The Dauntless Gambit

The Dauntless Gambit is a sci-fi espionage action-drama written as a novel and being released as a FREE serial in text and podcast form. New episodes will be posted to The Dauntless Gambit website as well as to the …

SERIES PREMIERE - On a routine raid-and-interrogate assignment, Imperium agent Samantha Mori extracts an answer from her unwilling subject almost too implausible to believe. The information threatens not just her …

Sometimes, coming down from a mission is the hardest part. With nothing but unknowns and orders to return home, Samantha is forced to leave her …

The only thing harsher and more punishing than the Fringe planet of Dradari are the people who choose to live there... it’s the perfect place for the Red Kestrels to host their unlikely guest. A deal is struck between …

It’s business as usual for Samantha. Having returned back to Kestris with nothing but bad data and more questions than answers, there’s a new adversary she must face: bureaucracy.

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A secret, off-the-books back alley meeting. All the cloak-and-dagger Samantha has come to expect as a 5E agent. The audience for this meeting, though, that’s a new one. 

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Samantha has to come to terms with her new mission. While planning a path toward the future, her past comes knocking.

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Samantha’s mind is set; it’s time to take action and there’s no argument and no peson who can dissuade her. Pack a bag, throw on a jacket, and she’s gone. Or is she?

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It was supposed to be a routine job, a simple bag and tag bounty. All Decker wants is to get the package back to his ship, the Matilda, and to get …

Finding the right help is never easy. When you’re an covert agent on the run looking for a way off planet, about to be disavowed and your face added to the Imperium’s most-wanted lists, it’s almost impossible. It’s time …

Busted ship. Wounded arm. Ruined pride. Decker is scraping both the bottom of his confidence and his bank accounts. Life on the Matilda was supposed to free him; it hasn’t freed him from anything. He just needs one …

Renic’s final day as a 5E agent is coming near. He’s done what Gallow has asked, just one more task to complete before making his final report. Helping orchestrate the downfall of the empire is a dirty job, but …

Enter: Gallow.

Only one more episode until the act 1 finale, episodes 14 and 15 will be released together and be over an hour of audio! 

The Dauntless Gambit is a sci-fi espionage action-drama written as a novel and being …

The crew of the Matilda have a decision to make. Busted-up ship, dead guy in the cargo hold, a few angry corporations after them. How much worse can …