakes up shrunk to minifig size inside the LEGO town he built, where the champion he designed now rules as a tyrant.Perfect for kids 8-14 who love building, puzzles, and adventure. For fans of The LEGO Movie, a kids' edition of Ready Player One, and classic portal-fantasy stories where an ordinary kid is the only one who can save the world.📚 Grab your copy of Brickhaven: The Fall (Book 1) — available now on Amazon: https://us.amazon.com/stores/Reed-Sterling/author/B0H2ZM86WQNew chapters every Monday. Follow us now!00:00:00 — A hollow brick clicks open in the firelight00:02:15 — "Three channels" — the secret ways messages move inside the walls00:05:30 — Lensa wants proof — Max writes a secret only the Builder could know00:08:45 — The contacts arrive: the teacher and the granary's hidden gap00:12:15 — The baker's tunnel — and a warning not to fix it00:14:45 — The guard's daughter and the weak fourth step00:18:15 — Nightfall, and a runner arrives at a dead sprint00:19:45 — Curfew, searches, and patrols that close the seven-minute gap00:22:00 — A door broken off its hinge in the south quarter00:24:45 — "He's noticed" — and the second bell rings00:26:00 — CH 8 — What Comes NextSend us Fan MailI am the author of serialized fiction books for kids and young adults, including:- Brickhaven: A Bricks Fan Fiction Adventure- Colony In Danger: A Fire Ant Adventure- Eagle's Edge: A Story of Rome, Gaul and the Making of a Soldier- Treasure Island: A Classic Adaptation- Iron Rails & Ruin: A Novel of Steam, Sorcery and the Lawless Montana Territory📚 All five books -- including Brickhaven Book 1 -- are now available on Amazon: https://us.amazon.com/stores/Reed-Sterling/author/B0H2ZM86WQ📖 Wanna check out all five series for yourself? Get all five Chapter 1s free: https://compass-codex.kit.com/middle-school-reader-groupThank you for listening! This is Reed Sterling. Remember: Never stop exploring unknown worlds.
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Iron Rails & Ruin: CH 6 | Gunnar Races to Stop a Trestle Bombing Before the Supply Train Arrives | Boys Adventure Story
6d ago00:41:25Tap to summarizeMadame Frost's intelligence lands on Gunnar's workbench at dusk: six Syndicate operatives are already at the High Pass trestle with explosives in place. The supply train from Millston — carrying medicine for the influenza outbreak in Coalridge, seed grain for spring planting in Hawk's Nest, and winter provisions for the families of Upper Blackwell — is scheduled to arrive at 10:43 tomorrow morning. Gunnar calculates everything: distance, speed, margin, probability. He gets 76.4% odds if they leave by 7 a.m. Dutch objects — this is direct confrontation with Syndicate operatives. Vesper objects harder — the Rail Marshals have spent months building a case and a single intervention could unravel all of it. Gunnar's answer is three sentences: these aren't abstractions. These are people with names and faces. His father delivered supplies to these towns for fifteen years. By 7 a.m., the Widow-Maker is moving.---Iron Rails & Ruin is a steampunk Wild West fantasy adventure for boys 8–14. A fourteen-year-old engineer in 1882 Montana finds out his father is alive — and the Syndicate has fourteen days to take every locomotive in the territory. New chapters every Friday.For fans of Mortal Engines, steampunk classics, and Wild West adventure. Perfect for reluctant readers who want mystery, machines, and something supernatural on the frontier.📚 Grab your copy of Iron Rails & Ruin: Smoke & Suspicion, Book 1 — available now on Amazon: https://us.amazon.com/stores/Reed-Sterling/author/B0H2ZM86WQNew chapters every Friday. Follow us now!00:00:00 — Six saboteurs at the High Pass trestle — and a supply train full of medicine00:00:45 — Frost's intelligence — Gunnar runs the numbers00:03:45 — Dutch objects. Vesper objects harder.00:07:30 — "Seed grain and medicine" — Gunnar makes his case00:09:40 — The Widow-Maker climbs into the blizzard00:15:50 — High Pass in sight — the saboteurs are already there00:18:00 — The valve his father said never to use00:19:05 — The valve turns — the Widow-Maker wakes00:20:50 — Gunfire on the bridge00:23:50 — Throttle forward — the crossing and the failed detonators00:27:50 — Turning the valve back — the supply train comes through safe00:33:45 — The cost — the syndicate will know within days00:37:30 — The whistle and the descent00:39:10 — CH 7 — What Comes NextSend us Fan MailI am the author of serialized fiction books for kids and young adults, including:- Brickhaven: A Bricks Fan Fiction Adventure- Colony In Danger: A Fire Ant Adventure- Eagle's Edge: A Story of Rome, Gaul and the Making of a Soldier- Treasure Island: A Classic Adaptation- Iron Rails & Ruin: A Novel of Steam, Sorcery and the Lawless Montana Territory📚 All five books -- including Brickhaven Book 1 -- are now available on Amazon: https://us.amazon.com/stores/Reed-Sterling/author/B0H2ZM86WQ📖 Wanna check out all five series for yourself? Get all five Chapter 1s free: https://compass-codex.kit.com/middle-school-reader-groupThank you for listening! This is Reed Sterling. Remember: Never stop exploring unknown worlds.
