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Twitchals Book 1: Dwindling Magic

Middle-grade (12+) Audiobook.

A new school, a gang with magical powers, and only one hour of WiFi a day. All because of a stupid crow.

Audiobook of a middle-grade cyber-mystery-fantasy novel by TDL White. It follows the adventures of Nick Thompson, who has been sent to a rather exclusive boarding school where his hacker skills make him useful to a mysterious gang of slightly magical students. What starts out as simple hacks and easy magic soon descends into dangerous liaisons and a life-or-death situation for both Nick and his new found friends. Featuring magical portals, script-kiddie hacking, awful school uniform, a strange stiff-legged dog, and mercenary rats.

Listen to the first chapter:

Available from most podcast places, just go to your favourite -- e.g. itunes -- and search for 'twitchals'. Alternatively, here's some links:

iphone or android or rss

Listen/download episodes 1-13

Chapter 1: that stupid crow.
Chapter 2: the house and the college.
Chapter 3: Meet the gang.
Chapter 4: the empty room.
Chapter 5: network discovery.
Chapter 6: a long day.
Chapter 7: anatomy of a hack.
Chapter 8: crossing wires.
Chapter 9: monkey business.
Chapter 10: much much weirder.
Chapter 11: a little more hacking.
Chapter 12: two meetings.
Chapter 13: drying out.
Chapter 14: hard truths.
Chapter 15: the set up.

Listen/download episodes 16-30

Chapter 16: pond life.
Chapter 17: surface tension.
Chapter 18: the alchemist.
Chapter 19: week two.
Chapter 20: very bad things.
Chapter 21: mystery potato.
Chapter 22: old friends.
Chapter 23: complications.
Chapter 24: tough job.
Chapter 25: net work.
Chapter 26: discovered.
Chapter 27: under attack.
Chapter 28: bad to worse.
Chapter 29: fight and flight.
Chapter 30: getting down.