Shadows of the Gate - A Fantasy Mystery Novel

Shadows of the Gate - A Fantasy Mystery Novel

by D.W. Sheppard
Season 1
Chapter 14 - Shadows of the gate
The morning began with the smell of spiced buns and the careful armor of a favorite dress — and ended somewhere she swore she'd never go. Secrets have a half-life. The warmth of mended trust gives way to the slow, sickening realization that careful plans are unraveling faster than they can be stitched back together — and the only path forward leads toward the one place that holds too many memories. — Narrated by Rebecca Hasler. Set in D.W. Sheppard’s vast interconnected world where protective Gates hold back deadly monsters and treacherous flora, where safety is never guaranteed. Support the show: Grab the full novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWNBQWZM Stream sats or boost on Fountain.fm to support more episodes Leave a rating or review to help new listeners find the series New episodes every Tuesday.
Chapter 13 - Shadows of the Gate
Sometimes the hardest thing to carry through your own front door is what you learned while you were away. Evening settles over a home that feels like everything worth protecting — laughter in the yard, warmth at the table, the ordinary grace of a family in motion. But comfort has a way of sharpening the edges of what doesn't belong, and some knowledge sits heavier the closer you hold the people it might touch. — Narrated by Rebecca Hasler. Set in D.W. Sheppard’s vast interconnected world where protective Gates hold back deadly monsters and treacherous flora, where safety is never guaranteed. Support the show: Grab the full novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWNBQWZM Stream sats or boost on Fountain.fm to support more episodes Leave a rating or review to help new listeners find the series New episodes every Tuesday.
Chapter 12 - Shadows of the Gate
Some answers hide just beneath the skin — literally. Patience and precision give way to something no one was prepared for. Old rhythms return, familiar and dangerous, as the search for truth pulls toward a conclusion that refuses to stay quiet. The comfort of expertise offers no shelter when the evidence speaks in a language no one wants to understand. — Narrated by Rebecca Hasler. Set in D.W. Sheppard’s vast interconnected world where protective Gates hold back deadly monsters and treacherous flora, where safety is never guaranteed. Support the show: Grab the full novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWNBQWZM Stream sats or boost on Fountain.fm to support more episodes Leave a rating or review to help new listeners find the series New episodes every Tuesday.
Chapter 11 - Shadows of the Gate
Some distances can't be measured in miles — only in years of silence. There's a particular ache that comes from standing in front of someone who knew you before you learned to hide. Old rhythms surface. Old debts. And the question not asked aloud: is it too late to be who you once were? — Narrated by Rebecca Hasler. Set in D.W. Sheppard’s vast interconnected world where protective Gates hold back deadly monsters and treacherous flora, where safety is never guaranteed. Support the show: Grab the full novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWNBQWZM Stream sats or boost on Fountain.fm to support more episodes Leave a rating or review to help new listeners find the series New episodes every Tuesday.
Chapter 10 - Shadows of the Gate
You can leave a life behind. You cannot stop it from remembering you. Dawn arrives with a conversation that was always coming — the kind where love and hurt sit in the same sentence, and neither finishes. But the morning doesn't end there. Old competence has a weight to it, and some people refuse to let you pretend you've forgotten how to carry it. — Narrated by Rebecca Hasler. Set in D.W. Sheppard’s vast interconnected world where protective Gates hold back deadly monsters and treacherous flora, where safety is never guaranteed. Support the show: Grab the full novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWNBQWZM Stream sats or boost on Fountain.fm to support more episodes Leave a rating or review to help new listeners find the series New episodes every Tuesday.
Chapter 9 - Shadows of the Gate
Some walls hold back monsters. Some hold back the truth about who you are. There's a particular silence that fills a house when trust fractures — not the silence of absence, but of someone choosing not to come closer. This chapter sits in that silence, in the unbearable weight of being seen for the first time by the people who thought they already knew you. — Narrated by Rebecca Hasler. Set in D.W. Sheppard’s vast interconnected world where protective Gates hold back deadly monsters and treacherous flora, where safety is never guaranteed. Support the show: Grab the full novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWNBQWZM Stream sats or boost on Fountain.fm to support more episodes Leave a rating or review to help new listeners find the series New episodes every Tuesday.
Chapter 8 - Shadows of the Gate
Apricot jam and costume feathers and an afternoon that almost gets to be perfect. Feathers and fabric and children's laughter — a day spent building something bright with your own hands and the help of people who showed up when you asked. It feels like winning. It feels like proof that the world can still be steered. — Narrated by Rebecca Hasler. Set in D.W. Sheppard’s vast interconnected world where protective Gates hold back deadly monsters and treacherous flora, where safety is never guaranteed. Support the show: Grab the full novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWNBQWZM Stream sats or boost on Fountain.fm to support more episodes Leave a rating or review to help new listeners find the series New episodes every Tuesday.
Chapter 7 - Shadows of the Gate
There's a hollow spot in the room where something important used to be, yet the shape remains. A house full of small mutinies — sugar raids, homework dodged, brothers at war over things that don't matter yet. But between the noise and the dust, a stillness settles in a handmade room, and something hardens. Some things are worth protecting not because they're yours, but because someone trusted you to carry them forward. — Narrated by Rebecca Hasler. Set in D.W. Sheppard’s vast interconnected world where protective Gates hold back deadly monsters and treacherous flora, where safety is never guaranteed. Support the show: Grab the full novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWNBQWZM Stream sats or boost on Fountain.fm to support more episodes Leave a rating or review to help new listeners find the series New episodes every Tuesday.
Chapter 6 - Shadows of the Gate
Dust on the path, jam on a chin, and the stubborn gravity of a boy who won't be steered. This chapter tastes like warm bread and exasperation — a sun-drenched day spent trying to build something for someone who hasn't yet learned to want it built. Underneath the laughter and the sticky fingers, a quieter question: how long can you keep shaping a life before the world starts shaping it for you? — Narrated by Rebecca Hasler. Set in D.W. Sheppard’s vast interconnected world where protective Gates hold back deadly monsters and treacherous flora, where safety is never guaranteed. Support the show: Grab the full novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWNBQWZM Stream sats or boost on Fountain.fm to support more episodes Leave a rating or review to help new listeners find the series New episodes every Tuesday.
Chapter 5 - Shadows of the Gate
Clotheslines and wildflowers and the kind of silence that sits between two people who almost say too much. This chapter opens like a window after a closed room — sunlit, full of children's voices and the easy rhythm of friendship. But underneath the warmth, two women carry very different versions of the same ache: the distance between the life you have and the one you thought you'd live. — Narrated by Rebecca Hasler. Set in D.W. Sheppard’s vast interconnected world where protective Gates hold back deadly monsters and treacherous flora, where safety is never guaranteed. Support the show: Grab the full novel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CWNBQWZM Stream sats or boost on Fountain.fm to support more episodes Leave a rating or review to help new listeners find the series New episodes every Tuesday.
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