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Eagle's Edge: CH 6 | A Roman Soldier Sits With What Battle Actually Costs | Boys Historical Fiction Adventure
1w ago00:27:37Tap to summarizeThe battle at the Sabis River is over. Marcus is still in it. While the camp celebrates survival with wine and stories, Marcus sits alone in the dark outside his tent, cleaning a gladius that has been spotless for hours. Lucius tries everything — food, stories, an arm around his shoulder. None of it reaches him. Marcus is stuck in the ambush's replay: the formation breaking, his half-second of hesitation before a young Nervii warrior, Lucius covering for him without a word, the veteran from Comum who marched in and didn't march out. When Petronius finally appears, he sits beside Marcus in the dark without speaking, stays for a long stretch of silence, and then says five words: "It doesn't get easier. You get faster at deciding." Not comfort. Not reassurance. Just the truth Marcus can actually build something on.Eagle's Edge is a Roman military adventure series for boys 8–14. A sixteen-year-old Roman recruit takes the oath, marches into Gaul, and learns what war actually is. New chapters every Thursday.For fans of Eagle of the Ninth, Percy Jackson, and classical adventure. Perfect for homeschool history units on Ancient Rome — real military history, real emotional stakes.📚 Grab your copy of Eagle's Edge: The Making of a Soldier, Book 1 — available now on Amazon: https://us.amazon.com/stores/Reed-Sterling/author/B0H2ZM86WQNew chapters every Thursday. Follow us now!00:00:45 — The blood won't come off — Marcus cleans a spotless blade00:02:30 — Lucius arrives with bread and his mother's stew stories00:06:30 — "You should eat. We march at dawn." Lucius gives up and leaves.00:09:15 — Night falls — the camp goes quiet, Marcus stays00:10:15 — Eight marched in. Seven marched out. The man from Comum.00:11:45 — Counting chainmail rings — until the Nervii warrior's face00:13:30 — The young Nervii, the half-second of hesitation, Lucius covering00:16:00 — The formation breaking — the centurion down, true fear00:17:30 — The lamp dies — Marcus alone in total darkness00:18:00 — Petronius detaches from the shadows and sits — silence00:20:15 — Five words: "It doesn't get easier. You get faster at deciding."00:23:30 — Marcus sheathes the blade — purpose instead of obsession00:24:45 — A truth he can build on — enough to carry him to morning00:25:15 — CH 7 — What Comes NextSend us Fan MailI am the author of serialized fiction books for kids and young adults, including:- Brickhaven: A Bricks Fan Fiction Adventure- Colony In Danger: A Fire Ant Adventure- Eagle's Edge: A Story of Rome, Gaul and the Making of a Soldier- Treasure Island: A Classic Adaptation- Iron Rails & Ruin: A Novel of Steam, Sorcery and the Lawless Montana Territory📚 All five books -- including Brickhaven Book 1 -- are now available on Amazon: https://us.amazon.com/stores/Reed-Sterling/author/B0H2ZM86WQ📖 Wanna check out all five series for yourself? Get all five Chapter 1s free: https://compass-codex.kit.com/middle-school-reader-groupThank you for listening! This is Reed Sterling. Remember: Never stop exploring unknown worlds.
