Giant's Reach: Recent Episodes
Steve Cook
She was a spy, and they took everything from her. Now she has nothing left except for the memory of better things. It's time to come home.
As the situation worsens, martial law is declared. Coming back home to Little Grange, Joanna finds that uplifts are suffering from some sort of effect that dims them, makes them docile. The villagers demand action, but, more pressingly, her lifelong friend Brock is missing…
A mystery disease is sweeping the country, affecting uplifts. As restrictions on yellowdust get tighter as well, what can be done about her friend…?
For Joanna and Brock, life has been good. They share a house together, living well, both with local jobs. But something is changing in the world, and it's being felt first in their little village...
Things have changed in Centrum, and industry drives the city. But the face that industry wears is not a pleasant one. Progress is fuelled by the sweat and blood of humans and uplifts alike...
In the first part of three, a Guild Messenger finds that things have changed in the city of Centrum. A pall of smoke hangs over the slums, factories and refineries churn out yellowdust, and the poor work hard in the name of progress...
A barkeep tidies up as he closes a chapter of his life. Surely it'll be easy to sneak away - not like anyone will miss him anyway...
Rana lives alone, and she likes it that way. It's peaceful; just her, the hunt, the shelter of this old-world human building and... and what is that noise out the front?
The conclusion to the mystery of The Lighthouse, based on the real-life mystery of the Flannan Isles lighthouse.
Based on the true story of the Flannan Isles lighthouse, here is a distinctly Giant's Reach take on things. A spooky lighthouse, missing men, a storm raging, and an enduring mystery...
A man from out of town arrives, and he has one thing in mind: That those giant animals, wandering around like they own the place, are mighty fine. Why, one of those would be worth its weight in gold back home...
A farmer stands in the way of progress, but will not be moved. As the world of Giant's Reach moves forward into an industrial revolution of sorts, the old ways must make way for the new...
Two chemicks bemoan their fate over drinks. Why can't they have been the ones to create the Next Big Thing in yellowdust research? Well, they'll just have to see about that!
Digging the deepest hole, right through to the other side of the world. What could be more wholesome? Kai's doing it because there's something in the soil, something that smells amazing... but what will his father say about the eight foot hole in their yard?
As Ferret and his father attempt to get the contraband out of Centrum, they come face to face with a new threat - one that combines the worst tendencies of humans with those of animals...
It's smuggling. Of course it's smuggling; no-one would pay that much for simple cargo. Ferret trusts his father to make the right choice - but a smuggled shipment of Guild yellowdust could land them both in prison, or worse...
Competition is tight now that uplifts have their own voices. For Ferret, living with his father from one cargo contract to the next, things are only going to get tighter - until they are approached with a deal that could make them or break them...
The Silver Talon enact their plan and Todger cannot simply stand by. They claim to fight for uplifts and humans alike, but who are the real victims?
The train has come to the world of Giant's Reach, but not everyone is happy. Terrorists attack the testing site of the new invention, claiming they fight for uplifts. Their vengeance is swift and bloody, though, and leads Todger to a difficult choice...
Change comes to the world of Giant's Reach and technology marches on. At the testing site for a new type of technology called a 'train', the labourers are poor and broken people. But even they can't fail to be awed by the train... and to consider what it might mean for the future.
A yellowdust researcher gives an uplifted animal the greatest gift she can: the freedom to speak.
In the world of Giant's Reach, uplifts are giant animals that can reason and think like humans - and play like humans. Helen is a hare, among the best at running - but before she can beat her rivals she needs to overcome her own insecurities...
As his wagon skids out of control, caught on the treacherous Pank's Peak, how will Keffyn save his life, his wagon and, most importantly, the expensive ornaments he's transporting?
An uplifted cat goes to the circus. What starts out as an interesting diversion turns nasty when the lion-taming act comes on...
There's a messenger system that runs all over the known world, powered by giant geese and dedicated messengers. The bond between man and uplift is strong, but there are limits to even that...
Captain Gita's unit stumbles across Purkoy dog soldiers, and battle ensues. But why are they this deep in Gita's homeland?
Larrow is a professional groomer - someone who helps those who can't help themselves. In this window into her life we see one of her patients, and the unique skills she brings to their aid.
Two researchers find a buried treasure - a fossil from the past. But the clues don't add up, and the site is protected...
A reclusive smith living in the forest, and a young man who wants to be his apprentice - or so he claims. The truth comes calling soon enough...
A dangerous new substance is unleashed onto the streets of Centrum. Highly addictive to humans and deadly to some uplifts, information about it is limited - but in the wrong hands, it could spell disaster.
A meal, an uncomfortable meeting, and a pile of gold. Lean beef and lineage collide for a poor family, and for the young man Kinder it means a link to a past that he’s always known about.
In the warmth of a balmy evening, and after a hard day bringing in the harvest, a farm cat and a desert cat share a little of themselves.
In the frozen wastes, a giant seal shepherds a colony of his kin. But when hunting season starts, he and his human companion are forced to defend their home and their way of life...
A standalone episode this week; as a soldier comes home from the war, he finds much has been changed - and some things that have been buried are only now coming to light...
A drug is sweeping the streets of Centrum, evil and pervasive, and its effects are felt in every corner...
Stripes the cat is up to his neck in something murky, but as the flood waters rise, will he sink or swim?
The most recent addition to Wainwright's Yard, Harriana, helps out a neighbour - but does she need a helping hand herself?
Wainwright's Yard, part of the city of Centrum, gets a new resident - and she's not all she seems...
A healer lives with her apprentice and will have nothing to do with yellowdust, despite its miraculous healing qualities...
A spoiled brat finds that his tutor can dole out the most apt lessons, and has been doing so for a great many years...
A hunter, partnered for years with a snow leopard, has to come to terms with the fact that his friend is now a person in their own right.
A human wonders what it would be like to be groomed at a high-class grooming salon for uplifted animals.