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Helios Roared

by Mark Bethea

20 YEARS AGO, HELIO-ANTHROPOLIGIST GEORGE PORTER STUMBLED UPON AN ANCIENT MAYAN TEXT IN SOME NEWLY DISCOVERED RUINS. AFTER YEARS OF EXHAUSTING RESEARCH, HE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE ANCIENT TEXT PREDICTED A SUPER-MASSIVE SOLAR FLARE THAT COULD BE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE LARGER THAN ANYTHING TO HIT THE EARTH BEFORE. IT WOULD BE CAUSE AN APOCALYPSE OF UNIMAGINABLE PROPORTIONS...NOBODY BELIEVED HIM. SO HE SET OUT TO PREPARE HIS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RANCH TO BE AN IMPENETRABLE, SELF-SUSTAINING FORTRESS. AND HE TRAINED HIS KIDS, 16-YEAR-OLD IZZY AND 18-YEAR-OLD JAKE TO SURVIVE WHATEVER CAME THEIR WAY. BUT NO AMOUNT OF PLANNING OR TRAINING COULD POSSIBLY PREPARE IZZY FOR THE CHALLENGES THAT LAY AHEAD...Each Podcast Episode is the voice-over narration of one chapter of the novel. One new chapter will be released each week.

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  1. CHAPTER 15 - Countdown

    With the ranch 100% ready, his children as prepared as he could make them, George begins his most difficult endeavor to date: Waiting for what he and he alone knows is coming.

  2. CHAPTER 14 - "Where Would You Go If..."

    George embarks on a plan to let the people of Twin Pines know that if something bad happens, their children could be safe at his ranch.

  3. CHAPTER 13 - Finishing Touches

    With preparations at the ranch almost complete, George and Ernie contemplate the next steps.

  4. CHAPTER 12 - "What About The Children?"

    George is thrown for a loop by a simple question asked by Jake's best friend, Peter.

  5. CHAPTER 11 - "We Were Never Friends, Dude"

    Grant Turk, a convicted rapist, gets out of prison and makes his way towards Twin Pines.

  6. CHAPTER 10 - A Freak of Nature

    Izzy shows herself to be a freak of nature when it comes to military tactics and strategies--much to the chagrin of her family.

  7. CHAPTER 9 - "Could It Be Any Easier?"

    George reflects on how his transformation of the ranch came together rather easily.

  8. CHAPTER 8 - ...Like Fort Wagner

    An infamous Civil War fort serves as the inspiration for George's preparations at the ranch.

  9. CHAPTER 7 - Keeping A Low Profile

    On his first day in public school, Jake tries to maintain a low profile, but his plan is derailed by the school bully.

  10. CHAPTER 6 - "What If He's Right?"

    While showing Jake some of the preparations that their father was making to secure the ranch for the coming apocalypse, Izzy poses a question that rocks Jake's world: What if he's right?"

  11. CHAPTER 5 - "EXCUUUUUUSE MEEE!"

    Jake spends his first day at a public school taking standardized tests. The results are surprising to everyone.

  12. CHAPTER 4 - The Education of Jake

    George has always home-schooled Jake and Izzy. But when he reaches a conclusion about Jake, he must rethink things--it doesn't help that 15-year-old Jake is making things difficult.

  13. CHAPTER 3 - A Clean Kill

    On a hunt with her father and her brother, Izzy surprises everyone by bagging an elk. Her first kill.

  14. CHAPTER 2 - Welcome to Twin Pines

    Stanley Parker endures a horriffic tragedy which leads him to the small California town of Twin Pines, where he eventually becomes Sheriff.

  15. CHAPTER 1 - "Helio-What?"

    Young George Porter approaches his mentor about a new academic discipline - Helio-Anthropology.

  16. PROLOGUE - ...Of Blue Sapphires

    Izzy Porter makes a difficult decision and carries out a grisly plan.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

20 YEARS AGO, HELIO-ANTHROPOLIGIST GEORGE PORTER STUMBLED UPON AN ANCIENT MAYAN TEXT IN SOME NEWLY DISCOVERED RUINS. AFTER YEARS OF EXHAUSTING RESEARCH, HE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE ANCIENT TEXT PREDICTED A SUPER-MASSIVE SOLAR FLARE THAT COULD BE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE LARGER THAN ANYTHING TO HIT THE EARTH BEFORE. IT WOULD BE CAUSE AN APOCALYPSE OF UNIMAGINABLE PROPORTIONS...NOBODY BELIEVED HIM. SO HE SET OUT TO PREPARE HIS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RANCH TO BE AN IMPENETRABLE, SELF-SUSTAINING FORTRESS. AND HE TRAINED HIS KIDS, 16-YEAR-OLD IZZY AND 18-YEAR-OLD JAKE TO SURVIVE WHATEVER CAME THEIR WAY. BUT NO AMOUNT OF PLANNING OR TRAINING COULD POSSIBLY PREPARE IZZY FOR THE CHALLENGES THAT LAY AHEAD...Each Podcast Episode is the voice-over narration of one chapter of the novel. One new chapter will be released each week.

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Mark Bethea

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