Hello, all welcome back. Are you ready for another intense episode of The Vela? Because we're really in the thick of it now.

Asala and Niko broke into and back out of a prison and have learned that there is a lot more to the mystery of the Vela than they've been led to believe.

Before we get back to the show, I have to shout out the writers.

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Our writers are an amazing group, and I'm sure some of you have read their other work.

Yun Ha Lee likes to apply her math background to sci-fi and fantasy, with novels including

Nine Fox Gambit. Becky Chambers is a Hugo Award winner with a lot of books to her name,

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