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No Return

No Return: An Audio Drama by Kier Zhou

No Return is a darkly comic British fantasy audio drama set in a vast, doomed world of gods, mercenaries, lost cities, political disasters and very bad decisions.

Each story follows flawed people trying to survive a world that is too strange, too old, and too morally messy to make sense of. Expect ensemble chaos, dense worldbuilding, absurd humour, sudden tragedy, and fantasy with teeth.

Start here if you like: morally compromised heroes, big lore, strange comedy, full-cast fantasy, and stories where the joke and the wound are usually the same thing.

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This show was nominated for Best Audio Drama at the New Zealand Web Fest and officially selected for the Cisco Web Fest, which is pretty good for someone who ran out of money to apply to any more festivals!

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“A journey through a creative mind like no other… I cannot begin to imagine how this creator keeps all his characters and plot lines straight, but it’s a marvel.”

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“Chaotic [affectionate]. Each arc has something unique - sometimes gut-wrenchingly funny, sometimes grounded — it keeps you on your toes.”

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Fate of Daya — Episode 4: “What Do We Do?”

March 04, 2025 • Kier Zhou • Season 7 • Episode 4

0:00 | 48:26

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The city burns, the farms burn and the enemy army is marching towards them… what will our heroes do?

Content warnings

Strong language
Violence, injury and blood
Death and mortality
Sexual references or nudity
Alcohol or drug use

Cast

Episode Art by Jim Tuohy
Gamesmaster provided by Hearthfire Tales
Jorvin De Ghast — Cameron Gergett @Cameron_Gergett/@JasperZoink
Salryn Ilanora — Gemma Maclean-Mair
‘Swifty’ — Jack Duncan
GM — Dylan Smith
Captain Nuori Gazi — Graham Capobianco
Pilot — Girunduu
Padah/Zarif — Benjamin Sharp