Philistine

Demha Le-Rezan

This podcast includes all 17 chapters of Philistine, the first book on the series. Alia, 11, survives a U.S.-backed Israeli drone strike in Gaza that kills her family. In a tunnel, she finds the Codex, a resonance structure that fuses to her spine. A visceral journey through time, trauma, and the cost of rewriting history. The complete 80,000+ words / 10+ hrs of audio are available directly: • Audiobook (MP3 & M4B) • Ebook (PDF, EPUB, KPF) • Bundle Option (with hi-res artwork) Purchase: https://FreePhilistine.com/ No ads. No platforms. Direct release. contact: author@FreePhilistine.com socials: @Fr33Philistine

에피소드

  1. 5월 6일

    How to Continue the Journey — Philistine — Book I Preview: The First Five Chapters

    Thank you for listening to the opening chapters of Philistine, Book One in The Alia Codex Series. What you’ve just heard is only the beginning of a much larger story—one that follows Alia, a young girl from Gaza whose grief becomes something far larger than herself. Through the mysterious force known as the Codex, memory itself becomes power, and history begins to bend under the weight of what refuses to be forgotten. These first five chapters are meant to give you a glimpse into that journey—into the world of Philistine, where the smallest act of remembrance can ripple through time. If you found yourself drawn into the story and would like to continue the journey, the full version of Philistine Book One is available now. Philistine spans 10+ hours of audio and 80,000+ words across 17 chapters. You can purchase the audiobook, the e-book, or a complete bundle that includes the audiobook, the e-book, and the featured artwork from the series. All of these are available directly from the official site: FreePhilistine.com That’s F-R-E-E-P-H-I-L-I-S-T-I-N-E dot com. The audiobook is provided in two formats for maximum compatibility: The first is M4B, which works perfectly in Apple Books and many modern audiobook players. The second is a chapter-based MP3 download, delivered as a zip file so you can listen anywhere audio is supported—on your phone, computer, car system, or any device you prefer. The e-book edition is also available in multiple formats, including EPUB, PDF, and KPF, ensuring it works across all major e-readers and reading platforms. Everything is designed so you can experience the story however you prefer—whether that’s listening, reading, or both. If you decide to continue the story by purchasing the full book, your support does more than just unlock the rest of this journey. It helps make the continuation of the series possible. Philistine is an ongoing narrative—one that grows with each book—and your support directly contributes to the creation of future volumes in The Alia Codex Series. Thank you again for listening, and for taking the time to enter this world. And if the story stays with you… then perhaps the journey is only beginning.

    3분
  2. 2월 26일

    A Note to the Listener

    A Note to the Listener Before you begin, it may help to know what kind of story Philistine is—and what it is not. This is not a story about a single hero who changes the world through force, victory, or recognition. It is a story about accumulation. In Philistine, change does not arrive all at once. It builds quietly, through ordinary lives that history often fails to name: a mother, a child, a family displaced, a loss that goes unrecorded. These moments may appear briefly, sometimes only for a scene or a page, but they are not incidental. They are the substance of the story. The central character, Alia, does not always stand at the center of events. At times she recedes, blends into the background, or becomes almost imperceptible. This is intentional. Her role is not to dominate the narrative, but to allow many lives—often unseen, often unnamed—to register without being erased. Throughout the series, breath functions as a guiding image. A single breath can disturb something small. Many breaths, sustained over time, become pressure. Enough pressure changes what can remain standing. Justice, in this story, works the same way. It does not announce itself as an event. It becomes unavoidable as a condition. You may notice that the story does not always explain itself, and that resolution is sometimes withheld. This is not an absence of meaning. It is part of the design. Philistine asks you to carry what you encounter, rather than wait for it to be summarized or resolved. If you continue, you are not being asked to follow every detail or remember every name. You are being asked to feel the weight of accumulation—and to notice what becomes impossible to deny once enough has been carried. This is a story that does not shout. It gathers. Philistine — 17 (Seventeen) Chapters The complete audiobook, ebook & bundle editions are available directly: Audiobook (MP3 & M4B)Ebook (PDF, EPUB, KPF)Bundle Option (with hi-res artwork)Purchase Here: FreePhilistine.com No ads. No platforms. Direct release.   contact: author@FreePhilistine.com socials: @Fr33Philistine on X, Instagram

    2분

소개

This podcast includes all 17 chapters of Philistine, the first book on the series. Alia, 11, survives a U.S.-backed Israeli drone strike in Gaza that kills her family. In a tunnel, she finds the Codex, a resonance structure that fuses to her spine. A visceral journey through time, trauma, and the cost of rewriting history. The complete 80,000+ words / 10+ hrs of audio are available directly: • Audiobook (MP3 & M4B) • Ebook (PDF, EPUB, KPF) • Bundle Option (with hi-res artwork) Purchase: https://FreePhilistine.com/ No ads. No platforms. Direct release. contact: author@FreePhilistine.com socials: @Fr33Philistine