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The Psyker Saga

by Rory Surtain

A series of science fantasy novels by indie author Rory Surtain are brought to life by a virtual multi-voice cast in a Bad Flannel Divergent production. File under twisted, grimdark, dystopian, mystery and adventure. Season 1: the series debut novel, PSYKER. Season 2: the sequel, PSYKANA. Season 3: a psyker goes to war in PRIMARIS. Season 4: a psyker returns in PHANTOM.

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  1. Phantom - Chapter 10: Reclamation

    Her hand was a blur as it connected with my face. “How dare you? How dare you bring me back to this hell?” Another slap landed, and another. She trembled as the pain in her hand failed to stifle the agony in her heart. Paric Kilhaven meets a friend he was forced to leave behind and realizes…

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  2. Phantom - Chapter 9: Elevation

    The inquisitor shifted in his chair. “You marked a Warp daemon?” “A daemonhost in the throes of its ascension.” “Sarkyss was being born as you entered its lair?” “The Imperial Guard’s new offensive must have met the beast’s quota for blood, making me the midwife.” “The Inquisitorial augur scans…

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  3. Phantom - Chapter 8: One Heart

    Lizzy Allebrand: a goddess at six. Nothing dangerous about that. A cosmic anamoly, a child, leaves her mark on Paric Kilhaven.

  4. Phantom - Chapter 7: Escalation

    To a psyker lord, everything is about control.

  5. Phantom - Chapter 6: Recollection

    A widely used explosive in the munitions of the Imperial Guard, fyceline leveraged a three-stage chemical reaction to mete out its dependable devastation, emitting three different wavelengths of light in a short-lived chemical reaction. Crates of grenades, tank munitions, or artillery rounds were...

  6. Phantom - Chapter 5: Rogue

    “I’m here to investigate a murder. There were four victims, but the number could have easily been six.” Paric returns to the scene of the previous night's crime to find out who was the real target and why.

  7. Phantom - Chapter 4: The Game

    “Warmaster Meterio bestowed the highest honor—post-mortem—giving you the title Psyker Lord of Ordo Supernovae. Like a star, you died and did so with great effect.” “It was my first war. I was the greenest funnel Primaris Rovira had, and she assigned me to the loyalists’ most precarious position....

  8. Phantom - Chapter 3: Resurrection

    And the dead mark of a Warp daemon. Five had become Six in the blink of an eye. Paric's resurrection continues at the hands of House Kilhaven and a visit to Schola Psykana.

  9. Phantom - Chapter 2: Upstage

    I’d gone over the edge. Now, everyone was trying to reel me back in. Paric Kilhaven shows his date the darker side of life in a hive city.

  10. Phantom - Chapter 1: Centerstage

    To view the evening as anything less than a date would have been crass, but to assume we were a couple, well, that would have been worse. A wayward psyker finds himself under a microscope.

  11. Phantom - Prologue: Aftermath

    The war on Aegea V comes to an unexpected end. The Warmaster isn't pleased.

  12. Primaris - Episode 25: Epilogue

    Paric meets an old friend in the oddest of places.

  13. Primaris - Episode 24: Night Hunt

    Backed by an Astartes company, Five makes his final move against the Bloodthorn. Infiltrating Dembele Prime, he goes all-in against Chaos.

  14. Primaris - Episode 23: End Game

    Taking refuge in the shadowy underhive, Five lays a trap, while two inquisitors and an Astartes captain arrive to see what he has wrought.

  15. Primaris - Episode 22: Sanctuary

    I had become the most dangerous person on the planet, and the conversation with Inquisitor Mantiserra made sure everyone knew it. That fact left me in quarantine, waiting for Sarkyss or the Imperial Guard to respond.

  16. Primaris - Episode 21: The Bull

    Kill Aetor first. That had been the Inquisitor’s impossible plan.

  17. Primaris - Episode 20: Bloodthorn

    In search of the Bloodthorn, Five tracks the Bloody Herald’s trail to Hive Quartus.

  18. Primaris - Episode 19: The Silver Fate

    One didn’t approach a Warp witch, druid, or daemonhost directly and expect success. You moved sideways, lighting up their night or ruining their day, giving them a reason to chase you. Whether they viewed me as a trap or a challenge, I would force them to respond.

  19. Primaris - Episode 18: The Gift

    Knowing that Aetor the Bull and the Bloodthorn await, Five must sort the fates of others first.

  20. Primaris - Episode 17: Trial Runs

    “Lieutenant Paric Kilhaven reporting.” Five claims his rightful name, and the negotiations begin. A glimmer of hope dawns in the theater of Gall.

  21. Primaris - Episode 16: Rogue

    Delving into Gall Secundus, Five runs into another primaris—one that's gone rogue.

  22. Primaris - Episode 15: Secundus

    We had a Valkyrie to catch an hour before dawn, and a fast trip up the Great Rift to Hive Secundus. With a chance to stifle the Bloodthorn's grip on Gall, Five fights his way into another fallen city.

