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Before the invasion. Before the prophecy. These are the stories that changed everything. Shadows Over Earth: Origins is a cinematic audio series set in a galaxy on the brink of war. Each episode is a fully immersive audio drama, featuring full-cast narration, cinematic sound design, and original music. Meet the soldiers, spies, healers, and mercenaries whose paths converge in Shadows Over Earth — Book 1, launching December 2026. Created by Scott Ellis, family physician and author. Discover more at shadowsoverearth.com

The name's Burnside, and I always get the weird cases. I built my detective career taking down the strangest bad guys in Earth Sector. No matter how crazy the case, I always managed to get it off the books. After 20 years of pounding my beat, I was ready to pack it in, and I'd called it a day. Then these killings started, weird to the point of freaked-out PD Chiefs, and only one person who fit the case. So much for retirement. The story I'm going to tell you covers two years of my life, and took me from one end of human space to the other.

From the immigrants of the 1910s, to the preservationists of the 1930s, to the nightclub workers and owners of the 1950s and the urban revivalists of the 1990s, Madame Vieux Carré examines the many different people who have called the Quarter home, who have defined its character, and who have fought to keep it from being overwhelmed by tourism's neon and kitsch.