Echoes of the Fall
Michael Zmuda
Once the sharpest weapon in the Meridian Concord’s arsenal, Strike Team Chimera is now a ghost. Disavowed and left for dead in the radioactive Fringes, they are haunted by the very institution they swore to serve. Their only hope for survival lies with Faith Newman, a soldier whose terrifying psychic abilities are both their greatest asset and a beacon attracting every predator in the shattered wastelands.
But the Concord is not their only enemy. As Chimera fights for every scrap of power and every ration pack, a horrifying new truth emerges: the apocalypse that broke their world was no accident. It was the first taste of a cosmic parasite, a hunger from another reality that is slowly, patiently devouring the universe. Guided by a mysterious scavenger with a legacy of guilt, the team must race to a forgotten research station, a tomb of pre-Fracture secrets that holds the key to Faith’s power and the nature of the world-ending ‘Fracture.’
Caught between the relentless pursuit of a ruthless Concord commander and a fanatical cult that worships the encroaching static, Chimera must confront a horror far greater than any battlefield. In a world being eaten alive, can a broken team of soldiers uncover the secret to fighting a hunger that consumes reality itself, or will their desperate mission only ring the dinner bell for the end of everything?
Duration - 7h 9m.
Author - Michael Zmuda.
Narrator - Michael Zmuda.
Published Date - Wednesday, 14 January 2026.
Copyright - © 2026 Michael Zmuda ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Once the sharpest weapon in the Meridian Concord’s arsenal, Strike Team Chimera is now a ghost. Disavowed and left for dead in the radioactive Fringes, they are haunted by the very institution they swore to serve. Their only hope for survival lies with Faith Newman, a soldier whose terrifying psychic abilities are both their greatest asset and a beacon attracting every predator in the shattered wastelands. But the Concord is not their only enemy. As Chimera fights for every scrap of power and every ration pack, a horrifying new truth emerges: the apocalypse that broke their world was no accident. It was the first taste of a cosmic parasite, a hunger from another reality that is slowly, patiently devouring the universe. Guided by a mysterious scavenger with a legacy of guilt, the team must race to a forgotten research station, a tomb of pre-Fracture secrets that holds the key to Faith’s power and the nature of the world-ending ‘Fracture.’ Caught between the relentless pursuit of a ruthless Concord commander and a fanatical cult that worships the encroaching static, Chimera must confront a horror far greater than any battlefield. In a world being eaten alive, can a broken team of soldiers uncover the secret to fighting a hunger that consumes reality itself, or will their desperate mission only ring the dinner bell for the end of everything? Duration - 7h 9m. Author - Michael Zmuda. Narrator - Michael Zmuda. Published Date - Wednesday, 14 January 2026. Copyright - © 2026 Michael Zmuda ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:35
Chapter 1 - The Rust and the Whisper
Duration:00:18:58
Chapter 2 - The Scavengers Gambit
Duration:00:20:07
Chapter 3 - A Fork in the Wasteland
Duration:00:27:49
Chapter 4 - The Laws of Unreason
Duration:00:24:51
Chapter 5 - The Hunters Shadow
Duration:00:32:22
Chapter 6 - Echoes in the Static
Duration:00:29:44
Chapter 7 - The Crystal Graveyard
Duration:00:24:29
Chapter 8 - The Threshold
Duration:00:26:18
Chapter 9 - Breaching the Tomb
Duration:00:25:18
Chapter 10 - Ghosts in the Machine
Duration:00:24:30
Chapter 11 - Converging Storms
Duration:00:21:18
Chapter 12 - The Siege of Echo Station
Duration:00:27:45
Chapter 13 - The Thorne Revelation
Duration:00:20:32
Chapter 14 - A Final Calculation
Duration:00:22:59
Chapter 15 - Catalyst and Echo
Duration:00:25:40
Chapter 16 - The Price of Truth
Duration:00:27:50
Chapter 17 - The Whisper in the Core
Duration:00:27:41
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:33