Singularity https://www.scribl.com/books/P6C1E/singularity en-us Distributed by Scribl.com. All rights held by the creator(s). What if the cataclysmic Tunguska explosion of 1908 was caused, not by a meteor or a comet, but by a microscopic black hole? What if that fantastic object - smaller than an atom, older than the stars, heavier than a mountain - is still down there, orbiting deep inside the earth, slowly consuming the planet? What if only a rookie government agent and an uncannily-insightful consultant stand between a renegade Russian billionaire and his plans to use the black hole to change history - or end it? What if it's all true? For an alternative view of the Tunguska event and to explore the science behind Singularity, visit the Vurdalak Conjecture website. Accolades Winner of the Gold Medal for Science Fiction in Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year Awards Winner of the Independent Publishers Association's Ippy prize for Best Fantasy/Science Fiction novel of 2004 "Singularity is a swift, gripping novel with a goose-pimple mix of scary science and near-future action. An excellent debut from Bill DeSmedt - and I'll be looking forward to his next one!" - Greg Bear, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author "DeSmedt veers an action-packed thriller into perilous realms of black hole physics. The combination of adrenaline and intellect sizzles." - David Brin, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/cfce875a-0963-11ee-9ef3-f73f503aaa8f/image/singularity.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress Singularity https://www.scribl.com/books/P6C1E/singularity no serial Bill DeSmedt | Scribl What if the cataclysmic Tunguska explosion of 1908 was caused, not by a meteor or a comet, but by a microscopic black hole? What if that fantastic object - smaller than an atom, older than the stars, heavier than a mountain - is still down there, orbiting deep inside the earth, slowly consuming the planet? What if only a rookie government agent and an uncannily-insightful consultant stand between a renegade Russian billionaire and his plans to use the black hole to change history - or end it? What if it's all true? For an alternative view of the Tunguska event and to explore the science behind Singularity, visit the Vurdalak Conjecture website. Accolades Winner of the Gold Medal for Science Fiction in Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year Awards Winner of the Independent Publishers Association's Ippy prize for Best Fantasy/Science Fiction novel of 2004 "Singularity is a swift, gripping novel with a goose-pimple mix of scary science and near-future action. An excellent debut from Bill DeSmedt - and I'll be looking forward to his next one!" - Greg Bear, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author "DeSmedt veers an action-packed thriller into perilous realms of black hole physics. The combination of adrenaline and intellect sizzles." - David Brin, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author What if the cataclysmic Tunguska explosion of 1908 was caused, not by a meteor or a comet, but by a microscopic black hole?

What if that fantastic object - smaller than an atom, older than the stars, heavier than a mountain - is still down there, orbiting deep inside the earth, slowly consuming the planet?

What if only a rookie government agent and an uncannily-insightful consultant stand between a renegade Russian billionaire and his plans to use the black hole to change history - or end it?

What if it's all true?

For an alternative view of the Tunguska event and to explore the science behind Singularity, visit the Vurdalak Conjecture website.