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Treasure Island: CH 6 | Jim Hides in the Apple Barrel and Hears Everything | Boys Adventure Audiobook
1w ago00:28:55Tap to summarizeWeeks into the voyage, Jim has found his sea legs and his place aboard the Hispaniola — and an unlikely friendship with Long John Silver, who teaches him knots and reads the stars with him and fills his days with warmth and easy praise. On a hot evening looking for one quiet moment alone, Jim climbs inside an empty apple barrel near the mainmast. He's nearly asleep when Silver arrives with Israel Hands and a young sailor named Dick. What Jim hears from inside the barrel changes everything: Silver is the mastermind of a full mutiny, every man he recruited is Captain Flint's pirate, and the plan is to wait until the honest men find the treasure — then kill every one of them. Nineteen pirates against five honest men. And Jim, alone in the dark with cramping legs and a hand pressed over his own mouth, now knows every name on both lists.Treasure Island is the classic pirate adventure retold for boys 8–14. Robert Louis Stevenson's original — retold for modern readers who deserve the real story. New chapters every Wednesday.For fans of the original Stevenson, Peter Pan, and classic pirate adventure retellings. Perfect for homeschool classics units and reluctant readers ready for the real thing.📚 Grab your copy of Treasure Island: The Map, Book 1 — available now on Amazon: https://us.amazon.com/stores/Reed-Sterling/author/B0H2ZM86WQNew chapters every Wednesday. Follow us now!00:00:30 — Weeks at sea — Jim has found his footing aboard the Hispaniola00:03:30 — An unlikely friendship — Silver teaches Jim knots and stars00:04:45 — Restless for a moment alone, Jim goes topside at sunset00:05:30 — The empty apple barrel by the mainmast00:07:00 — Hidden inside, Jim drifts toward sleep — footsteps approach00:09:00 — Jim wakes to voices — and Silver's tone is all wrong00:09:45 — The name that freezes his blood: Flint00:12:15 — The plan revealed — not one of them gets back alive00:13:15 — Nineteen pirates against five honest men00:17:45 — Silver dismantles the captain — calm, calculating, ruthless00:19:00 — The barrel creaks — Jim freezes as Silver falls silent00:22:30 — "Captain Silver" — the cabin boy was only ever a pawn00:23:30 — Eight bells — the watch changes, the conspirators scatter00:25:00 — Alone in the dark with a truth that changes everything00:26:30 — CH 7 — What Comes NextSend us Fan MailI am the author of serialized fiction books for kids and young adults, including:- Brickhaven: A Bricks Fan Fiction Adventure- Colony In Danger: A Fire Ant Adventure- Eagle's Edge: A Story of Rome, Gaul and the Making of a Soldier- Treasure Island: A Classic Adaptation- Iron Rails & Ruin: A Novel of Steam, Sorcery and the Lawless Montana Territory📚 All five books -- including Brickhaven Book 1 -- are now available on Amazon: https://us.amazon.com/stores/Reed-Sterling/author/B0H2ZM86WQ📖 Wanna check out all five series for yourself? Get all five Chapter 1s free: https://compass-codex.kit.com/middle-school-reader-groupThank you for listening! This is Reed Sterling. Remember: Never stop exploring unknown worlds.
