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Colony in Danger: CH 13 | Silas Is Grabbed by a Shrew Halfway Across the Field | Boys Adventure Audiobook

Jun 2, 2026 · 20 min · Ep 22

In Chapter 13, the team makes their most dangerous crossing yet — an open field at night, nothing but moonlight and Thistle’s star map to guide them. Halfway across, a shrew takes Silas. Cinder goes after the predator with nothing but a seed husk. The fight is short, brutal, and only one of them walks away breathing.

Colony in Danger is a fire ant survival adventure — Cinder Marlowe and his scout team fight their way through a meadow where the predators are real, the stakes are mortal, and one wrong step ends everything.

Each chapter runs 20–30 minutes of serialized adventure fiction — cliffhanger-driven and built for boys who want the real thing. Perfect for boys 8–14, reluctant readers who connect with action-first stories, and homeschool families looking for substantive adventure fiction. For fans of Watership Down, the Warriors series, and Empires of the Undergrowth.

Grab your copy of Colony in Danger: The Fire Ant Kingdom (Book 1) — available now on Amazon: https://us.amazon.com/stores/Reed-Sterling/author/B0H2ZM86WQ

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00:00:00 — Cinder Leads the Crossing at Night
00:03:30 — On Three, We Run
00:04:00 — The Shrew Strikes
00:05:45 — Cinder Fights Back
00:08:00 — Still Alive
00:11:30 — The Hard Choice
00:14:15 — The Pill Bug Mounds
00:18:15 — Silas Was Already Gone
00:20:00 — CH 14 — What Comes Next

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I am the author of serialized fiction books for kids, teens, tweens and young adults, including:

- Brickhaven: A Bricks Fan Fiction Adventure

- Colony In Danger: A Fire Ant Adventure

- Eagle's Edge: A Story of Rome, Gaul and the Making of a Soldier

- Treasure Island: A Classic Adaptation

- Iron Rails & Ruin: A Novel of Steam, Sorcery and the Lawless Montana Territory


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