The Scum Kings
The Scum Kings is a daily, short-form, serial grimdark fantasy audiobook told from the perspective of their captain. Each 5-15 minute episode is a ground-level chronicle of survival, following the crew through their desperate heists, ugly victories, and insane gambles.
Defeated. Desperate. Driven.
Created and written by Mike Daltrey
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Episodes
The Challenge
The Scum Kings face their breaking point as Dray refuses to accept a return to mere survival. When Silene proposes splitting up the group to survive as common thieves, Dray's defiant stand against mediocrity triggers a devastating mutiny. As former allies choose sides between pragmatic survival and ...
The Last Coin
The Scum Kings face their darkest moment in the barren hills, Dray's authority crumbling with each passing second. When all seems lost, Silene reveals a final ace: the last silver Solaree, carefully hidden away. But her cold, practical plan for survival forces them to confront a brutal truth - are t...
The Scum Kings Friday Binge! Chapters 46-50
This compilation containing 5 episodes. Episodes included: 1. Escape From Greymark (November 03, 2025) 2. The Ash-Stained Dawn (November 04, 2025) 3. The Barren Land (November 05, 2025) 4. The Blame Game (November 06, 2025) 5. The March to Nowhere (November 07, 2025) --- Episode 1: Escape From Greym...
The March to Nowhere
In the aftermath of a near-deadly confrontation between Stigand and Orso, Dray faces his greatest test of leadership as his crew teeters on the edge of collapse. With their silver gone and murderous tensions rising, he forces his broken band to march westward—not from hope, but from the desperate kn...
The Blame Game
A starving crew of failed kings faces their breaking point when their last hope of survival crumbles. As Stigand confronts Orso over their disastrous plan, long-simmering tensions explode into violence. ----- Want to binge The Scum Kings with fewer ads? Every Friday night we release a bonus episode ...
The Barren Land
Desperate and starving, the remnants of the Scum Kings trudge through barren hills after fleeing a devastating fire. Dray stakes everything on one final gambit, sending their scout Brynn over a distant ridge in search of salvation. As the crew waits in their fireless camp, tension builds and hope dw...
The Ash-Stained Dawn
In the aftermath of the devastating fire in the Gutters, the Scum Kings flee through the night, their victory turned to bitter ashes. As they huddle on a cold hill, soaked in river water and blood, the fragile bonds holding them together begin to snap. When Cob, their cook, attempts to desert, their...
Escape From Greymark
A city guard crackdown transforms an ambitious gang takeover into a desperate fight for survival. As the Gutters district erupts in flames, the Scum Kings face their greatest challenge yet - not conquering territory, but simply staying alive. Through burning streets and smoke-choked alleys, they are...
The Scum Kings Friday Binge! Chapters 41-45
This binge compilation contains 5 episodes. Episodes included: 1. The War Council (October 27, 2025) 2. The Point of No Return (October 28, 2025) 3. A Hammer For a King (October 29, 2025) 4. The King is Dead (October 30, 2025) 5. The Reckoning Fire (October 31, 2025) --- Episode 1: The War Council I...