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Colony in Danger: CH 14 | Cinder Spies on the Pill Bug Army | Adventure Podcast for Boys 8-14
1w ago00:25:58Tap to summarizeCinder, Blaze, and Thistle move in at dawn to spy on Thane Reed's pill bug colony — and find something worse than they imagined. Three hundred soldiers run in perfect military precision, loading stolen food in organized relay columns, three shifts, every tunnel guarded. On the main platform, Thane Reed stands above it all directing every movement with brutal efficiency. But the worst discovery is the prisoner pit below the main mound: Harper Blackwood and Dovey — Cinder's own crew, left for dead — are alive inside a mud-lined cage. Then Thane Reed announces it from the scaffold: Stage Two begins tonight. The schedule has moved up. And then a pebble rolls out from under Blaze's elbow, strikes a stone, and every antenna on the surface locks toward the sound.Colony in Danger is an ant colony adventure series for boys 8–14. Cinder Marlowe and his fire ant scout team race through a deadly meadow mystery — real fire ant science, real stakes. New chapters every Tuesday.For fans of Watership Down, Warriors, and Empires of the Undergrowth. Perfect for curious kids who want real biology woven into every chapter of their adventure.📚 Grab your copy of Colony in Danger: The Fire Ant Kingdom, Book 1 — available now on Amazon: https://us.amazon.com/stores/Reed-Sterling/author/B0H2ZM86WQNew chapters every Tuesday. Follow us now!00:00:45 — Scouts approach the pill bug colony at dawn00:03:30 — Thane Reed — spotted on the platform00:10:30 — Stage Two begins tonight — the schedule is advanced00:12:30 — Harper and Dovey — alive in the prisoner pit00:16:00 — The pebble drops — every antenna snaps00:18:45 — Up and out — the escape begins, the alarm sounds00:23:00 — We warn everyone — not just our queen00:24:30 — CH 15 — What Comes NextSend us Fan MailI am the author of serialized fiction books for kids and young adults, including:- Brickhaven: A Bricks Fan Fiction Adventure- Colony In Danger: A Fire Ant Adventure- Eagle's Edge: A Story of Rome, Gaul and the Making of a Soldier- Treasure Island: A Classic Adaptation- Iron Rails & Ruin: A Novel of Steam, Sorcery and the Lawless Montana Territory📚 All five books -- including Brickhaven Book 1 -- are now available on Amazon: https://us.amazon.com/stores/Reed-Sterling/author/B0H2ZM86WQ📖 Wanna check out all five series for yourself? Get all five Chapter 1s free: https://compass-codex.kit.com/middle-school-reader-groupThank you for listening! This is Reed Sterling. Remember: Never stop exploring unknown worlds.
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Brickhaven: CH 6 | Max Discovers the World Outside Brickhaven's Walls | LEGO Adventure Audiobook for Boys
1w ago00:22:07Tap to summarizeAt dawn, Max and Pip leave the exile camp to explore the world outside Brickhaven's walls. The six decorative trees Max placed for visual interest are now a real old-growth forest blocking out the sky. The flat blue tiles he called a stream are cold, fast-moving water that requires careful navigation to cross. From a hilltop, Max sees his own town from the outside for the first time — the garrison has grown beyond his design, the twin hills to the east are darker than he remembers choosing, and everything he built looks exactly right and completely different at once. In a hidden valley between those twin hills, he and Pip discover translucent creatures living around still pools, quietly edging back from the shadow of the eastern hills as if they have always known what lives there. And at midnight, pressed into a gap between two boulders, they watch the East Gate: a sealed canvas cart, a 23-second entry, 43 minutes of silence, and an empty cart rolling back toward the eastern hills.Brickhaven is a LEGO fan fiction adventure for boys 8–14. A ten-year-old wakes up shrunk to minifig size inside the LEGO town he built — and the leader he designed no longer recognizes him. New chapters every Monday.For fans of The LEGO Movie, Ready Player One (kids' edition), and portal fantasy. Perfect for boys who build worlds and wonder what's really inside them.📚 Grab your copy of Brickhaven: The Fall, Book 1 — available now on Amazon: https://us.amazon.com/stores/Reed-Sterling/author/B0H2ZM86WQNew chapters every Monday. Follow us now!00:00:00 — Max and Pip leave camp at dawn — heading east into the unknown00:02:00 — Six decorative trees. Thirty feet of real old-growth forest.00:06:00 — The stream that was flat blue tiles — cold, fast, and real00:11:00 — The hilltop view — Brickhaven seen from the outside for the first time00:14:45 — The hidden valley — translucent creatures at the still pools00:18:30 — The East Gate watch — the sealed cart emerges from the hills00:19:45 — Twenty-three seconds to enter. Forty-three minutes of silence. Empty cart.00:21:45 — CH 7 — What Comes NextSend us Fan MailI am the author of serialized fiction books for kids and young adults, including:- Brickhaven: A Bricks Fan Fiction Adventure- Colony In Danger: A Fire Ant Adventure- Eagle's Edge: A Story of Rome, Gaul and the Making of a Soldier- Treasure Island: A Classic Adaptation- Iron Rails & Ruin: A Novel of Steam, Sorcery and the Lawless Montana Territory📚 All five books -- including Brickhaven Book 1 -- are now available on Amazon: https://us.amazon.com/stores/Reed-Sterling/author/B0H2ZM86WQ📖 Wanna check out all five series for yourself? Get all five Chapter 1s free: https://compass-codex.kit.com/middle-school-reader-groupThank you for listening! This is Reed Sterling. Remember: Never stop exploring unknown worlds.