Accolades

  • Winner of the Gold Medal for Science Fiction in Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year Awards
  • Winner of the Independent Publishers Association's Ippy prize for Best Fantasy/Science Fiction novel of 2004
  • "Singularity is a swift, gripping novel with a goose-pimple mix of scary science and near-future action. An excellent debut from Bill DeSmedt - and I'll be looking forward to his next one!" - Greg Bear, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author
  • "DeSmedt veers an action-packed thriller into perilous realms of black hole physics. The combination of adrenaline and intellect sizzles." - David Brin, Hugo and Nebula award-winning author
]]> Scribl podcasts@scribl.com https://feeds.megaphone.fm/SBP7775633022 Announcing Doctor Jack's Soapbox Seminars! https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-49.mp3 Singularity's over, but the science behind it goes on. Join everybody's favorite cosmologist as he delves deeper into the Tunguska Event right here on Podiobooks.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:42:24 -0000 bonus 1 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Singularity's over, but the science behind it goes on. Join everybody's favorite cosmologist as he delves deeper into the Tunguska Event right here on Podiobooks.com. Singularity's over, but the science behind it goes on. Join everybody's favorite cosmologist as he delves deeper into the Tunguska Event right here on Podiobooks.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 218 no Chapter 47: The Last Word https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-48.mp3 The Great Singularity Q and A Episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:26:39 -0000 full 1 48 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl The Great Singularity Q and A Episode. The Great Singularity Q and A Episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 4144 no Chapter 46 - Epilogue: The Bridge https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-47.mp3 ... Or not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 23 Oct 2006 01:53:21 -0000 full 1 47 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl ... Or not. ... Or not. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 891 no Chapter 45: Mopping Up https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-46.mp3 All over but the debriefing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 20 Oct 2006 07:15:19 -0000 full 1 46 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl All over but the debriefing. All over but the debriefing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 671 no Chapter 44: Last Row on the Chessboard https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-45.mp3 It all comes down to this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:30:10 -0000 full 1 45 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl It all comes down to this. It all comes down to this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1472 no Chapter 43: Le Mot Juste https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-44.mp3 This is the way the world ends ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 12 Oct 2006 05:42:04 -0000 full 1 44 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl This is the way the world ends ... This is the way the world ends ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 775 no Chapter 42: A Stitch in Time https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-43.mp3 In which the Omega Sequence lives up to its name. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 07 Oct 2006 03:16:43 -0000 full 1 43 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl In which the Omega Sequence lives up to its name. In which the Omega Sequence lives up to its name. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1566 no Chapter 41: The Singularity https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-42.mp3 If you could gaze into a naked singularity, what would you see? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:40:07 -0000 full 1 42 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl If you could gaze into a naked singularity, what would you see? If you could gaze into a naked singularity, what would you see? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1601 no Chapter 40: Project Report https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-41.mp3 Origins of the Antipode Project revealed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:28:31 -0000 full 1 41 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Origins of the Antipode Project revealed. Origins of the Antipode Project revealed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 2173 no Chapter 39: Descent https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-40.mp3 The voyage down to Antipode station is interrupted by an unexpected intruder, and an unanticipated revelation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:44:18 -0000 full 1 40 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl The voyage down to Antipode station is interrupted by an unexpected intruder, and an unanticipated revelation. The voyage down to Antipode station is interrupted by an unexpected intruder, and an unanticipated revelation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1158 no Chapter 38: Welcome Back https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-39.mp3 Knox regains consciousness only to find he's back aboard Rusalka, this time with a score to settle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:07:07 -0000 full 1 39 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Knox regains consciousness only to find he's back aboard Rusalka, this time with a score to settle. Knox regains