Companion podcasts to certain novels that are serialized, with new episodes being released. Currently, we navigate novels written by Chamir Ledesma, such as the Voyager trilogy and THE TECHNATE. If you enjoy serialized fantasy, subscribe @ http://chledesma.substack.com so you don't miss a new episode! <br/><br/><a href="https://chledesma.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">chledesma.substack.com</a>
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Companion podcasts to certain novels that are serialized, with new episodes being released. Currently, we navigate novels written by Chamir Ledesma, such as the Voyager trilogy and THE TECHNATE. If you enjoy serialized fantasy, subscribe @ http://chledesma.substack.com so you don't miss a new episode! <br/><br/><a href="https://chledesma.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">chledesma.substack.com</a>
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August 4, 2026
When the Light Becomes a Weapon: Faith, Power, and the Gathering Storm in Voyager
<p><p>Paid subscribers get access to all chapters here on our Substack of all novels.</p></p><p>The reign of King Leonardo IV was defined by a meticulously maintained stability, a “Long Peace” rooted not in shared ideology, but in the personal friendship between the Old King and Sultan Samir Malik al-Rashid of Sifia. This era of trade and mutual understanding allowed the Three Kingdoms of Priteria to flourish, yet the first ten chapters of Voyager reveal this tranquility to be a fragile veneer. As Leonardo withers in Isthia, the borders of the Westerlands and Sifia are already hemorrhaging under the weight of encroaching ogres and wargs—monsters that act as harbingers of a shifting cosmic tide.</p><p>The narrative’s dedication posits that “the flapping of a butterfly’s wings can cause a hurricane on the other side of the cosmos.” In this world, the “butterfly wings” are not found in the movements of armies, but in seemingly trivial artifacts: a small debt that forces a mercenary into the Wilds and a weathered Bible carried by a marginalized boy. These minor tremors are the catalysts for a coming hurricane. As we transition from the diplomatic ink of the Old King to the divine steel of the New, we must dissect the counter-intuitive power shifts that are redefining the nature of sovereignty and salvation.</p><p>The Messiah Paradox: Divinity as a Weapon of War</p><p>The most profound sociopolitical friction in the opening narrative lies in the “divine” reveal of Prince Jeshua. In a world where magic (Aether) is largely associated with the marginalized Pria, Jeshua emerges with “light magic,” performing genuine miracles that captivate a grieving populace. However, this is divinity stripped of its traditional mercy. Jeshua is a practitioner of what we might call <strong>divine authoritarianism</strong>, utilizing his miraculous capacity not as a gift, but as a tool of theological fascism to ensure domestic obedience.</p><p>“Mercy built weak rulers. Weak rulers built weak kingdoms.”</p><p>— Jeshua Mistral</p><p>There is a biting irony in the crowd’s adoption of his new moniker: <strong>“The Lamb.”</strong> While the title suggests sacrifice and gentleness, the narrative contrasts this imagery with the “wolf-like” predatory nature Leonardo IV detected in his son. Jeshua’s light is not meant to illuminate, but to command. He views his ability to heal as proof of an absolute right to rule—a “purging” of the weak and the undesirable. The Messiah Paradox is best captured by his father’s final, terrified assessment:</p><p>“I see the hatred in you. The rage... You could plunge the realm into war.”</p><p>The Hybrid Contradiction: A Half-Pria Following the “Old Religion”</p><p>While Jeshua co-opts the “Old Religion” to cement his status as the Anointed One, the character of Dante serves as a poignant subversion of this trope. Dante is half-human and half-Pria, a hybrid of the very bloodline the institutionalized Old Religion often condemns as “filth” or “sickness.” Yet, Dante carries a Bible, finding ethical solace in a faith that Jeshua uses as a mandate for persecution.</p><p>This creates a brilliant thematic irony: while Jeshua utilizes the Old Religion to justify a purge, the marginalized Pria boy uses it to justify fairness. Dante operates on the philosophical belief that “God is fair,” even when the world is inherently not. This juxtaposition reveals the true nature of the coming conflict—a clash between personal faith and institutional weaponization. Dante’s mother summarized the human tendency to use the divine as a scapegoat for tyranny:</p><p>“My mother used to say people blame God for what people choose to do.”</p><p>The Subversion of the Vanguard: Engineering Over Sorcery</p><p>In a landscape where the “Messiah” wields light and the Pria command Aether, the mercenary Darren presents an impactful takeaway through the subversion of the martial vanguard. Despite being a “feeble human,” Darren achieves “magic-like” feats through modular engineering and extreme physical conditioning.