http://beecroftbooks.com/Currently reading "Sons of Devils," a historical fantasy by Alex R Oliver.
Going out weekly on Thursdays.]]>enScience FictionCopyright Galadhirhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f92374d449707b572b9ff20b66981684.jpghttp://beecroftbooks.com/Sat, 29 Oct 2022 11:39:49 +0000GaladhirGaladhirfeeds@spreaker.comA spec-fic podcast featuring original Science Fiction and Fantasy, with a special love for solarpunk, historical fantasy and space opera. Currently reading "Sons of Devils," a historical fantasy by Alex R Oliver. Going out weekly on Thursdays.Currently reading "Sons of Devils," a historical fantasy by Alex R Oliver.
Going out weekly on Thursdays.]]>falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sons-of-devils-ch23-to-25--45705779https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45705779Thu, 15 Jul 2021 10:38:58 +0000GaladhirIn which the story closes with forgiveness for some, and death for others, as Osman's reign officially begins.2896audiobook,fantasy,gaslight-fantasy,historical-fantasy,podcast,vampiresfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sons-of-devils-chapters-21-and-22--45682641https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45682641Tue, 13 Jul 2021 16:50:50 +0000GaladhirIn which, Radu, Ecaterina and Frank must defeat two armies between them, and their chances of victory depend on Radu's ability to murder his own parents.2283audiobook,fantasy,gaslight-fantasy,podcast,vampiresfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sons-of-devils-chapters-19-and-20--44670425https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44670425Thu, 06 May 2021 22:41:55 +0000GaladhirIn which Constantin and Alaya remove what little masks they had left, and Osman (peace be upon him) goes outside for the first time in his life.3985audiobook,fantasy,gaslight-fantasy,historical-fantasy,vampiresfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sons-of-devils-chapters-17-and-18--44556936https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44556936Thu, 29 Apr 2021 14:39:53 +0000GaladhirIn which Radu is only lightly tortured, before he has a long-overdue change of heart.2547audiobook,fantasy,historical-fantasy,podcast,vampiresfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sons-of-devils-chapters-15-and-16--44451080https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44451080Fri, 23 Apr 2021 08:46:36 +0000GaladhirIn which Zayd captures an abominable gang of traitors, and Radu and Frank are lightly tortured.4026audiobook,fantasy,historical-fantasy,lanternpunk,vampiresfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sons-of-devils-chapters-13-and-14--44148344https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44148344Thu, 01 Apr 2021 17:08:30 +0000GaladhirIn which, having been thwarted in her attempt to murder Radu, Ecaterina accepts his proposal of marriage instead. And also in which Zayd's flying carpet problem suddenly becomes relevant again.3333audiobook,fantasy,fiction,gaslamp-fantasy,historical-fantasy,podcast,vampiresfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sons-of-devils-chapters-11-and-12--43951994https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43951994Thu, 18 Mar 2021 19:45:06 +0000GaladhirIn which, Ecaterina sets out to gain revenge on Radu, while Radu invades the Ottoman Empire with an army of vampires.3738audiobook,fantasy,fiction,historical-fantasy,podcast,vampiresfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sons-of-devils-chapters-9-and-10--43737567
Now Ecaterina suspects Radu of being in league with the vampires, Frank has had to stop the pair of them from coming to blows, Constantin - Radu's vampire father - is beginning to think Radu is too much trouble to live, and worse than this, Stefan was not even close to being the only victim.

There is a whole plague pit full of vampire fledglings to deal with, and every night the numbers double.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43737567Thu, 04 Mar 2021 17:35:16 +0000GaladhirIn which the shit finally hits the fan in Bucharest. Stefan turns up - very much undead - below Ecaterina's window on the night after he was buried. Ecaterina enlists Radu and Frank to help her stake him and bury him properly, and the confrontation...
Now Ecaterina suspects Radu of being in league with the vampires, Frank has had to stop the pair of them from coming to blows, Constantin - Radu's vampire father - is beginning to think Radu is too much trouble to live, and worse than this, Stefan was not even close to being the only victim.

There is a whole plague pit full of vampire fledglings to deal with, and every night the numbers double.]]>4469audiobook,fantasy,fiction,historical-fantasy,historical-fiction,lgbtq,podcast,vampiresfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sons-of-devils-chapters-7-and-8--43635740
Frank is discovered to have a rare magical talent, but Radu, it turns out, has an unusual gift too.

Bucharest is welcoming. The society is splendid. They have fascinating things with which to occupy themselves, and many new friends. And then Stefan falls mysteriously ill...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43635740Thu, 25 Feb 2021 16:14:11 +0000GaladhirIn which, Frank and the Vacarescus arrive in Bucharest and it is widely assumed that Radu is down from the country to find himself a wife. Invited to a sensational party by Prime Minister Sterescu, Radu and Frank are introduced to his daughter,...
Frank is discovered to have a rare magical talent, but Radu, it turns out, has an unusual gift too.

