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The Salvation

By: Justin Lockey
Narrated by: Ariyon Bakare, Rose Leslie, Olafur Olaffson, Toby Jones, a full cast
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    Trailer
    Oct 5 2023

    Led by an all-star cast featuring Ariyon Bakare, Rose Leslie, and Toby Jones, The Salvation beckons with an enigmatic blend of darkness, danger, and time-bending suspense. This science fiction thriller takes you on a journey where time, memory, and reality converge.

    David Miller, a war-scarred veteran grappling with PTSD, makes a startling discovery—his traumatic flashbacks are gateways to time travel. Recruited by the shadowy Fallen Arrow, David undergoes a surreal transformation into a time agent, wielding a unique power triggered by "The Lullaby." His mission: apprehending a rogue soldier wreaking havoc throughout history. As David navigates a secret war for time-altering technology, he must safeguard his newfound abilities from rival factions.

    The Salvation is a unique listening experience that blurs the boundaries of time. David’s perilous missions across pivotal moments in history, from the Great War to the Cold War and beyond, weave a mind-bending narrative that spans decades and challenges reality itself.
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  • Episode 1: In Dreams

    Episode 1: In Dreams
    Oct 5 2023
    When we meet David Miller, a veteran of the Afghan War, his PTSD from his time deployed has nearly crippled him, with his violent flashbacks continually dragging him back to the most traumatic moments of his tour. However, when David crosses paths with a shadowy organization called Fallen Arrow, it’s revealed to him that his flashbacks aren’t memories, but, in fact, a form of time travel. After an exhaustive and reality warping training, David is successfully turned into a fully deployable time agent.
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  • Episode 2: France, 1917

    Episode 2: France, 1917
    Oct 5 2023
    David’s world is rocked when he is tasked with tracking down and “neutralizing” a fellow soldier - and the only Fallen Arrow subject to achieve time travel - who has since gone rogue and is wreaking havoc through time. On his mission, David is thrust onto the front lines of WW1 where he must confront his own demons as well as the atrocities of war.
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About the Creator

Justin is a world-renowned musician, composer, and writer. He is the lead guitarist and producer of the multiplatinum-selling international band Editors. As a director, Justin has shot music videos for countless artists and bands all around the world.
Turning his skilled hand to writing, Justin was mentored by Abi Morgan and is now working on several projects across TV, film, and audio drama.