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Iron Rails & Ruin: CH 5 | The Most Wanted Man in Four Territories Has Information Gunnar Needs | Western Adventure Audiobook
2w ago00:29:18Tap to summarizeIn Chapter 5, Vesper leads Gunnar through a door he didn't know was there: a black train on an unmarked spur, running without registry or markings, carrying a black market for everything the Syndicate has systematically erased from legitimate supply chains. The Ember Market.Inside, the picture finally comes together. A two-year-old ordinance buried in a legislative package nobody read. A northward pattern of Veilstone ore seizures hidden under falsified cargo manifests. A map of territory that has been quietly harvested in plain sight for over a year.Then a man comes through the door at the back of the car. His name is Calloway — the most wanted outlaw in four territories. His father built the finest engine on any line. The Syndicate bought it at forced auction for pennies, stripped the Veilstone bond from the housing, and replaced it with a standardized component. She still runs. She just doesn't know him anymore.Gunnar extends his hand.Iron Rails & Ruin is a steampunk adventure set in 1882 Montana, following Gunnar Harlan — fourteen years old, the best engineer on a line being systematically erased — as he builds the case that could change the territory, one forged manifest at a time.Each chapter runs 25–35 minutes of narrated steampunk adventure — built for boys who want a story that doesn't talk down to them. Perfect for boys 10–16, homeschool curriculum, and anyone drawn to action-first adventure with real ideas at its center. For fans of Mortal Engines, Wild West classics, and stories where the smartest person in the room wins.📚 Grab your copy of Iron Rails & Ruin: Smoke & Suspicion (Book 1) on Amazon: https://us.amazon.com/stores/Reed-Sterling/author/B0H2ZM86WQNew chapters every Friday. Follow us now!00:00:00 — An unmarked train in the abandoned railyards00:00:45 — Vesper returns — three taps on the door, no explanation00:03:00 — The black train materializes from the dark00:04:30 — The knock code — the door opens00:05:15 — Inside the Ember Market00:06:15 — A veilstone mounted in brass — something that shouldn't be possible00:09:00 — The woman with the mechanical eye00:12:30 — The cargo revealed — veilstone ore moved north under false manifests00:14:00 — The ordinance — a legal trap with no exit00:17:00 — The Syndicate hadn't been expanding — they had been harvesting00:17:45 — A stranger fills the doorway00:21:00 — Callaway — the most wanted man in four territories00:22:00 — The Iron Duchess — what the Syndicate stripped from her00:25:45 — The handshake00:27:00 — CH 6 — What Comes NextSend us Fan MailI am the author of serialized fiction books for kids and young adults, including:- Brickhaven: A Bricks Fan Fiction Adventure- Colony In Danger: A Fire Ant Adventure- Eagle's Edge: A Story of Rome, Gaul and the Making of a Soldier- Treasure Island: A Classic Adaptation- Iron Rails & Ruin: A Novel of Steam, Sorcery and the Lawless Montana Territory📚 All five books -- including Brickhaven Book 1 -- are now available on Amazon: https://us.amazon.com/stores/Reed-Sterling/author/B0H2ZM86WQ📖 Wanna check out all five series for yourself? Get all five Chapter 1s free: https://compass-codex.kit.com/middle-school-reader-groupThank you for listening! This is Reed Sterling. Remember: Never stop exploring unknown worlds.
