Jake Kerr | Epic Fantasy | Audio Drama | Thieves Guild | Full Cast
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Some secrets are worth dying for. Some are worth killing for.From Nebula, Sturgeon, and StorySouth Award nominee Jake Kerr comes an epic fantasy story in the spirit of pulp fiction classics--a serial adventure told via a full cast and that grows in scope with new chapters every day. The Thieves Guild tells the story of Ralan, a street rat who quickly rises to become the guildmaster of the seemingly powerless and symbolic Thieves Guild. Dive into a rich world of geographical conflict and political intrigue that ignites epic battles and civil war. Uncover forgotten magic, swashbuckling adventure, secret societies...
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
A layered fantasy serial where dangerous journeys, old magic, and guild politics turn practical problems into consequences for an entire city.
The Thieves Guild builds its fantasy through pressure applied at several levels: a poisoned water supply on the Dragon Road, buried knowledge about dragons, and guild politics strained by the aftermath of civil war.
One ruined cistern, and suddenly your fantasy escape has a very practical water problem.
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Ledgers, titles, and water do the damage here.
This stretch turns administration into pressure. A quiet morning in Karch's office gives way to an ancient visitor with an overstuffed satchel, and the story widens from ledgers and contracts to status, loss, and the plain effort of recovering what has been taken.
Desert miles, ruined water, and bad numbers tighten the pressure on every character.
This chapter keeps the desert stark and airless, and that restraint works. Raylan rides through a place with no landmarks, where the pale stone and flat horizon make every mile blur into the next, then reaches a fouled cistern, empty jars, and stone cut with a precision that…
A hush-heavy cabin, Philos's dislocation, and Harvest Guild tension keep the chapter taut.
Rebecca's cabin stay leans on silence well, and the lack of road noise makes her wakefulness feel sharper than it should. The aftermath of the child's control gives the chapter its main weight: Rebecca and Raylan are left sorting through something that still does not make clean…
A cool, procedural fantasy stretch where observation turns into danger.
The Thieves Guild keeps a steady, watchful pulse: Mailer on a rooftop, El fighting her way out, Jasper forcing control into the heat outside Merchant Tower, and Rafe landing on a truth that changes what the dragon watch was really for.
Journals, roadstone, and quiet dread make this fantasy feel dangerous before anyone draws steel.
The Thieves Guild folds journals, a warm wand, and a treaty read as metaphor into a trap that tightens by degrees. Rafe works through Pietro's pages with care, and the episode keeps exposing the harder shape under the paperwork: roadstone, ancient rock, and a danger that is…
Grim fantasy at mud level.
Fantasy rereads with jokes sharpened into arguments.
Karch, leader of the Merchant Guild, enjoys a peaceful morning until Odo, the Deputy Guildmaster of the Craft Guild, arrives to conduct a devastating financial audit.
Mela emerges from a portal onto a freezing mountain peak where she encounters a group of wizards, creating a tense and unexpected confrontation.
Thelos, Raylan, and Rebecca track stolen supplies to a desperate camp of refugees who fled Goutland for Callisto but became stranded.
Elle, an assassin for the Harvest Guild, is summoned by her employer Polo to discuss a political crisis.
After a violent encounter at a remote cabin, Raylan, Rebecca, and Philos flee west on Dragon Road.
Mailer watches the tower.
Rebecca lies awake in a cabin that feels too still to trust.
Rebecca and her companions take shelter in an isolated cabin where the family becomes possessed by a supernatural force emanating from their child.
Karch starts the morning in rare comfort.
Raylan rides into a desert with no landmarks and no easy way to judge progress.
Rafe reads by candlelight.
Traveling west to Callisto, Raylan, Rebecca, and Philo face critical water shortages in increasingly desert-like terrain.
Karch must choose a successor to escape his doomed leadership of the Thieves Guild, settling on the ambitious Jasper.
Ralan discovers a waystation in the desert, finding water and evidence of a large group that camped there.
Vesper analyzes security rotations and reflects on the Guild's power through leverage rather than violence.
Vesper, the new Guildmaster, reviews captain lists to map loyalty and leverage within the Thieves Guild.
Karch manipulates Jasper, an eager captain, into taking over the burdensome leadership of the Thieves Guild.
Karch must choose a successor to escape the crumbling Thieves Guild, and he targets the ambitious Jasper.
Guildmaster Vesper efficiently processes documents and anticipates a report from his deputy about a merchant guildmaster's letter.
Captain Jasper confronts a stable hand and commandeers the guildmaster's horse in a fantasy city.
Darla observes the oppressive presence of young wizards in a tavern, highlighting the power dynamics in a city under magical rule.
Acting guildmaster Allard reflects on his past and receives a visit from an agitated captain, Collius.