The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences has many forgotten stories in its Archives. Stories of madcap adventures in all corners of the Empire, dark doings in hidden places, and mysterious devices and artifacts that the everyday citizen should never become aware of for fear it would quite undo their minds.
Archivist to the Ministry, Eliza D Braun (recently and unwillingly reassigned to the Archives) and Wellington Thornhill Books (recently and unwillingly assigned Eliza D. Braun) have selected some cases they feel the public is ready for.
In this episode:
The Astonishing Amulet of Amenartas, written and narrated by Nathan Lowell
Agent Heathcliff Durham finds himself crisscrossing Africa, looking for an Amulet that could spell disaster for any who come near it. Battling blistering heat, starvation, wild animals, and despair, he is not comforted by the company of a rough and ready sort named Morrison. Soon Durham begins to suspect he may never return home—and to top it all off the tea has almost run out.
About the Author:
Nathan Lowell has been a writer for more than forty years, and first entered the literary world by podcasting his novels. His sci-fi series, Trader’s Tales from The Golden Age of the Solar Clipper, grew from his long time fascination with space opera and his own experiences shipboard in the United States Coast Guard.
Dr. Nathan Lowell holds a Ph.D. in Educational Technology with specializations in Distance Education and Instructional Design. He also holds an M.A. in Educational Technology and a BS in Business Administration. He grew up on the south coast of Maine and is strongly rooted in the maritime heritage of the sea-farer. He served in the USCG from 1970 to 1975, seeing duty aboard a cutter on hurricane patrol in the North Atlantic and at a communications station in Kodiak, Alaska. He currently lives in the plains east of the Rocky Mountains with his wife and two daughters. He can be found online at nathanlowell.org
Theme music for the Ministry composed and created by Alex White.
Don’t forget to pre-order the upcoming Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences novel, coming April 26th from all good online and bricks and mortar stores.
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Excellent story! Excellent writing, reading, and post production!
I predict there will be more steam punk stories set in Africa after this gets out there.
I even enjoyed the opening & “closing credits”. Kudos all the way around. I’d comment more, but I want to avoid the spoilers (maybe later). 🙂
As usual, Nathan delivers. Excellent narration coupled with a riveting story.
Agent Lowell is a wonderful spinner of tales. So pleased he could join the Ministry- it was a real delight!
Arrrrrgggghhhhh. I got to the village and the boy and the story stopped, never to go again. I either have to start all over or miss the end or download. Darn. Since I don’t know what the original problem is, I am thinking it over for now. I will probably download as I can control things a bit better. Sigh! No prob, the sun is shining and it is not snowing for a change.
Hope you worked it out. I hope the download worked for you!
Lovely, as usual. I am such a Lowell Fan and now I’ve bookmarked this site now to see what else will be coming. One question though, will you release any stories without background sounds and music? I have hearing problems and these sounds make it very hard for me to understand the dialogue.. 🙂