Ariyon Bakare
Rose Leslie
Toby Jones
About the Performer-Ariyon Bakare

About the Performer

Ariyon Bakare is a British actor, writer, and director who has been working across film, television, and theatre since graduating from Drama Centre London.
Most recently, Ariyon can be seen playing a new series regular in Mosquito Coast for Apple TV+. He can also be seen in Black Ops on BBC One; Karen Pirie on ITV & Amazon Prime; voicing Darktan in the Sky animation feature The Amazing Maurice opposite Emilia Clarke, Hugh Bonneville, and Gemma Arterton; and playing a leading role, Lord Boreal, in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials on BBC/HBO. The series garnered both critical acclaim and had an impactful reach in audience.
Ariyon was in Amazon’s six-part drama Good Omens, a horror/fantasy drama in which he played the role of Ligur alongside stars Michael Sheen and David Tennant, based on the novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. He was also in Amazon’s fantasy-noir drama Carnival Row, which saw him star as Darius opposite Cara Delevingne and Orlando Bloom.
Ariyon starred as scientist Hugh Derry in Daniel Espinosa’s Sony Sci-Fi film Life opposite Jake Gyllenhaal, Ryan Reynolds, and Rebecca Ferguson. The film, which premiered on the closing night of the SXSW Festival, explores the possibility of extraterrestrial life on Mars. Ariyon’s past film credits include the role of Blue Four in Rogue One, Greeghan in the Wachowskis’ Jupiter Ascending, Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, Happy Ever Afters opposite Sally Hawkins, Full Firearms, The Soul of a Spy, The Secret Laughter of Women opposite Colin Firth and Nia Long, and After the Rain alongside Paul Bettany.
Ariyon is widely respected for his extensive and varied television work. His earliest leading credit was Mehuru, a slave in Bristol in the 1700s who falls in love with a wealthy married white woman, in the BAFTA-nominated BBC miniseries A Respectable Trade. Also for the BBC, Ariyon starred as Stephen Black in Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and as jazz band manager Wesley in Stephen Poliakoff’s Golden Globe-nominated Dancing on the Edge opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matthew Goode, and John Goodman. Both series were hugely successful in the UK and the US on BBC America and PBS, respectively. Ariyon also played the lead role of Olaudah Equiano in the BBC television movie The Extraordinary Equiano. In 2016, audiences saw Ariyon in the crime drama New Blood and as Chief Supt David Burridge in Marnie Dickens’ miniseries Thirteen. In addition to acting, Ariyon has also written the TV movie Stealing Lives and written and directed multiple episodes of the long-standing drama Doctors.
Ariyon also has a well-earned reputation as one of the UK’s leading theater actors. He was nominated for an Ian Charleston Award for the role of Florindo in The Servant of Two Masters with the RSC. Most recently, Ariyon played Todd in Kate Hewitt’s Far Away at the Young Vic. Other credits include Preacher King in The Mountaintop, Look Smart in Dream of the Dog at Trafalgar Studios, and Tony in Riff Raff at the Arcola. Other performances include that of Mark Antony in Sean Holmes’ Julius Caesar with the RSC, Pompey in Greg Doran’s production of Antony and Cleopatra, Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird, and Lorenzo in The Merchant of Venice.
Ariyon launched iCARE (www.ic4re.com), an initiative to raise Conversation About Racial Equality. The website is noted for being a judgment-free space and offers a way of communicating effectively, cordially, and respectfully when talking about race.

Rose Leslie

About the Performer

Rose Leslie graduated from LAMDA in 2008. In 2009, she won a Scottish BAFTA for Best New Talent for her role in New Town. The following year, she went on to secure her first major TV role as Gwen Dawson in the first series of the award-winning period drama Downton Abbey. Rose is perhaps best known for her role as Ygritte in series 2-4 of the worldwide phenomenon Game of Thrones. In 2015, Rose joined Idris Elba in the BBC’s critically acclaimed drama Luther. Following this, Rose starred in the sci-fi thriller Morgan alongside Kate Mara, Toby Jones, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Anya Taylor-Joy. She also voiced the character of Red Riding Hood in BBC One’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s famed Revolting Rhymes. Rose starred opposite Ray Liotta in Sticky Notes, which premiered at the 2016 Edinburgh International Film Festival. Rose went on to star in the spin-off of the hugely popular US legal drama The Good Wife, The Good Fight. Picking up one year after the events of the final episode of The Good Wife, The Good Fight begins when an enormous financial scam destroys the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia Rindell (Rose) while simultaneously wiping out her mentor and godmother Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski)'s savings. The premiere episode aired to rave reviews and won its time period with 10.3 million viewers. Rose starred in series 1-3 of the critically acclaimed show.
Rose was most recently seen in BBC One’s submarine thriller Vigil. The six-part series told the fictional story of how the disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death on board a Trident nuclear submarine created conflict between the police, the Royal Navy, and intelligence services. The series attracted an audience of 13.4 million viewers, making it the highest rated new drama launch across all UK channels since 2018 and the second-most watched drama of 2021. Vigil was a hit with viewers and critics alike and grew its audience across the series on both overnight and 7-day consolidated viewing data. Rose is currently filming the highly anticipated second series.
Last year, Rose was seen in Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Agatha Christie’s murder mystery Death on the Nile alongside an all-star cast including Gal Gadot, Letitia Wright, Annette Bening, Sophie Okenedo, Tom Bateman, Emma Mackey, Dawn French, and Jennifer Saunders. Rose was most recently seen opposite Theo James in The Time Traveler’s Wife, HBO/Sky’s drama series based on the novel by Audrey Niffenegger and adapted by Steven Moffat.

