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Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, hosted by Brigid & Clint. This is the second part of our coverage of The Faith of Beasts, the second novel in the series! This episode is spoilers for the entirety of The Captive's War Universe.

In this episode:

• We check in with Tonnor Fries, who let's face it is not having a very good time.
• Dafyd starts leaning into authoritarianism but that the locals are getting a little punchy.
• The Swarm reveals itself and it goes about as well as they could possibly have hoped.
• Jessyn and <3 Garral <3 have theeee cutest effing meet cute and we can't wait for them to get a room.
• Clint riffs on Anjiineese sexuality, JSAC's love of love, and his maybe/probably/definitely correct theory of what World is.
• Brigid takes a victory lap, grabs all the religious references she can, and connects Ver Cannadan to the immigrant experience.
• We finish off TFOB Pt. I STRUCTURE with a discussion of some very important and horny small moments.

Join us next time when Jessyn's romantic vacation unexpectedly turns into a group thing. Follow the Mercy of Pods on social media at themercyofpods, or email us at themercyofpods@gmail.com. Logo by Matt Howse. Music is Push The Button by Sid Luscious and the Pants. Read Brigid's stuff here.

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Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, hosted by Brigid & Clint. This is the first part of our coverage of The Faith of Beasts, the second novel in the series! This episode is spoilers for the entirety of The Captive's War Universe

In this episode:

• We talk Anjiin origin myths, and how the Story of Ke fits into what we already know.
• Lord Dafyd Alkhor deals with many nightmares, alien, procreative, and logistical alike, and starts a Carryxese streak on Duolingo.
• Rickar warns Campar of the dangers of Love in Hell, and meets a new mollusk friend.
• Jessyn begins her messy bisexual getaway on World.
• Brigid summarizes the first four chapters and does The Swaaaaarm voice more times than you could possibly anticipate.
• Clint runs down the major post-TFOB theories of the Deathless enemy and wonders why there isn't a grid network on World.
• We go long on the choice to introduce reproduction into the story, and what it means for the narrative going forward.

Join us next time when we finish off the first part of The Faith of Beasts. Follow the Mercy of Pods on social media at themercyofpods, or email us at themercyofpods@gmail.com. Logo by Matt Howse. Music is Push The Button by Sid Luscious and the Pants. Read Brigid's stuff here.

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Welcome to the Mercy of Pods, a podcast about The Captive's War by James S.A. Corey, hosted by Brigid & Clint. Episode 31 is a spoileriffic overview of our first read of The Faith of Beasts, the second novel in the series, published just a few days ago! This episode comes to you from our UNDISCLOSED SECRET LOCATION (that we will never reveal) where we read the book together with friends.

In this episode:

• We give our off-the-cuff impressions of the wonderous and amazing book that completely reframes everything we ever thought about anything.
• Brigid takes a well-earned victory lap for nailing the most important theory we ever put forth: the Jessyn-Irrina ship.
• Clint is blown away by surprising revelations about Campar and details why the final reveals about the deathless don't necessarily mean his Trap World theory is dead.
• The Swarm experiences gender euphoria, and we all learn to appreciate baby factories.
• We draw connections between Human, Lothark, Deathless, and Carryx societies while saying hello to some old friends (hi Corval!) and greeting some new ones (hi giant slug!).
• We give a rundown of what we learned from the JSAC subreddit AMA and lay out a plan for covering TFOB completely.

Join us next time when we give our hot takes and first impressions of The Faith of Beasts. Follow the Mercy of Pods on social media at themercyofpods, or email us at themercyofpods@gmail.com. Logo by Matt Howse. Music is Push The Button by Sid Luscious and the Pants. Read Brigid's stuff here.

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