consciousness only to find he's back aboard Rusalka, this time with a score to settle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 760 no Chapter 37: Dry Run https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-38.mp3 In which the future repays its debts to the past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 05 Sep 2006 23:41:38 -0000 full 1 38 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl In which the future repays its debts to the past. In which the future repays its debts to the past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 857 no Chapter 36: Big Bang https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-37.mp3 The Battle of Weathertop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:04:52 -0000 full 1 37 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl The Battle of Weathertop. The Battle of Weathertop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1412 no Chapter 35: Closed Timelike Curve https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-36.mp3 What DOES the Shadow KGB want with a naked singularity? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:06:59 -0000 full 1 36 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl What DOES the Shadow KGB want with a naked singularity? What DOES the Shadow KGB want with a naked singularity? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1090 no Chapter 34: Spin Doctor https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-35.mp3 Global causality violation??? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:04:17 -0000 full 1 35 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Global causality violation??? Global causality violation??? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1332 no Chapter 33: Hackers https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-34.mp3 So intent is Mycroft upon breaching the barricades of CROM's communications security that he fails to notice he's being hacked himself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:29:01 -0000 full 1 34 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl So intent is Mycroft upon breaching the barricades of CROM's communications security that he fails to notice he's being hacked himself. So intent is Mycroft upon breaching the barricades of CROM's communications security that he fails to notice he's being hacked himself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1523 no Chapter 32: Doomsday Scenario https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-33.mp3 What's the worst that could happen? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 13 Aug 2006 15:56:50 -0000 full 1 33 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl What's the worst that could happen? What's the worst that could happen? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1681 no Chapter 31: The Way to Weathertop https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-32.mp3 All roads lead to Mycroft's mountaintop aerie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:58:40 -0000 full 1 32 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl All roads lead to Mycroft's mountaintop aerie. All roads lead to Mycroft's mountaintop aerie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1343 no Chapter 30: Midnight to Dawn https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-31.mp3 Warning: SMUT ALERT. (Bad author! Bad!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 06 Aug 2006 16:26:20 -0000 full 1 31 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Warning: SMUT ALERT. (Bad author! Bad!) Warning: SMUT ALERT. (Bad author! Bad!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 767 no Chapter 29: Discovery https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-30.mp3 Grishin has discovered Jon and Marianna's whereabouts once again -- but who is it that has discovered Jack Adler's? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 02 Aug 2006 23:49:46 -0000 full 1 30 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Grishin has discovered Jon and Marianna's whereabouts once again -- but who is it that has discovered Jack Adler's? Grishin has discovered Jon and Marianna's whereabouts once again -- but who is it that has discovered Jack Adler's? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1854 no Chapter 28: Flight Plans https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-29.mp3 All revved up and no place to go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 26 Jul 2006 13:38:00 -0000 full 1 29 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl All revved up and no place to go. All revved up and no place to go. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 995 no Chapter 27: Harm's Way https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-28.mp3 Jon and Marianna land in New York, to find Arkady Grishin's welcoming committee lying in wait. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:19:12 -0000 full 1 28 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Jon and Marianna land in New York, to find Arkady Grishin's welcoming committee lying in wait. Jon and Marianna land in New York, to find Arkady Grishin's welcoming committee lying in wait. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1340 no Chapter 26: Bell's Inequality https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-27.mp3 At Marianna's urging, Knox dredges up the past -- and, with it, the drug-induced, quantum mechanics-inspired origins of his strange talent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:19:11 -0000 full 1 27 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl At Marianna's urging, Knox dredges up the past -- and, with it, the drug-induced, quantum mechanics-inspired origins of his strange talent. At Marianna's urging, Knox dredges up the past -- and, with it, the drug-induced, quantum mechanics-inspired origins of his strange talent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1044 no Chapter 25: West with the Night https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-26.mp3 Marianna still can't seem to come to terms with Knox's weird pattern-matching ability. But, then, neither can Knox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:36:36 -0000 full 1 26 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Marianna still can't seem to come to terms with Knox's weird pattern-matching ability. But, then, neither can Knox. Marianna still can't seem to come to terms with Knox's weird pattern-matching ability. But, then, neither can Knox. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1045 no Chapter 24: Night on the North Atlantic https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-25.mp3 "The sea is calm to-night" ... and deathly cold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:21:04 -0000 full 1 25 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl "The sea is calm to-night" ... and deathly cold. "The sea is calm to-night" ... and deathly cold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 888 no Chapter 23: Armageddon https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-24.mp3 August 3rd, 10:47 p.m. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 08 Jul 2006 16:55:45 -0000 full 1 24 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl August 3rd, 10:47 p.m. August 3rd, 10:47 p.m. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 2082 no Chapter 22: Departures https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-23.mp3 Their innocents-abroad cover story shredding fast, Knox and Marianna count themselves lucky to catch an unscheduled chopper flight from Rusalka back to the Azores -- until they see that Yuri's coming along for the ride. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Tue, 04 Jul 2006 16:41:20 -0000 full 1 23 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Their innocents-abroad cover story shredding fast, Knox and Marianna count themselves lucky to catch an unscheduled chopper flight from Rusalka back to the Azores -- until they see that Yuri's coming along for the ride. Their innocents-abroad cover story shredding fast, Knox and Marianna count themselves lucky to catch an unscheduled chopper flight from Rusalka back to the Azores -- until they see that Yuri's coming along for the ride. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 2206 no Chapter 21: Raise the Titanic https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-22.mp3 Down in Rusalka's secret lab, chief scientist Galina Postrelnikova makes final preparations for the culmination of Grishin's mysterious Antipode Project -- tonight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 01 Jul 2006 03:36:09 -0000 full 1 22 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Down in Rusalka's secret lab, chief scientist Galina Postrelnikova makes final preparations for the culmination of Grishin's mysterious Antipode Project -- tonight! Down in Rusalka's secret lab, chief scientist Galina Postrelnikova makes final preparations for the culmination of Grishin's mysterious Antipode Project -- tonight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1434 no Chapter 20: Alive! https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-21.mp3 Cosmological reveries presage a wholly unanticipated return from the dead ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 24 Jun 2006 23:08:19 -0000 full 1 21 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Cosmological reveries presage a wholly unanticipated return from the dead ... Cosmological reveries presage a wholly unanticipated return from the dead ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1078 no Chapter 19: Party Animals https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-20.mp3 A spur-of-the-moment indiscretion is instantly regretted. A post mortem is conducted in the cold, gray light of dawn. And a midnight dinner in Rusalka's sumptuous banquet hall features a curious bit of scientific legerdemain and an even more curious toast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:02:49 -0000 full 1 20 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl A spur-of-the-moment indiscretion is instantly regretted. A post mortem is conducted in the cold, gray light of dawn. And a midnight dinner in Rusalka's sumptuous banquet hall features a curious bit of scientific legerdemain and an even more curious toast A spur-of-the-moment indiscretion is instantly regretted. A post mortem is conducted in the cold, gray light of dawn. And a midnight dinner in Rusalka's sumptuous banquet hall features a curious bit of scientific legerdemain and an even more curious toast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 2431 no Chapter 18: Night Moves https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-19.mp3 Marianna raids Rusalka's clandestine lab and discovers riddles wrapped in enigmas: a strange undersea base and an even stranger wall-safe. Meanwhile Knox, running interference for her up on bridge deck, inadvertently learns more from a casual conversation than he was supposed to -- if only he could figure out what it was. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 12 Jun 2006 01:56:16 -0000 full 1 19 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Marianna raids Rusalka's clandestine lab and discovers riddles wrapped in enigmas: a strange undersea base and an even stranger wall-safe. Meanwhile Knox, running interference for her up on bridge deck, inadvertently learns more from a casual conversatio Marianna raids Rusalka's clandestine lab and discovers riddles wrapped in enigmas: a strange undersea base and an even stranger wall-safe. Meanwhile Knox, running interference for her up on bridge deck, inadvertently learns more from a casual conversation than he was supposed to -- if only he could figure out what it was. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 2702 no Chapter 17: Buy-In https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-18.mp3 It's back to business, as Marianna drags a reluctant Knox into a raid on Rusalka's secret lab, while back in DC her boss is planning an assault on a whole different order of magnitude. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:35:27 -0000 full 1 18 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl It's back to business, as Marianna drags a reluctant Knox into a raid on Rusalka's secret lab, while back in DC her boss is planning an assault on a whole different order of magnitude. It's back to business, as Marianna drags a reluctant Knox into a raid on Rusalka's secret lab, while back in DC her boss is planning an assault on a whole different order of magnitude. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1549 no Chapter 16: Idyll https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-17.mp3 A day aboard the megayacht Rusalka offers every manner of indulgence, from romance and frivolity, to remembrance and regret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:35:26 -0000 full 1 17 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl A day aboard the megayacht Rusalka offers every manner of indulgence, from romance and frivolity, to remembrance and regret. A day aboard the megayacht Rusalka offers every manner of indulgence, from romance and frivolity, to remembrance and regret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 2156 no Chapter 15: Patterns https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-16.mp3 Seeking the secret harbored at Rusalka's heart -- with paper, pencil, and force majeur. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Wed, 31 May 2006 02:07:44 -0000 full 1 16 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Seeking the secret harbored at Rusalka's heart -- with paper, pencil, and force majeur. Seeking the secret harbored at Rusalka's heart -- with paper, pencil, and force majeur. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 2214 no Chapter 14: Hull Number Forty-Seven https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-15.mp3 Knox and Marianna's tour of the megayacht Rusalka unexpectedly hands them the key they need to break the Grishin case wide open. As far as Knox can see it's mission accomplished, but Marianna's only getting started, and all the while Rusalka is setting sail ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 21 May 2006 12:17:17 -0000 full 1 15 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Knox and Marianna's tour of the megayacht Rusalka unexpectedly hands them the key they need to break the Grishin case wide open. As far as Knox can see it's mission accomplished, but Marianna's only getting started, and all the while Rusalka is setting s Knox and Marianna's tour of the megayacht Rusalka unexpectedly hands them the key they need to break the Grishin case wide open. As far as Knox can see it's mission accomplished, but Marianna's only getting started, and all the while Rusalka is setting sail ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 2874 no Chapter 13: Puttin' on the Ritz https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-14.mp3 Knox attends the Kennedy Center gala intent upon winding up his involvement in the Grishin investigation as quickly and painlessly as possible, only to find that Marianna has something quite different in mind. Meanwhile, the target of that investigation, Arkady Grishin himself, retires to GEI's fabulous megayacht Rusalka, there to summon up a computer-generated chronogram of recent Russian history, and drink an ominous toast to its might-have-beens ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 14 May 2006 22:26:16 -0000 full 1 14 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Knox attends the Kennedy Center gala intent upon winding up his involvement in the Grishin investigation as quickly and painlessly as possible, only to find that Marianna has something quite different in mind. Meanwhile, the target of that investigation, Knox attends the Kennedy Center gala intent upon winding up his involvement in the Grishin investigation as quickly and painlessly as possible, only to find that Marianna has something quite different in mind. Meanwhile, the target of that investigation, Arkady Grishin himself, retires to GEI's fabulous megayacht Rusalka, there to summon up a computer-generated chronogram of recent Russian history, and drink an ominous toast to its might-have-beens ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1690 no Chapter 12: The Illusion of Choice https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-13.mp3 Marianna manages to extricate Knox from the clutches of Russian State Security in the nick of time. But the rescue comes with strings attached ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 08 May 2006 10:49:36 -0000 full 1 13 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Marianna manages to extricate Knox from the clutches of Russian State Security in the nick of time. But the rescue comes with strings attached ... Marianna manages to extricate Knox from the clutches of Russian State Security in the nick of time. But the rescue comes with strings attached ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1348 no Chapter 11: The Beast of Evil Heart https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-12.mp3 Jack Adler's academic adversaries seek to quash his research via bureaucratic maneuvering. GEI hitman Yuri, however, favors the direct approach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 30 Apr 2006 15:21:52 -0000 full 1 12 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Jack Adler's academic adversaries seek to quash his research via bureaucratic maneuvering. GEI hitman Yuri, however, favors the direct approach. Jack Adler's academic adversaries seek to quash his research via bureaucratic maneuvering. GEI hitman Yuri, however, favors the direct approach. