The Writer

Foxtrot Unit comes under sustained fire amid the ruins of St. Paul’s Cathedral. As Jayden evacuates Father Morcant, Oliver deploys Vox and...

Foxtrot Unit deploys aboard a military transport, where Donovan assigns roles and issues equipment. Oliver’s recon drone, V0-X (“Vox”), is prepared for field use, and...

Private Alberts has demonstrated steady improvement and notable resilience throughout his initial training cycle. Despite entering bootcamp significantly above...

It’s the last day of bootcamp. Recruits are assigned to different divisions in the ADF, and Oliver, Noah and Jayden join Foxtrot Unit, a sanctioned psychological and public-information operation. Donovan issues...

Lieutenant Talia Callen is a dedicated, highly capable medical officer whose clinical proficiency is considered exceptional for her age. Initial recruitment panels expressed reservations due to...

Jayden goes missing. During a run, Noah identifies an officer evaluating the platoon. As the sun sets, recon exercises begin. Oliver pilots a...

The Writer includes various factions and groups in its story. Some are fictional while others are inspired by real-life organisations. Below, we've outlined a few of the factions that listeners will come across during Season 1...

Oliver is summoned before Kershaw, the bootcamp’s commanding officer, to formally present a proposal that could redefine information warfare. Donovan backs...

Private Jayden Yoon-Smith demonstrates exceptional physical capability, cognitive aptitude and operational potential. He consistently ranks at or near the top of all physical and theoretical assessments completed during initial training. Despite possessing...

Oliver leaves the medical bay, breaking the growing bond he had formed with Talia. Training resumes, and Donovan and Jayden clash over a minor mishap. Later, Oliver tries to rejoin the ongoing propaganda efforts but is...

Corporal Donovan is a by-the-book operator known for his precision, discipline and unshakable adherence to command protocol. Enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force at nineteen, his early service involved supply...

Oliver awakens in the medical bay after a violent encounter. Talia asks what happened, but he deflects, leaving her to draw her own conclusions. The two...

It begins with a single question, the ‘what if’ that sparked the series. No matter where you fall on the political spectrum, you can feel it: tensions are rising, societies...

Following a brief recovery in the medical bay, Noah returns to training amid rising tension within the platoon. Jayden’s hostility toward him intensifies, prompting Oliver to step in. During weapon drills, Noah’s exceptional...

Private Wolfe is a highly skilled sniper and reconnaissance operative. Reserved, efficient and precise, Wolfe has demonstrated exceptional marksmanship and situational awareness, earning distinction as one of the most accurate long-range shooters in the Australian Defence Force. Raised in a low-income household in...

Oliver returns just before curfew, dragging an unconscious Noah and shouting for help. Donovan takes notice. In the med bay, while Noah is in the O.R., Oliver is...

Private Smuhar was conscripted into service following national mobilisation during the early stages of the Third World War. Initially identified as a candidate with non-combative potential, his unique aptitude for narrative construction, propaganda adaptation and linguistic cohesion made him a key figure in the establishment of ‘The Writer Initiative’.

Bootcamp begins. Draftees face brutal training, sleepless mornings and lessons in how to kill. Some break under the pressure...

The Writer is a serialised, fictional audio drama that immerses listeners in an imagined World War III. The story follows a young writer drafted into...

A civilian male, Oliver, and his father are forcibly conscripted under emergency wartime orders as World War Three begins. Both are processed into a chaotic enlistment camp, where families are separated and ordinary life collapses under rapid global mobilisation.

World War III has begun. Oliver, a young aspiring writer, is drafted into a brutal military bootcamp where he forms unique bonds with fellow recruits Ben, Jayden and Noah, and comes under the command of Donovan, a hardened instructor who sees something in Oliver he doesn’t yet understand. But bootcamp is...

#1 best-selling author and filmmaker O.R. Smuhar has launched The Writer, a serialised audio drama that explores an immersive and realistic depiction of a fictional Third World War, from conscription to the frontlines.