Bucharest is welcoming. The society is splendid. They have fascinating things with which to occupy themselves, and many new friends. And then Stefan falls mysteriously ill...]]>5067audiobook,fantasy,fiction,free-fiction,historical-fantasy,podcast,vampiresfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sons-of-devils-chapter-six--43523666
The Vacarescu household, including Mirela, set out on that trip to Bucharest that Radu has been denying his vampire parents all his life.

And elsewhere, in the Atlantic, a British ship receives the Turkish declaration of war, in a manner that makes it impossible to refuse.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43523666Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:37:50 +0000GaladhirIn this chapter, Frank finally remembers the great crime for which he was turned out of his house and exiled from his country. It isn't what he expected. The Vacarescu household, including Mirela, set out on that trip to Bucharest that Radu has...
The Vacarescu household, including Mirela, set out on that trip to Bucharest that Radu has been denying his vampire parents all his life.

And elsewhere, in the Atlantic, a British ship receives the Turkish declaration of war, in a manner that makes it impossible to refuse.]]>3387audiobook,fantasy,fantasy-novel,historical-fantasy,lgbtq,ottoman-empire,romania,vampiresfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sons-of-devils-the-end-of-chapter-5--43400552
Meanwhile, Frank discovered that he'd been afraid of the wrong Vacarescu, and took a gamble on trusting Radu - the only living member of the family. Remembering that his friends were killed in the attempt to see the Vril Accumulator on Radu's lands, Frank asks to make a pilgrimage there in Protheroe's name. But no one walks into a torrent of magic power and comes away unchanged...]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43400552Thu, 11 Feb 2021 12:28:54 +0000GaladhirIn the last episode, Mirela saved herself from vampire predation by taking a job as a chambermaid at the vampires' castle. Meanwhile, Frank discovered that he'd been afraid of the wrong Vacarescu, and took a gamble on trusting Radu - the only...
Meanwhile, Frank discovered that he'd been afraid of the wrong Vacarescu, and took a gamble on trusting Radu - the only living member of the family. Remembering that his friends were killed in the attempt to see the Vril Accumulator on Radu's lands, Frank asks to make a pilgrimage there in Protheroe's name. But no one walks into a torrent of magic power and comes away unchanged...]]>3047arcanepunk,audiobook,fantasy,fiction,gaslight-fantasy,historical-fantasy,spec-fic,vampiresfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sons-of-devils-chapter-4-and-part-of-chapter-5--43286283
Meanwhile Frank visits the Atlantean device that powers all the magic in Romania, and finally figures out that there is, possibly, one member of the Vacarescu family who can be trusted.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43286283Thu, 04 Feb 2021 16:33:09 +0000GaladhirIn this episode, Mirela flees for her life from hunting vampires, with only her own cleverness to save her. Meanwhile Frank visits the Atlantean device that powers all the magic in Romania, and finally figures out that there is, possibly, one...
Meanwhile Frank visits the Atlantean device that powers all the magic in Romania, and finally figures out that there is, possibly, one member of the Vacarescu family who can be trusted.]]>4028arcanepunk,atlantis,audiobook,fantasy,fiction,historical,lgbtq,magic,vampiresfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sons-of-devils-chapter-3--43167182https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43167182Thu, 28 Jan 2021 16:55:23 +0000GaladhirIn which the young daughter of the Vacarescu house defends Frank from her overly interested vampire father, the prospect of marriage to one another is repellent to both Radu and Mirella for very different reasons, and Frank utterly fails to get to the...3263arcanepunk,audiobook,fantasy,historical,vampiresfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sons-of-devils-chapter-2--43045551https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43045551Thu, 21 Jan 2021 15:27:55 +0000GaladhirIn this episode, we leave Frank to the tender mercies of his monster and go to Istanbul, where Zeyd, a harmless young peddlar of magic charms - and jellyfish enthusiast - is about to land in trouble far too big for him.3941arcanepunk,audiobook,fantasy,fiction,sf/f,spec-ficfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sons-of-devils-chapter-1--42933352
In chapter one, we meet Frank, our unlikely hero. A British linguist with a murky past, he is on an expedition with his university friends to study the vril accumulator - a kind of Atlantean magic generator - in Valcea in Wallachia.

Why is his father's valet trying to kill him? And who is the mysterious Vacarescu of whom the country folk seem so afraid?]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42933352Thu, 14 Jan 2021 14:50:01 +0000GaladhirChapter One of Sons of Devils, a historical fantasy novel by Alex R Oliver, set in 18th Century Wallachia and in Istanbul. Written by someone who loved Dracula but wished it had leaned further into the Ottoman Empire connection, and also added some...
In chapter one, we meet Frank, our unlikely hero. A British linguist with a murky past, he is on an expedition with his university friends to study the vril accumulator - a kind of Atlantean magic generator - in Valcea in Wallachia.

Why is his father's valet trying to kill him? And who is the mysterious Vacarescu of whom the country folk seem so afraid?]]>3571audiobook,fantasy,fiction,free,gaslight-fantasy,historical,historical-fantasyfalsefull