  23. Primaris - Episode 14: The Bloody Way

    "The Inquisitor may be insane, but at least she earned her standing and had the inspiration to improve our position in the theater.” Agrimunt didn’t seem offended by my remark. “Young man, what would you know about insanity?” “Everything.” She knew I spoke the truth. A contentious meeting in Gall...

  24. Primaris - Episode 13: The Cowardly Way

    Chain of command be damned. Five witnesses an execution in the overhive of Gall Primus, followed by a kidnapping that ignites a war with the inquisition.

  25. Primaris - Episode 12: The Old Way

    Having returned the Guard's trenches around Gall Primus, Five reconnects with those that thought him lost.

  26. Primaris - Episode 11: Exfiltration

    They say lightning never strikes the same place twice, but we weren’t standing still.

  27. Primaris - Episode 10: Angels in Winter

    Cut off and left for dead, Five must fight his way out of a fallen city. On the way, he meets bounty hunters and one lost little surprise.

  28. Primaris - Episode 09: Augur Scans

    A harrowing escape from an overrun hive city leaves Five in the most dire of straits.

  29. Primaris - Episode 08: The Underhive

    Having fought his way to the underhive of Tertius, Paric finds that he isn't the only psyker in play.

  30. Primaris - Episode 07: Interdiction

    Five and commissar Passingan take the longest of walks, infiltrating a fallen hive city.

  31. Primaris - Episode 06: The Inquisitor's Gambit

    Inquisitor Agrimunt was too smart to bite on my sour tone. “Five, you speak out of turn.” “Whose turn is it, if not mine?” I harbored the folly of youth, the rage of battle, and the cloying stale scent of blood. To me, it was a method more than a state of being.

  32. Primaris - Episode 05: The Silver Boss

    A bolt pistol round at a point-blank range will ignore even the best body armor. Five ignores the wishes of a commissar and deals with the consequences on the Imperial Guard's front lines.

  33. Primaris - Episode 04: Gall Primus

    A Fell Guard encounter on the front lines turns deadlier than anyone can imagine.

  34. Primaris - Episode 03: Tip Sheet

    Place your bets. Commissars and generals collide with a not-so-stable psyker in his first war.

  35. Primaris - Episode 02: Embarkation

    A Blood cult rebellion awaits a fledgling psyker platoon—and a bitter war—if they can reach it.

  36. Primaris - Episode 01: The Short Straw

    Nothing was ever fair. A test of psyker abilities—a rite of passage—takes a dark and ugly turn.

  37. Psykana - Episode 26: Aftershocks

    The Epilogue. “Commissar Belling, are you ready to give it another go?”

  38. Psykana - Episode 25: The List

    Loose ends awaited within the halls of the Inquisition.

  39. Psykana - Episode 24: Tracing Steps

    “I was told you would come,” another doorkeeper, Taura Kilhaven, greeted me among her botanical creations. The slap she applied to my face had its purpose and meant more to me than a hug or a handshake. “That is for Sam. She would never do it herself.”

  40. Psykana - Episode 23: Doorkeepers

    “Why am I here?” Deep down, I knew the answer—I was pathetic and dead. Paric lands on the edge of the Sea of Souls.

  41. Psykana - Episode 22: Bridges

    Having done the unthinkable by escaping from Psykana, Paric goes in search of help and a bridge back to where he belongs.

  42. Psykana - Episode 21: No High Places

    “Kiss me.” With those two words, a black witch is revealed.

  43. Psykana - Episode 20: Second Step

    A second mystery is solved over breakfast. One that opens Paric's eyes to the true reality of Psykana.

  44. Psykana - Episode 19: Friendly Fires

    A challenge grows into something far more lethal.

  45. Psykana - Episode 18: Weapons

    “Have I arrived in time?” “In time? The funeral is just getting started, but we’ve saved you a seat.”

  46. Psykana - Episode 17: Last Kiss

    She switched off the priceless device, restoring the distance between us. It was a fitting start to our day. I needed to be here, and with a list full of names, I sought first to clear my own.

  47. Psykana - Episode 16: Redemption

    “You think redemption is oblivion?” “For Hereticus, certainly. For Psykana, maybe. For a man caught in between, only the Emperor knows for sure.”

  48. Psykana - Episode 15: The Broken Spider

    Looking for a clue to the black witch in Schola Psykana, Paric Silver encounters a golden curse, one that takes him to the edge of oblivion.

  49. Psykana - Episode 14: The Short List

    In a panic, Paric Silver makes a run for the exit, a move that draws out all sorts of bad.

  50. Psykana - Episode 13: Witch Haven

    Surviving his first Ordo Hereticus inquiry, Paric Silver meets House Kilhaven of Terra. Let the dissection begin.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A series of science fantasy novels by indie author Rory Surtain are brought to life by a virtual multi-voice cast in a Bad Flannel Divergent production.

File under twisted, grimdark, dystopian, mystery and adventure.

Season 1: the series debut novel, PSYKER.

Season 2: the sequel, PSYKANA.

Season 3: a psyker goes to war in PRIMARIS.

Season 4: a psyker returns in PHANTOM.

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