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The Dark Pulse
by Reid Seiter
The Dark Pulse is a dark fantasy/horror story about a man named Nolan who is captured --along with his family-- during an invasion by the brutal Republic of Kalyko...and explores the lengths a man will go to in order to restore his family's safety and freedom. It is set in an 19th-Century-Earth-like fantasy world riven by war, and secretly undercut by ancient, malevolent forces with their own nefarious agendas. Call it THE DARK TOWER meets 1917 (film) by way of BERSERK (manga).
Episodes
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Chapter 51: Let Them Fall
Deep inside the Catamount quarry, Nolan and Levi make their move.
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Chapter 50: Open Wounds
Wounded and hunted after a disastrous night, Cassandra and Olivia take to the Douglass River in search of safety, but the journey forces both women to confront old wounds, and discover they may have more in common than either realized.
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Chapter 49: Into Hell Crack
Nolan enters the brutal mining city of Catamount, where the deeper he descends into Hell Crack, the more he realizes something dangerous is beginning to stir.
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Chapter 48: Where The River Runs Black
As resentment festers among the ranks, Cassandra offers Manafee a brutal lesson about leadership
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Chapter 47: One Hundred Leagues
Fresh off an unlikely victory, the Cloaks finally have reason to celebrate. But as Levi begins looking toward what comes next, Nolan starts to realize that surviving the war may have only been the beginning.
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Chapter 46: The Pathfinder
Winter is ending, but Cassandra's war is only beginning.
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Chapter 45: The Space Between Two Heartbeats
Nolan and the Bison King's men arrive in Clairemont seeking desperately needed supplies, only to discover the frightened town is hiding far more than grain.
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We Finished Season Two… Now What the Hell Happens to The Dark Pulse?
Season Two of The Dark Pulse is finished… so now what? Reid sits down with the voice behind Nolan to talk through the making of the season, the scenes that hit hardest, the choices that shaped the performance, and what it was like bringing this brutal fantasy world to life. They also look ahead…
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Chapter 44: The Bison King
With Winter in full swing, the legend of Levi grows amongst the conscripts.
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Chapter 43: Songbird
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Chapter 42: The Plume
After four fruitless days tracking Alexander West through the frozen valley, Cassandra finally catches a break.
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Chapter 41: Why We Stand
As Group 13 readies to free the slaves of Kalyko on the train they unearth a horrifying truth.
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Chapter 40: The Butcher
Trapped below the cliff, Levi faces walking death as a Reaver approaches.
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Chapter 39: The Bison Drop
When the plan starts to unravel, Nolan is forced to make a rash decision before disaster spreads.
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Chapter 38: The Train
With snow closing in and a Kalykan train approaching, Nolan joins Levi in a desperate cliffside ambush.
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Chapter 37: Moses's Gammadon
Haunted by the life he took, Nolan returns to camp hollowed out by guilt as Levi's men finish preparing their plan for the approaching train. When Moses shares the story behind the murder mark on his forehead.
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Chapter 36: Gray Eyes
The gray-eyed man stands over me as I slide down the wall slowly... This man is a monster.
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Chapter 35: The Cost of Survival
What begins as a necessary act of survival quietly spirals into something far more devastating. By the time the night is over, Nolan realizes that some lines, once crossed, can never be undone.
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Chapter 34: The Brigadier
Cassandra rides with Brigadier Manafee and her battered brigade through the Douglass River Valley, where a "simple" bandit hunt quietly starts to feel like something far bigger—and far more personal—than anyone's admitting.
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Chapter 33: The Campfire Pact
With Father Winter closing in and time threatening to vanish overnight, Levi forces the men to confront the ugliest question of all: how a handful of desperate conscripts can turn an impossible, outnumbered gamble into the kind of move that changes everything.
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Chapter 32: The Bison Sea
A routine run beyond camp turns into a quiet reckoning, as Nolan learns the frontier doesn't just test your strength—it tests what you're willing to ignore.
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Chapter 31: The Muddy Bird
Cassandra and Abraham prepare for their next move, but tension between them begins to splinter something far more fragile than trust.
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Chapter 30: The Map
Cassandra and Abraham are summoned to a closed-door war council where Arkhan Tiberian West puts his top commanders on trial over the disaster at Summerset.
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Chapter 29: The Wolves
Nolan is led into the dark woods for his first night of training, where a forbidden story from Levi forces him to question everything he thinks he knows about Kalyko, William Atlee, and why he was brought back.
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Chapter 28: The Douglass Valley
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Chapter 27: The Courier
In the quiet that follows the chaos, Cassandra begins to piece together what's left of the night before. But before she and Abraham can make sense of what happened, a lone courier arrives, exhausted, bloodstained, and carrying news that changes everything.
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Chapter 26: The Meat Scepter
Newly freed, Nolan plans his next move with Group 13.
