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Welcome to the Strangefells: The Death's Left Hand Series

Look Alive

Season 1, Ep. 2

Welcome back to episode 2, remastered for a better listening experience! Wherein Evyn gets a call from home, packs up her life and returns to the city. There's no going back now...


For more information about me and my books, visit gwydionroyce.com or find Iron-Forge Crossroads: Metanoia at your favorite retailer HERE. Or find me on Instagram @gwydionroyce!


Find Trickster's Ashes, the first book in the dark reverse harem fantasy romance series, Primordial Embers, HERE


Step into the world of the Strangefells. I hope you enjoy your stay...


Podcast is best enjoyed with headphones.


Content Warning:

light horror references

supernatural violence

past trauma

brief reference to the death of a child



About Iron-Forge Crossroads: Metanoia -


metanoia (noun): a transformative change of heart; changing one’s mind


I stalked the worlds of both mortals and Strangers as a weapon of brutal efficiency… until my conscience got in the way. 


When I signed on to become part of the High Council’s elite force of mercenaries, I expected glory and fortune. I became a living legend, my name feared throughout the Strangefells. But when a routine job took an unexpected turn, my world was upended. The walls I’d built around that little bit of soul I had left came crashing down and I fell. Hard. 


I ran, broken, hiding in a sleepy town and hoping my past would leave me for dead. 


But someone betrayed me. Now the leader of the most savage vampire syndicate in the Strangefells is sighting me in her crosshairs. I have no choice but to allow old habits to take over if there’s any chance of surviving what my enemies have in store. Something that could destroy the world as we know it.


As the dangers rise and I rebuild bridges from the ashes I left behind, I start to realize that I’ve changed in ways I never saw coming. But can a mercenary eager for redemption hope for victory? Or is death the only thing waiting for me?


Written and performed by Gwydion Royce

Sound design by Gwydion Royce

Cover art by Damonza.com


Courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com:

Erasmus Talbot/Never Look Back

Honeycutts/Travel to Space

Alexandra Woodward/The Enchanted Forest

Eden Avery/Witchcraft for the Ages

Luba Hilman/Symmetry

DEX 1200, Hanna Ekström/Farewell Parade


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