</p><p><p><strong>The Impactful Takeaway: Shattering the Formation</strong> His unique weapon, <strong>Breakspear</strong>, is a marvel of technical ingenuity. It is a dark metal polearm with a modular joint, allowing it to separate into twin short spears for close-quarters combat. While its magnetic-like recall and Darren’s ability to leap twenty feet into the air appear supernatural, they are the results of momentum, weighted mechanics, and physical mastery. The name itself is the ultimate subversion:</p><p>“Not because he broke enemy spears, but because enemy lines tended to break first.”</p></p><p>Loyalty’s Glass Ceiling: The Resentment of House Redwyne</p><p>The sociopolitical tension in the Southmarch highlights a classic genre trope: the resentment of the veteran soldier relegated to the shadows. Lord Horus Cobb, Warden of the South, commands absolute loyalty from his vassal, Solidus Redwyne. However, Cobb’s decision to take the “intellectual” House Ashmere to the coronation while leaving Redwyne to guard Isledon creates a dangerous iconographic shift.</p><p>Cobb views Bruce Ashmere as “better suited to ink than steel,” a preference that echoes the waning era of Leonardo’s diplomacy. Redwyne, however, views this as an insult to the “steel” that has held the borders for generations. By relegating his most capable soldier to a “substitute” role, Cobb inadvertently shatters the glass ceiling of feudal loyalty. Redwyne’s shift in mindset is chillingly pragmatic:</p><p>“A man can remain useful for many years, Horus, but only if he is given a reason to remain loyal.”</p><p>The “Golden Sun” and the Death of Diplomacy</p><p>The iconographic shift from Leonardo to Jeshua is visually represented by the appearance of the <strong>“Golden Sun”</strong> banners. These are co-opted <strong>white banners</strong>, which traditionally symbolize peace or surrender, now repurposed to represent “purity” and “reckoning.” This shift marks the definitive death of diplomacy; where Leonardo traded in compromise, Jeshua deals in “surrender.”</p><p>The irony is that Jeshua’s light magic has made the public functionally blind. In a masterful bit of thematic wordplay, the populace is so dazzled by the “light” of miracles—such as the healing of the boy Tomas—that they are blind to the tyrannical shadows lengthening across the Pria slums. This blindness allows Jeshua to set the stage for a crusade against “undesirables” without public outcry. As he tells his mother, Queen Casadine:</p><p>“There won’t be a war... There will be only surrender.”</p><p>“The President stays in Promenade. Let the new king be offended.” </p><p>— Senator Kurst</p><p>The Gathering Storm</p><p>The first ten chapters of Voyager leave the Three Kingdoms at a precipice. The narrative has split into two diverging paths: Darren and Dante’s desperate journey south to the Pria lands of Ma’sayla, and King Jeshua’s divine ascent toward a world-cleansing hegemony. One path represents the protection of a single, magical life; the other represents the absolute “purging” of a realm in the name of purity.</p><p>As the Golden Sun rises, we are left to ponder a central thematic irony: Is a miracle truly a gift if it demands the surrender of an entire world’s freedom? In Jeshua’s Isthia, the light has arrived, but it has only made it harder for the people to see the storm.</p><p>Read “VOYAGER I” on Substack!</p><p>ACT I <a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/chledesma/p/the-forgotten-son?r=4c4o1r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">1 </a>| <a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/chledesma/p/the-old-religion?r=4c4o1r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">2 </a>| <a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/chledesma/p/crown-prince?r=4c4o1r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">3 </a>| <a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/chledesma/p/bells-of-passing?r=4c4o1r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">4 </a>| <a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/chledesma/p/anointed-prince?r=4c4o1r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">5</a> | <a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/chledesma/p/the-redglass-expanse?r=4c4o1r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">6 </a>| <a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/chledesma/p/beneath-the-golden-sun?r=4c4o1r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">7 </a>| <a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/chledesma/p/lines-in-the-sand?r=4c4o1r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">8 </a>| <a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/chledesma/p/first-of-his-name?r=4c4o1r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">9</a> | <a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/chledesma/p/jewel-in-the-desert?r=4c4o1r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">10</a> | <a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/chledesma/p/prologue?r=4c4o1r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">Prologue</a>ACT II 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20ACT III 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 </p><p>PURCHASE FULL BOOK</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Chamir Ledesma at <a href="https://chledesma.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">chledesma.substack.com/subscribe</a>
