7th Son: OBSIDIAN — A first-ever in fiction

7th Son: OBSIDIAN is another “first” in online fiction from J.C. Hutchins. This groundbreaking audio and video short story anthology enhances the 7th Son trilogy universe, by chronicling a crisis that took place in 7th Son, Book Three: Destruction.

In that novel, the United States fell victim to a coordinated terrorist attack. Power stations across the country were destroyed, and the U.S. plummeted into a country-wide blackout. In the timeline of the trilogy, this blackout occurred in mid-November 2007.

While this blackout was described in the trilogy, the story never focused on its true victims: average Americans. 7th Son: OBSIDIAN does just that.

In early 2008, J.C. Hutchins recruited the seven biggest names in podcast fiction to write seven short stories set during this national crisis:

• Scott Sigler (author of Infected, Earthcore, Ancestor, The Rookie)
• Michael A. Stackpole (New York Times bestselling author of Fortress Draconis)
• Tee Morris (author of MOREVI: The Chronicles of Rafe and Askana, and Billibub Baddings and the Case of the Singing Sword)
• Mur Lafferty (author of Playing For Keeps, and the acclaimed Heaven audionovella series)
• Matt Wallace (award-winning author of The Failed Cities Monologues, and Variant Frequencies stories)
• Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff (author of Shadow Falls, Number One With A Bullet, Diary of a Madman and Transistor Rodeo)
• Christiana Ellis (author of Nina Kimberly the Merciless and Space Casey)

In addition, Hutchins invited other trailblazing podcast entertainers to contribute shorter stories that also take place during this “time of darkness”:

• Evo Terra
• Dan Klass
• Wichita Rutherford
• TD-0013
• Soccergirl
• The cast of The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd
• George Hrab

Most notably, 7th Son: OBSIDIAN features more than 100 audio and video stories provided by 7th Son fans across the globe. Each storyteller brought a unique tales of survival, action, betrayal and hope to this history-making fiction project. Subscribe to OBSIDIAN — or download individual episodes — by visiting this page.