Alderpod - The Aldersgate Cycle Podcast
The Aldersgate is a steampunk western of epic scale, where the fate of the world rests on a final showdown between steam and sorcery.
Cora Grey is a seventeen year old Alderclass girl who loves stories of chivalry and romance. But it isn't easy being one of only five girls in Vell, the small Territories town where her father is the Alderman. Just as she finally musters up the courage to tell her best friend, the blacksmith's son Brick, how she truly feels about him, all the hells break loose.
The Order of the Oak, the Queen's messenger knights, sweep through Vell and abduct all Alderclass girls--including Cora's younger sister Denna. Cora narrowly escapes with the help of her maid Gem, and the town's eccentric inventor, a diminutive woman named Professor. They descend into darkness and Cora finds herself an unwelcome guest in a wondrous underground city called the Nithings, inhabited by the peculiar Sibs. Which would be welcome--except that the Sibs, and their home, aren't supposed to exist outside of fairy stories at all.
Cora's story, along with those of the bard Emry Roy, the knight Sir Sylvan DeLoire, Princess Ellinora, and the queen's high counselor Kaythra Bav, sets the stage for a coming war between technology and magic and draw them all toward the Aldersgate, where the final outcome will determine the fate of their world.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Episodes
- 32
- Years Active
- 2008 - 2009
Alderpod #32 – Epilogue and Excerpt
At (very) long and (truly) last, Alderpod #32 is live. There were a few reasons that it took so long, and most of them have to do with having a three-year-old, writing other stuff, working as a freel…
Alderpod #31 – Chapters 28 and 29
Chapter 28 – As It Goes; Chapter 29 – Fire & Rain
Well. There you go. The last two chapters in one long podcast. The reason? I was definitely in a groove recording this, and I wanted to keep that ene…
Alderpod #30 – Chapter 27: Precipice
I’m just crankin’ these out, huh? Well, finally (finally!) the audio issue is resolved. The setup works, and works so much better than what I had before. I cannot tell you the …
Alderpod #29 – Chapter Twenty-Six: Preparation
Once again, here we are. I’ve been having a little bit of frustration with my recording equipment, and hopefully by the end of this week I’ll have a totally new setup: phantom…
Alderpod #28 – Chapter Twenty-Five: Lost and Found
Alderpod #28 – Chapter Twenty-Five: Lost and Found
Without further ado, here is Chapter 25. Once again we are back at Vezina Ranch with the Order of the Oak, and Cora and her friends. I’ve got a few …
Alderpod #27 – Chapter 24: In the Belly of the Beast
Chapter 24: In the Belly of the Beast
Yes, another chapter! I had meant to get this out on my birthday, the 14th, as a sort of hobbitish mathom gesture. But that didn’t quite work out.
I’m in the pro…
Alderpod #26 – Chapter 23: Betrayal in the Key of G
Alderpod #26 – Chapter 23: Betrayal in the Key of G
I am just about back on a biweekly schedule again with the remaining chapters of The Aldersgate! This is cause for celebration. Up to Chapter 23 al…
Alderpod #25 – Castledeck and the Arabella
Alderpod #25 – Castledeck and the Arabella
No, don’t adjust your feed. You’re reading it right: twenty-five episodes and counting! *throws confetti*
It just so turns out that today’s Alderpod is a li…
Alderpod #24: Chapter 22 – Lady Vezina
Alderpod #24: Chapter 22 – Lady Vezina
Finding a little time on my hands this rainy day, I have recorded Chapter 22, Alderpod #24. I am trying hard to make up for lost time, and now that the book is …
Alderpod #23 – Chapter 21 – Kaythra Bav
Alderpod #23 – Chapter 21: Kaythra Bav
After much delay, Alderpod #23 is here. The lateness is regretful, but necessary. As you may have read, my sister is fighting Hodgkin Lymphoma, so I–as well as …
Alderpod #22 – Chapter 20: The Merry Gentleman
I was going to do a special video podcast of this one, but that did not pan out. Instead, it only delayed the finishing of this one. Grr. Ah, well. What can be done?
Th…
Alderpod #21: Chapter Nineteen – Princess, Priceless
Alderpod #21: Chapter Nineteen – Princess, Priceless
Alderpod #21 is live! Huzzah. I had this all but uploaded right before I left for the West Coast, and then my son spilled (more) ice water on the …
Alderpod #20 – Chapter Eighteen – Departure
This is the real Alderpod #20–forgive me if anyone accidentally ends up with doubles, but there was an issue with iTunes taking the song .mp3 rather than the podcast.
If a…
Alderpod #19 – Chapter Seventeen: Welcome
Alderpod #19 – Chapter Seventeen: Welcome
Huzzah! Another chapter done. Instead of putting my notes here, I decided to go ahead and babble a bit at the end of this one. So stay tuned at the end for r…
Alderpod #18 – Chapter Sixteen: Tarnish
Alderpod #18 – Chapter Sixteen: Tarnish
Back to the castle, and the doings of Sylvan and Ellinora (yes a chapter with two…two…TWO PoVs!). News of the dissolution of the Order of the Asp has arrived, …
Alderpod #17 – Chapter Fifteen: Figments
Alderpod #17 – Chapter Fifteen: Figments
No, you did not read this wrong. Yes, I’ve recorded another chapter. Sure, part of it is because I feel bad I haven’t been able to do the whole biweekly thing…
Alderpod #16 – Chapter Fourteen: The Nithings
Alderpod #16 – Chapter Fourteen: The Nithings
Yes, I totally say “fifteen” and “thirteen” at the beginning of this. I will fix. Numbers confuse me even when my mind is running at full capacity. – Ya…
Alderpod #15 – Chapter Thirteen: Initiation Rites
Chapter Thirteen – Initiation Rites
Don’t think this is going to be a habit or anything, but here’s the next Alderpod. Yes, indeed–and in spite of the sniffles!
We join up once again with Brick and t…
Alderpod #14 – Chapter Twelve: Dark Dreams, Darling
And chapter 12, aka, Alderpod #14…
I discovered cabernet sauvingnon to be a good accompaniment to this particular piece. And I will admit to you two things: the beginning is a little wonky, but bear…
Alderpod #13 – Chapter Eleven: Dalliance
Huzzah! After hitting 25K for NaNoWriMo, and the official halfway point, I celebrated by recording Chapter Eleven of The Aldersgate. I won’t be able to stay away come Decem…