Hello, I hope you've had a lazy Sunday afternoon as it happens a rather uneventful one here, yet there was one name that unexpectedly popped up twice... Byron, hence my choice to start a dark urban fantasy, The Byron Chronicles today...NJoy
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“Imagine if the world as you know it… was nothing more than an illusion. What if creatures like elves, dragons, vampires, zombies and werewolves walk amongst you every day… But you never see them.”
“This is the world I walk in.
I am called Byron
And these are my chronicles…“
The Byron Chronicles is a dark urban fantasy written and produced by Darker Projects, an audio drama company with an extensive website. The site is well laid out and all of their shows can be heard free of charge direct from the website or as podcasts, while your on the go. The Darker Projects website hosts many shows, but I have chosen to focus on The Byron Chronicles for this review.
The Byron chronicles center around a being simply called Byron, who is something “other than human”. Byron lives in the shadows of our modern world, where vampires, werewolves and other creatures of fantasy are very real, but kept hidden from human eyes. The separation of the supernatural world from the human world is an important element through out the entire series. We quickly find out that when the two worlds mix violence seems to ensue, usually leading to bad things for humans and supernaturals alike. In fact, the only person who seems to think humans and supernatural beings can get along is Byron himself, who tends to act as a mediator between the two.
Joining Byron on these adventures is Miss Chris Sparrow, who once led a “normal life” as a Barrista at a local Portland Oregon coffee shop before being turned into a half vampire in a freak accident. Chris turned to Byron reluctantly at first, but the pair quickly became fast friends as Chris came to rely on Byron for guidance while supernatural world revealed itself to her. Byron in turn, seemed to rely on Chris in helping him better understand humans as a whole. There were several plot lines in the first season, including Byron saving the life of Lazarus the First Zombie, and preventing a worldwide zombie outbreak in the process. Then Byron had to hunt down a vampire lord named Branlaven, who was selling a super drug called “rush” on the streets of Portland. It was the drug Rush which caused Chris to become a half vampire, and it was here that Chris Sparrow made her first appearance in the series. Next, Byron was taken hostage by two different secret societies; each one trying to save the world from “monsters” like Byron.
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The time is the present, the place Portland Oregon, USA. Meet Byron. He's been around for a very very long time, and he's about to meet a remarkable young woman...hmmmm...That always seems to lead to trouble. For the initial foray into the world of Byron, listen to "Byron's Tale"
Written by Eric Busby
Featured in the cast:
Tom Davis as Byron
Ben Harmer as Morg
Karl Puder as Logan
Laura Post as Gabriel
Josh W. Spencer as Sam
Kara Dennison as Lilith
and Mark Bruzee as your host, Harbinger
The series was produced and directed by Mark Bruzee
Co-production and post-production by Chris Snyder
The executive producer for Darker Projects is Eric Busby
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Byron's Tale ( 63mb)
01 Byron's Tale 22:01
02 The Byron Chronicles 0 Introduction 0:37
03 The Byron Chronicles 1 The Taint 27:43
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