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1026 no Chapter 10: A Visit to the Smithsonian https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-11.mp3 Jonathan Knox wanders the halls of the museum and the corridors of his own memories, pondering whether to help CROM, so lost in thought that he fails to notice he's got company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 22 Apr 2006 02:42:21 -0000 full 1 11 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Jonathan Knox wanders the halls of the museum and the corridors of his own memories, pondering whether to help CROM, so lost in thought that he fails to notice he's got company. Jonathan Knox wanders the halls of the museum and the corridors of his own memories, pondering whether to help CROM, so lost in thought that he fails to notice he's got company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1013 no Chapter 9: Ghost https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-10.mp3 Plagued by insomnia, Jack Adler wrestles late into the night with balky equipment and his own doubts -- which means he is there to witness it when his primordial black hole goes flashing across his screens. Is it the greatest discovery of all time, or the greatest danger the world has ever faced? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 22 Apr 2006 02:41:38 -0000 full 1 10 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Plagued by insomnia, Jack Adler wrestles late into the night with balky equipment and his own doubts -- which means he is there to witness it when his primordial black hole goes flashing across his screens. Is it the greatest discovery of all time, or the Plagued by insomnia, Jack Adler wrestles late into the night with balky equipment and his own doubts -- which means he is there to witness it when his primordial black hole goes flashing across his screens. Is it the greatest discovery of all time, or the greatest danger the world has ever faced? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 820 no Chapter 8: Press Gang https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-09.mp3 When Marianna fails at sweettalking Knox into joining CROM's anti-Grishin taskforce, her boss Pete Aristos puts the pressure on, only to have that backfire too -- big time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:04:44 -0000 full 1 9 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl When Marianna fails at sweettalking Knox into joining CROM's anti-Grishin taskforce, her boss Pete Aristos puts the pressure on, only to have that backfire too -- big time! When Marianna fails at sweettalking Knox into joining CROM's anti-Grishin taskforce, her boss Pete Aristos puts the pressure on, only to have that backfire too -- big time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1127 no Chapter 7: Mythologies https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-08.mp3 Guided by an aged shaman's chants, Jack Adler reconstructs the aftermath of the Tunguska Event, and the evidence for a tiny black hole as the culprit. And all the while, Grishin's hired killer Yuri is closing in on his next target -- Jack himself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Fri, 14 Apr 2006 15:02:09 -0000 full 1 8 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Guided by an aged shaman's chants, Jack Adler reconstructs the aftermath of the Tunguska Event, and the evidence for a tiny black hole as the culprit. And all the while, Grishin's hired killer Yuri is closing in on his next target -- Jack himself Guided by an aged shaman's chants, Jack Adler reconstructs the aftermath of the Tunguska Event, and the evidence for a tiny black hole as the culprit. And all the while, Grishin's hired killer Yuri is closing in on his next target -- Jack himself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1410 no Chapter 6: Our Ship Comes In https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-07.mp3 Knox learns more than he ever wanted to know about CROM's secret inner workings -- and about how his own checkered past fits into their undercover investigation of Grishin Enterprises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sun, 09 Apr 2006 17:57:07 -0000 full 1 7 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Knox learns more than he ever wanted to know about CROM's secret inner workings -- and about how his own checkered past fits into their undercover investigation of Grishin Enterprises. Knox learns more than he ever wanted to know about CROM's secret inner workings -- and about how his own checkered past fits into their undercover investigation of Grishin Enterprises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 2231 no Chapter 5: Interview with the Shaman https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-06.mp3 As Jonathan Knox makes some unusual preparations for his morning meeting, on the far side of the planet Jack Adler toils to the top of a sacred mountain, to a meeting with an ancient holy man who can teach him the secret of the Tunguska Event and, just possibly, the meaning of his own life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Sat, 01 Apr 2006 22:04:10 -0000 full 1 6 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl As Jonathan Knox makes some unusual preparations for