24 episodes

A refugee returns to her home planet in search of a missing ship that holds the key to saving humanity. 

As her planet’s star dies, Asala Sikou doesn’t have much hope for the future of civilization. She’s already survived disaster once and is pretty sure she won’t make it a second time. But when she is given a top-secret mission to find a missing ship the government believes was last seen on her former, dead planet, Asala dares to hope that maybe someone from her family survived. 

This is no ordinary rescue mission: the missing ship may be the last piece in a complex puzzle designed to bring salvation to the failing galaxies. And Asala isn’t the only one trying to find it. 

A crumbling solar system. A daring space mission. A harrowing journey of survival. The Vela returns with a breathtaking sequel that will shake you to your core in The Vela: Salvation.

The Vela is a Realm production. Season 1 is written by Yoon Ha Lee, Becky Chambers, SL Huang, and Rivers Solomon. Season 2 is written by Ashley Poston, Maura Milan, Nicole Givens Kurtz, and Sangu Mandanna. Listen away.

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    • 4.3 • 154 Ratings

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A refugee returns to her home planet in search of a missing ship that holds the key to saving humanity. 

As her planet’s star dies, Asala Sikou doesn’t have much hope for the future of civilization. She’s already survived disaster once and is pretty sure she won’t make it a second time. But when she is given a top-secret mission to find a missing ship the government believes was last seen on her former, dead planet, Asala dares to hope that maybe someone from her family survived. 

This is no ordinary rescue mission: the missing ship may be the last piece in a complex puzzle designed to bring salvation to the failing galaxies. And Asala isn’t the only one trying to find it. 

A crumbling solar system. A daring space mission. A harrowing journey of survival. The Vela returns with a breathtaking sequel that will shake you to your core in The Vela: Salvation.

The Vela is a Realm production. Season 1 is written by Yoon Ha Lee, Becky Chambers, SL Huang, and Rivers Solomon. Season 2 is written by Ashley Poston, Maura Milan, Nicole Givens Kurtz, and Sangu Mandanna. Listen away.

For more shows like this, visit Realm.fm.

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    The Guilty

    The Guilty

    Six months after the wormhole closed, Niko and the others left behind race to find another way out of their dying solar system.

    Episode written by Ashley Poston. The Vela: Salvation is a Realm Production. Listen Away.

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    • 36 min
    Faraway Star

    Faraway Star

    A daring escape and a new friend give Niko something they haven’t had in a long time: hope.

    Episode written by Ashley Poston. The Vela: Salvation is a Realm Production. Listen Away.

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    • 50 min
    Orbit

    Orbit

    On the other side of the wormhole, Asala sets off to explore their new world while Hana looks for a way back.

    Episode written by Maura Milan. The Vela: Salvation is a Realm Production. Listen Away.

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    • 42 min
    Stranger in a Strange Land

    Stranger in a Strange Land

    Asala reaches the ground colony, but Salvation might not be the perfect home she’s looking for.

    Episode written by Maura Milan. The Vela: Salvation is a Realm Production. Listen Away.

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    • 46 min
    A Modest Proposal

    A Modest Proposal

    Hana continues her search for a way home while Niko poses as a soldier to look for Asala.

    Episode written by Nicole Givens Kurtz. The Vela: Salvation is a Realm Production. Listen Away.

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    • 1 hr 7 min
    Demons

    Demons

    A trek through the wilderness, mysterious spores, and strange dreams. Is something wrong with Salvation?

    Episode written by Sangu Mandanna. The Vela: Salvation is a Realm Production. Listen Away.

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    • 1 hr 2 min

Customer Reviews

4.3 out of 5
154 Ratings

154 Ratings

Cbusho ,

Excellent story with an excellent natrator

More audio book than podcast, The Vela has all the trappings of space opera—a galaxy-spanning threat, a conflicted protagonist with complicated loyalties, despotic rulers, and a MacGuffin that changes everything.

However, all these elements come together beautifully across the series. As someone who has long been a fan of sci fi, it’s rare to find such a competent and well-executed story in the genre.

The writing is engaging and lean, with few scenes that don’t drive the plot forward. Robin Miles is a phenomenal narrator, and she brings life to the characters with clarity and skill.

My only critique is that there are places I wish the sound effects had been a bit more nuanced and that there had been some music to help vary the pacing of the story.

Miles’ narration is excellent, but some of the more intense sequences slow down due to being delivered at the same pace as the slower sections.

For an audiobook, it is excellent. For a podcast, I would have loved to hear more variety. That being said, I still heavily recommend the show and it is well worth a listen.

kmarsh3895 ,

Great story

I love this series, I would be remiss if I didn’t say, I cannot believe the amount of ad spots.

Killerace3 ,

Another “modern” miss

Full of current political tropes. The “fantasy” of these stories is supposed to be in the settings not the poorly written characters.

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