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Eagle's Edge: CH 5 | Marcus Crosses the Arar River in Formation and Makes His First Kill | Roman Adventure Audiobook
2w ago00:35:26Tap to summarizeIn Chapter 5, Caesar drops his hand and the Arar River turns red. The Helvetii are crossing the ford when five thousand Romans step out of the dawn mist. Marcus has trained for weeks — but nothing prepared him for what happens when the pila fly, the line surges forward, and a bearded Gallic warrior puts himself between Rome and his son. Petronius finds him on the far bank, shaking, unable to release the gladius. "The shaking stops eventually," Petronius tells him. "The dreams don't."Eagle's Edge is a Roman military adventure novel — Marcus Corvus, a sixteen-year-old recruit, marches from oath-taking to battle in Caesar's Gallic campaigns. Real history. Real tactics. Real cost.Each chapter runs 20–30 minutes of narrated military adventure — historically grounded and built for boys who want a story that doesn't talk down to them. Perfect for boys 8–14, homeschool history curriculum, students studying Ancient Rome and the Gallic Wars, and reluctant readers who connect with action-first historical fiction. For fans of Eagle of the Ninth, Percy Jackson, and classical military adventure.📚 Grab your copy of Eagle's Edge: The Making of a Soldier (Book 1): https://us.amazon.com/stores/Reed-Sterling/author/B0H2ZM86WQNew chapters every Thursday. Follow us everywhere you listen!00:00:00 — Caesar drops his hand — five thousand men advance00:00:45 — Marcus in formation at dawn on the Arar River00:04:00 — The formation enters the water00:05:30 — The Helvetii horn sounds00:07:00 — "Release pila" — the river battle begins00:11:00 — The line breaks — close combat in the current00:13:30 — "I've killed a man"00:16:00 — A Helvetii woman attacks — Marcus loses his gladius00:20:30 — The Helvetii break — reaching the western bank00:22:00 — The shaking begins on dry ground00:27:00 — Petronius: "The shaking stops eventually. The dreams don't."00:27:45 — Lucius: "You didn't run."00:29:30 — Eight men reform and march00:33:15 — CH 6 — What Comes NextSend us Fan MailI am the author of serialized fiction books for kids and young adults, including:- Brickhaven: A Bricks Fan Fiction Adventure- Colony In Danger: A Fire Ant Adventure- Eagle's Edge: A Story of Rome, Gaul and the Making of a Soldier- Treasure Island: A Classic Adaptation- Iron Rails & Ruin: A Novel of Steam, Sorcery and the Lawless Montana Territory📚 All five books -- including Brickhaven Book 1 -- are now available on Amazon: https://us.amazon.com/stores/Reed-Sterling/author/B0H2ZM86WQ📖 Wanna check out all five series for yourself? Get all five Chapter 1s free: https://compass-codex.kit.com/middle-school-reader-groupThank you for listening! This is Reed Sterling. Remember: Never stop exploring unknown worlds.
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Treasure Island: CH 5 | Jim Hawkins Boards the Hispaniola and England Disappears | Classic Pirate Adventure Audiobook
2w ago00:31:59Tap to summarizeIn Chapter 5, Jim boards the Hispaniola for the first time. The ship is alive with sailors, strange smells, and the barely controlled chaos of a vessel preparing to cross an ocean. Long John Silver takes him under his wing — teaching knots, sharing sea stories, calling him "matey" like they've sailed together for years. But Billy Bones warned Jim about a one-legged sailor. And Silver only has one leg.Treasure Island is the classic Robert Louis Stevenson pirate adventure — retold. Perfect for boys 8–14, homeschool read-alouds, road trips, and reluctant readers who connect with action-driven chapter books about pirates, treasure, and the open sea. For fans of the original Stevenson, Peter Pan, and classic pirate retellings.📚 Grab your copy of Reed Sterling's latest books on Amazon: https://us.amazon.com/stores/Reed-Sterling/author/B0H2ZM86WQNew chapters every Wednesday. Follow us now!00:00:00 — Jim Boards the Hispaniola00:02:30 — The Deck Is Controlled Chaos00:08:30 — Summoned to the Great Cabin00:10:45 — Captain Smollett's Three Concerns00:19:15 — Setting Sail at Dawn00:19:45 — All Hands Weigh Anchor00:21:45 — The Last Lines to England Drop00:24:15 — Silver Teaches Jim the Ropes00:28:15 — Nowhere to Run on the Open Sea00:30:00 — CH 6 — What Comes NextSend us Fan MailI am the author of serialized fiction books for kids and young adults, including:- Brickhaven: A Bricks Fan Fiction Adventure- Colony In Danger: A Fire Ant Adventure- Eagle's Edge: A Story of Rome, Gaul and the Making of a Soldier- Treasure Island: A Classic Adaptation- Iron Rails & Ruin: A Novel of Steam, Sorcery and the Lawless Montana Territory📚 All five books -- including Brickhaven Book 1 -- are now available on Amazon: https://us.amazon.com/stores/Reed-Sterling/author/B0H2ZM86WQ📖 Wanna check out all five series for yourself? Get all five Chapter 1s free: https://compass-codex.kit.com/middle-school-reader-groupThank you for listening! This is Reed Sterling. Remember: Never stop exploring unknown worlds.
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