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Talking About THE DARK PULSE with Pierce Brown!
What happens when Red Rising author Pierce Brown discovers a new dark fantasy story? In this exclusive interview, Pierce sits down with The Dark Pulse creator Chris Seiter to talk about the inspirations behind the series, how it blends Berserk, 1917, The Road, and The Dark Tower, and why its...
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Chapter 25: The Escape
Nolan rushes to save Caleb's life. Will he make it in time?
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Chapter 24: The Accomplice
Cassandra vs. Walter.
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Chapter 23: The Counterattack
Nolan, Oly, and Levi begin their counterattack.
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Chapter 22: The Performance
Nolan, Levi and Oly try to convince Summerset to join the attack.
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Chapter 21: The Quarry
In their search for the elusive Alexander West, Cassandra and Abraham uncover conscripts behaving in ways that suggest a darker purpose hiding in plain sight.
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Chapter 20: The Gambit
Nolan, Levi and Oly make a desperate bid to escape as a battle erupts around them.
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Chapter 19: The Paragons
Trapped behind enemy lines as war ignites, Cassandra must outwit her captors—while gambling that the truth in her blood is more dangerous than the chains that bind her.
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Chapter 18: The Horsepen
Trapped behind enemy lines and cloaked by moonlight, Nolan and the men of Group Thirteen attempt the impossible: chaining sixty warhorses in silence to trigger their desperate escape.
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Chapter 17: The Questioning
Nolan escapes the unthinkable—barely. But when he returns to camp, something feels... off. Levi is waiting. And he's not asking. He's demanding.
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Chapter 16: The Conscript
Cassandra has spotted a gray-eyed man following her—someone who might just hold the answers to where Alexander West is hiding.
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Chapter 15: The Chain
The members of Group 13 begin their plan to escape but not before Nolan catches sight of a familiar face who knows where his family is. THE DARK PULSE is a dark fantasy audiodrama by Chris Seiter © 2024
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Chapter 14: The Wager
Nolan, now a part of Group 13, tries to win back his cherished Swansons but not before learning of Group 13's true intentions. THE DARK PULSE is a dark fantasy audiodrama by Chris Seiter © 2024
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Chapter 13: The Search
Cassandra and Abraham begin their search for Alexander West. THE DARK PULSE is a dark fantasy audiodrama by Chris Seiter © 2024
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Chapter 12: The Trade
Group 13 has taken credit for Nolan's tactic during the battle. Meanwhile, something is amiss with Caleb. THE DARK PULSE is a dark fantasy audiodrama by Chris Seiter © 2024
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Chapter 11: The Charge
Nolan is awakened by the sound of drums and thrust headlong into another one of Kalyko's viscious battles. THE DARK PULSE is a dark fantasy audiodrama by Chris Seiter © 2024
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Chapter 10: The Trenches
Nolan and Caleb, after barely surviving life on the frontlines, are put in the trenches where horrors await. THE DARK PULSE is a dark fantasy audiodrama by Chris Seiter © 2024
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Chapter 9: The Bloodtrap
Cassandra and her twin brother Abraham are led to a cell of horrors, one that will change their lives forever. THE DARK PULSE is a dark fantasy audiodrama by Chris Seiter © 2024
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Chapter 8: The Arkhan
Cassandra and her twin brother Abraham are given one last chance to win their freedom, but there's a catch: they have to take on a job that no one has ever survived. THE DARK PULSE is a dark fantasy audiodrama by Chris Seiter © 2024
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Chapter 7: The Return
Nolan awakens to a nightmare: he's chained to a dead body, trapped in the middle of a battle, with no way out. THE DARK PULSE is a dark fantasy audiodrama by Chris Seiter © 2024
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Chapter 6: The Meridian
Nolan wakes...but where? THE DARK PULSE is a dark fantasy audiodrama by Chris Seiter © 2024
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Chapter 5: The Frontline
Nolan, Caleb, and Group Eleven are shackled and marched to the front, where death and destruction reign supreme. THE DARK PULSE is a dark fantasy audiodrama by Chris Seiter © 2024
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Chapter 4: The Draft
Nolan and his reluctant rescuer Caleb join the rest of the conscripts and are drafted into work groups, but to what end? THE DARK PULSE is a dark fantasy audiodrama by Chris Seiter © 2024
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The Dark Pulse is a dark fantasy/horror story about a man named Nolan who is captured --along with his family-- during an invasion by the brutal Republic of Kalyko...and explores the lengths a man will go to in order to restore his family's safety and freedom. It is set in an 19th-Century-Earth-like fantasy world riven by war, and secretly undercut by ancient, malevolent forces with their own nefarious agendas. Call it THE DARK TOWER meets 1917 (film) by way of BERSERK (manga).
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Reid Seiter
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