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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
  • The Silent Fallout
    Jun 20 2025

    As the dust settles from the Teufelsberg operation, the team regroups at a NATO forward command post in West Germany. Though the transmission was stopped and the warhead secured, the victory feels hollow. Petrov is still at large, and Atlas—while bloodied—is far from beaten.

    Tensions rise as the fallout spreads beyond Berlin. East Germany is on the verge of collapse, and Atlas is positioning itself to accelerate the chaos. In the command center, Powell hunts for signals, Graves nurses a fresh wound, and Reynolds brings in a CIA liaison, Colonel Wright, who delivers a chilling new intel drop: Prague is Atlas’s next move.

    Safehouses, informant networks, and fallback routes point to a coordinated effort to destabilize the Eastern Bloc—not just to witness the fall of the Iron Curtain, but to weaponize it.

    The war isn’t over. It’s evolving.

    And the team realizes: stopping Atlas at Teufelsberg was only the beginning.

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    5 mins
  • The Cost of Victory
    Jun 19 2025

    As the team races toward the NATO extraction chopper, the dust and smoke of Teufelsberg still cling to them. They’ve survived the battle, secured the nuclear warhead, and cut Atlas’s broadcast signal—but the scars run deep.

    Powell is wounded, Graves is bleeding, and Petrov—the elusive architect of Atlas—has vanished into the night. As the helicopter lifts off, Teufelsberg fades into the Berlin skyline, but no one celebrates. The silence aboard the bird is thick with unfinished business.

    Just when they think it’s over, Powell intercepts a chilling transmission: “Phase III compromised. Adjust accordingly.”

    The realization hits hard—Atlas anticipated failure. And now, the war they thought they had stopped is evolving into something new, something darker.

    The team may have won the battle, but the war is far from over.

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    4 mins
  • The Thin Red Line
    Jun 18 2025

    In this pulse-pounding chapter, Jimmy and the team escape the smoldering ruins of Teufelsberg with the warhead secured and Atlas’s signal severed. But their fight is far from over. As they race toward the extraction point on the outskirts of Berlin, they come under fire—Atlas is still hunting them.

    Trapped and outgunned, the team splits up to outmaneuver the attackers. In a tense moment, Jimmy comes face to face with the elusive mastermind behind Atlas: Ivan Petrov. Their confrontation is brief but chilling, revealing Petrov’s belief that Atlas is an idea—one that won’t die even if he does.

    As the NATO extraction chopper approaches, the team regroups, wounded but alive. Petrov may have vanished into the night, but the immediate threat is over.

    They’ve survived the battle. But the war against Atlas is far from finished.

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    5 mins
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