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Atlas Awakens: The Audio Files

Atlas Awakens: The Audio Files

By: Joshua James McDonald
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Step into the shadows of the Cold War in Atlas Awakens: The Audio Files — a gripping serialized podcast that brings the espionage thriller Atlas Awakens to life, one chapter at a time.

Set during the volatile final months before the fall of the Berlin Wall, this immersive audio drama follows Jimmy Hart, a U.S. Air Force signals specialist drawn into a hidden war of intelligence, betrayal, and rogue agendas. As NATO scrambles to dismantle Soviet sleeper cells, a deeper conspiracy threatens to ignite a conflict that could upend the fragile peace between East and West.

Each episode delivers a chapter of Cold War secrets, covert missions, and personal reckoning, where every transmission could be a trap, and every ally might be a spy.

What to expect:

  • Thrilling Cold War intrigue
  • Authentic historical tension
  • One chapter per episode

Whether you're a fan of spy thrillers, military history, or edge-of-your-seat storytelling, Atlas Awakens: The Audio Files is your weekly descent into a world where trust is dangerous—and survival is never guaranteed.

Want to read ahead? Atlas Awakens is Book Two in the Across the Divide trilogy. Grab the Kindle edition here: 👉 https://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Awakens-Across-Divide-Book-ebook/dp/B0DY4WLS3C

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Episodes
  • Atlas’s Last Words
    Jun 23 2025

    The team regroups in a crumbling safe house in Prague after narrowly escaping an ambush. Tension runs high as Lukas Reiner, once thought a traitor, reveals the unsettling truth: Atlas isn’t just a rogue faction—it’s a system, designed to ensure the Cold War never ends. Their goal isn’t victory, but perpetual tension. Reiner explains that Atlas has been planting sleeper influencers—politicians, journalists, business leaders—people who don’t even know they’re part of the machine yet.

    Just then, Powell intercepts chilling transmissions: Phase Three remains intact, and the Prague cell is shutting down. Moments later, a distant explosion confirms the worst—Atlas has destroyed its own base to eliminate all traces. As chaos erupts in the city, the team realizes: they’re next.

    Atlas is erasing itself from Prague, not retreating—but evolving. The message is clear: no loose ends, no evidence, and no pause in the war to come. The team flees, knowing the final phase is beginning—and they may be running out of time.

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    7 mins
  • What Remains
    Jun 22 2025

    In What Remains, Jimmy, Klara, Graves, and Powell arrive in a tense, rain-slick Prague, following intelligence that Atlas has established its next operational foothold there. The city is uneasy, with espionage and shifting alliances lurking behind every corner. The team spots suspicious activity—a Russian-speaking man exiting a meeting and getting into a Soviet Volga—confirming Atlas is active in Prague.

    Inside a dingy café, they unexpectedly confront Lukas Reiner, a former contact who had vanished after Leipzig. Suspicion runs high, but Reiner insists he didn’t defect—he fled because he knew the full extent of Atlas’s plan. According to him, Atlas isn’t simply sabotaging East Germany’s collapse; they’re curating it—engineering who gets out and who disappears, shaping the reunification on their terms.

    Before they can decide whether to trust Reiner, gunmen attack, shattering the café windows. A firefight ensues. The team escapes through a back alley with Reiner in tow, unsure if he’s an asset or a trap. But one thing is now undeniable:

    Atlas is done hiding. The next phase has already begun. And unless Jimmy and his team move faster, they’ll be too late to stop it.

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    7 mins
  • The War That Never Was
    Jun 21 2025

    In the aftermath of Teufelsberg, the team regroups at NATO’s forward command in West Germany—but there’s no time to celebrate. While the warhead is secured and Atlas’s transmission is stopped, the true crisis is just beginning. Across East Germany, unrest is accelerating. Protests surge, defections multiply, and the Eastern Bloc begins to fracture.

    But Atlas isn’t just observing the collapse—they’re guiding it.

    Through sleeper agents, infiltrated military units, and controlled opposition networks, Atlas is orchestrating the end of East Germany on its terms. Their goal? To shape what rises in its place. The Cold War may be ending—but only if Atlas doesn’t replace it with something even more dangerous.

    With Prague now identified as the fallback point for Atlas’s command infrastructure, a new mission is forming. No longer on defense, Reynolds orders the team into action. They leave for Prague in four hours—to cut off Atlas before the next domino falls.

    The war has changed shape. The stakes have never been higher.

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    6 mins
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