his morning meeting, on the far side of the planet Jack Adler toils to the top of a sacred mountain, to a meeting with an ancient holy man who can teach him the secret of the Tunguska Event and As Jonathan Knox makes some unusual preparations for his morning meeting, on the far side of the planet Jack Adler toils to the top of a sacred mountain, to a meeting with an ancient holy man who can teach him the secret of the Tunguska Event and, just possibly, the meaning of his own life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 2195 no Chapter 4: Reacquisition https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-05.mp3 Marianna drags Jon Knox into her investigation against his will, and gets more than she bargained for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:31:48 -0000 full 1 5 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Marianna drags Jon Knox into her investigation against his will, and gets more than she bargained for. Marianna drags Jon Knox into her investigation against his will, and gets more than she bargained for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1560 no Chapter 3: Schwarzschild Radius https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-04.mp3 Marianna pins her hopes of building a case against Grishin on a man with a past, an unconventional analyst for the Archon Consulting Group named Jonathan Knox. Meanwhile, half a world away, maverick cosmologist Jack Adler tries prove that the true cause of the Tunguska Event was - a submicroscopic black hole! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:31:29 -0000 full 1 4 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Marianna pins her hopes of building a case against Grishin on a man with a past, an unconventional analyst for the Archon Consulting Group named Jonathan Knox. Meanwhile, half a world away, maverick cosmologist Jack Adler tries prove that the true caus Marianna pins her hopes of building a case against Grishin on a man with a past, an unconventional analyst for the Archon Consulting Group named Jonathan Knox. Meanwhile, half a world away, maverick cosmologist Jack Adler tries prove that the true cause of the Tunguska Event was - a submicroscopic black hole! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 3414 no Chapter 2: Resource Recovery https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-03.mp3 Arkady Grishin, billionaire chairman of Grishin Enterprises International, has a secret agenda of his own where the Tunguska Event is concerned - a secret his minions are only too willing to kill for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:31:09 -0000 full 1 3 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl Arkady Grishin, billionaire chairman of Grishin Enterprises International, has a secret agenda of his own where the Tunguska Event is concerned - a secret his minions are only too willing to kill for. Arkady Grishin, billionaire chairman of Grishin Enterprises International, has a secret agenda of his own where the Tunguska Event is concerned - a secret his minions are only too willing to kill for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 2438 no Chapter 1: Proliferation Threat https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-02.mp3 New York City, present day. Marianna Bonaventure, rookie field agent for the supersecret agency known as CROM, tries to nail the shadowy Grishin Enterprises International conglomerate for trafficking in weapons of mass destruction research, and nearly pays for it with her life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:30:48 -0000 full 1 2 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl New York City, present day. Marianna Bonaventure, rookie field agent for the supersecret agency known as CROM, tries to nail the shadowy Grishin Enterprises International conglomerate for trafficking in weapons of mass destruction research, and nearly pay New York City, present day. Marianna Bonaventure, rookie field agent for the supersecret agency known as CROM, tries to nail the shadowy Grishin Enterprises International conglomerate for trafficking in weapons of mass destruction research, and nearly pays for it with her life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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]]> 1559 no Prologue - The Tunguska Event https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/singularity/PB-Singularity-01.mp3 June 30th, 1908, a forty-megaton explosion obliterates a swath of ancient Siberian forest half the size of the state of Rhode Island, yet leaves behind not a trace of the object that caused it. What was it? A meteor? A comet? An alien spacecraft in reactor overload? — Or something stranger still? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:30:00 -0000 full 1 1 Bill DeSmedt | Scribl June 30th, 1908, a forty-megaton explosion obliterates a swath of ancient Siberian forest half the size of the state of Rhode Island, yet leaves behind not a trace of the object that caused it. What was it? A meteor? A comet? An alien spacecraft in reacto June 30th, 1908, a forty-megaton explosion obliterates a swath of ancient Siberian forest half the size of the state of Rhode Island, yet leaves behind not a trace of the object that caused it. What was it? A meteor? A comet? An alien spacecraft in reactor overload? — Or something stranger still? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices June 30th, 1908, a forty-megaton explosion obliterates a swath of ancient Siberian forest half the size of the state of Rhode Island, yet leaves behind not a trace of the object that caused it. What was it? A meteor? A comet? An alien spacecraft in reactor overload? — Or something stranger still?

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