Toby Jones

About the Performer

Toby Jones is an award-winning actor of stage and screen. Known as one of Britain’s most recognizable and versatile actors, Toby’s many acclaimed film credits include the Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, the BAFTA-winning Berberian Sound Studio, The Hunger Games series, and his Emmy-nominated performance as Alfred Hitchcock in The Girl.
His notable television credits include the BAFTA-winning Detectorists, Danny Boy, the BAFTA- and Emmy-winning Sherlock, and Don’t Forget the Driver.
He is also an accomplished stage actor, with his Olivier Award-winning performance in the London production of The Play What I Wrote (and its subsequent Broadway run) and his Olivier Award-nominated turn in Uncle Vanya among his impressive list of stage performances.
Toby has most recently been seen in Will Sharpe’s The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Sebastián Lelio’s The Wonder, Sam Mendes’ Empire of Light, Jon S. Baird’s Tetris, and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. He will also be in Duke Johnson’s upcoming film The Actor.

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Excellent story

This book was a great read. Great storyline and exciting. Kept me captivated the entire time. Loved the full cast.

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Brilliant!

such a very easy story to fall into. everything from the story to the acting was enthralling and kept you wanting more

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Great story telling

Dramatic with fights and futuristic/historical action. Loved the characters & storyline that pulls in the military, politics and futurism’s.

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Glad I found this.

I enjoyed this very much. The acting was brilliant, the story was brilliant, and the premise was also, brilliant. It didn’t miss any chances to throw in the usual “straight white men” wokeness crap, but having our intrepid hero be a black man could make for “interesting” situations in pre 1960’s western society. All the same, loved it!

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really good

keeps your attention very well and you connect with the characters fast fun listen overall

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great listening

great listening. action packed. interesting spin on time travel. very reminiscent of a good TRIPP!!

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Great story

The story is well told but the nuance of jumping shouldn’t have been so… easy. Half the time I’m thinking there should be way more people with the ability. Acting was really good anyway and can’t wait for more.

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First time listening to this kind of audible and I really enjoyed it!

The character voices were great. The story grabbed me from the start and kept me captivated the entire time. I will be looking for more like this!

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I loved this series!

This isn’t my first experience with a full cast, completely submersible experience so I was prepared. As with most I’ve found, there are moments, especially in fight scenes, where it’s hard to picture exactly what’s going on. But I love the story and have no complaints about the audio. Maybe other people have sensitive ears or aren’t using expensive headphones like I do, but none of the noises hurt my ears. I know that in the past when I’ve listened without headphones it makes a big difference. It’s sometimes hard to hear what going on, sounds are quieter/louder, etc. So when listening to this type of story I always use headphones.

I see that some people didn’t like the “cliff hanger” ending but I have no problem with it. I’ve read books that truly do just end mid story and this isn’t one of them. Like literally, midstory. If you think this does, you better hope you don’t ever read/listen to some other others that I have, that have left me furious because the main problem is never actually resolved in any way, shape or form. This ending uses the very common idea of an ending that leaves room for future installments. The main plot line is semi-resolved so I’m good. There is some closure but it ends in a way to start a sequel if they’d like. This is not uncommon for books or movies. I would definitely listen to a sequel but I’m satisfied with this ending if there isn’t more. Since this was just released a few weeks ago I feel like they will continue the story if this gets enough of a following.

I thought the negative comments some people made about the anti-American undertones and the reference to the Jan 6th capital building attack to be hilarious. As an American I am not offended at all by the few BRIEF times we are mentioned. All countries/governments have issues and we should be able to take it with a grain of salt. The antagonist in this story is very clearly the Russians, which is an overused trope, so if anyone should be offended it’s them. The brief mentions of the US are only going to offend the sensitive souls out there. It’s a fictional piece of work, and the references aren’t even that bad, get over it.

Overall, I like that it wasn’t bogged down with too much science and you just kind of go with it. Makes for some fun easy reading/listening. None of the characters annoyed me, which is rare, and it was thoroughly engaging. I liked it so much I binged and listened to the entire series all at once. I would highly recommend this.


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Wonderful listening

I absolutely loved it, I hope they continue making more episodes, I can't get enough of it.

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