July 4, 2026
IRAN, Trump, and the Technate
<p>Hello and welcome back to the Third Estate. Things in Iran are not getting better and in fact, they are getting worse. This is all according to plan. As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, it is also celebrating a new dawn. How much longer until the escalation becomes obvious?</p><p>Our current, annual inflation rate has increased to an unprecedented 4.2%. This is intended to go up. If it goes down, it is the system easing the public’s suspicion that something else is going on.</p><p>We also go over the dramatic increase in Indian population demographics across the United States, as well as many Indian Americans gaining CEO positions, adding more racial pressure within the country.</p><p>Also… is Europe okay? Is the weather and the technocracy connected? Or a separate issue?</p><p> NOW AVAILABLE | THE TECHNATE | eBOOK / PAPERBACK</p><p>The technocrats have won, and the American Empire has come to an end. Witness the downfall of the greatest nation to ever exist in human history through the eyes of an everyday, American family.</p><p> The average Empire lasts 250 years…</p><p> Check out more serialized fiction in our Substack!</p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to THE THIRD ESTATE at <a href="https://3rdestate.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">3rdestate.substack.com/subscribe</a>
June 30, 2026
TECHNATE Discussion | No more AI!
<p>I already like talking to myself, so I decided to end the AI hosts career on my pod. I wanted to start simple, talking more about current geopolitical issues and how they relate to my novel. Available now on Amazon and Apple Books in both ebook and paperback forms. Thank you for all the support.</p><p>… we still haven’t left Iran…</p><p><p>Check out our 3rdestate Podcast, where we do deep dive companion podcasts for the novels featured on our publication. </p></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://3rdestate.substack.com/s/the-technate">The Technate</a></p><p>Joshua Haldeman’s dreams of a technocracy are finally realized through his grandson, who mercilessly strives to complete his goal: a Technate. Based on Malthusian principles of population control, the upper echelons of technology have decided that not everyone is meant to inherit the Earth. Read “The Technate”, a fictional telling of the world falling apart through the eyes of your everyday American family.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://3rdestate.substack.com/s/christine">See You Next Tuesday, Christine!</a></p><p>What happens when someone with borderline personality disorder meets someone with narcissistic personality disorder? At first, serenity, but eventually, chaos. When Ben meets Christine, his life is at rock bottom. Having to give up his apartment due to not making enough money to sustain himself, Ben sees Christine as heaven sent, as she falls in “love” with Ben and shows him, for the first time, what love is and should be. Ben becomes attached immediately, because he believes he met the love of his life. She loved him when he had nothing. One fears abandonment, while the other one holds control. Eventually, boundaries collide, leading Ben down a depressive cycle that lasts for years.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://3rdestate.substack.com/s/voyager">Voyager (Part 1 of 3)</a></p><p>The Three Kingdoms are at peace due to the efforts of both Isthia and Sifia to ensure peace and trade prosper. The old king of Isthia, King Leonardo, is due to pass away soon due to illness, and his eldest son, Jeshua, is set to take the throne. The Sultan doesn’t trust him, and fears he may destroy the peace that has existed for almost a century. Believing to be the true son of God and the prophecy foretold within the texts of the Old Religion due to his ability to use light magic: a power that only God himself is said to wield. Join Darren and his friends as they travel through an ever changing world where nothing is not as it seems.</p><p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to THE THIRD ESTATE at <a href="https://3rdestate.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">3rdestate.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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