Scott Sigler's Galactic Football League (GFL) Series
Scott Sigler
The GFL is a "Space Opera" series of books described as STAR WARS meets THE BLINDSIDE meets THE GODFATHER.
Set in a lethal pro football league 700 years in the future, THE ROOKIE is a story that combines the intense gridiron action of "Any Given Sunday" with the space opera style of "Star Wars" and the criminal underworld of "The Godfather." Aliens and humans alike play positions based on physiology, creating receivers that jump 25 feet into the air, linemen that bench-press 1,200 pounds, and linebackers that literally want to eat you. Organized crime runs every franchise, games are fixed, and rival players are assassinated.
This multi-part scifi/crime/sports mashup follows a professional American football team across a far-future galaxy. Travel to new worlds, meet new races, and put their quarterback into the dirt.
Each novel and novella in the series is or will have its own season, so be sure to start from the beginning.
Season 1: THE ROOKIE (GFL Book I) | 27 episodes
Follow the story of Quentin Barnes, a 19-year-old quarterback prodigy who has been raised all his life to hate and kill those aliens. Quentin must deal with his racism and learn to lead, or he'll wind up just another stat in the column marked "killed on the field."
Season 2: TITLE FIGHT (GFL Novella I) | 10 episodes
Season 3: THE STARTER (GFL Book II) | 36 episodes
Season 4: THE ALL-PRO (GFL Book III) | 36 episodes
Season 5: THE RIDER (GFL Novella II) | 16 episodes
Season 6: THE DETECTIVE (GFL Novella III) | 10 episodes
Season 7: THE REPORTER (GFL Novella IV) | 12 episodes
Season 8: THE MVP (GFL Book IV) | 38 episodes
Season 9: THE REEF (GFL Novella V) | 13 episodes
Season 10: THE CHAMPION (GFL Book V) | 39 episodes
Current Season: THE STONE WOLVES (GFL Novella VI)
Written and Performed by Scott Sigler
Produced by AB Kovacs and Arioch Morningstar
Engineered by Steve Riekeberg
Production Assistance by Allie Press
Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment
Consultation by Evo Terra
For more from Scott Sigler, please visit https://scottsigler.com
Set in a lethal pro football league 700 years in the future, THE ROOKIE is a story that combines the intense gridiron action of "Any Given Sunday" with the space opera style of "Star Wars" and the criminal underworld of "The Godfather." Aliens and humans alike play positions based on physiology, creating receivers that jump 25 feet into the air, linemen that bench-press 1,200 pounds, and linebackers that literally want to eat you. Organized crime runs every franchise, games are fixed, and rival players are assassinated.
This multi-part scifi/crime/sports mashup follows a professional American football team across a far-future galaxy. Travel to new worlds, meet new races, and put their quarterback into the dirt.
Each novel and novella in the series is or will have its own season, so be sure to start from the beginning.
Season 1: THE ROOKIE (GFL Book I) | 27 episodes
Follow the story of Quentin Barnes, a 19-year-old quarterback prodigy who has been raised all his life to hate and kill those aliens. Quentin must deal with his racism and learn to lead, or he'll wind up just another stat in the column marked "killed on the field."
Season 2: TITLE FIGHT (GFL Novella I) | 10 episodes
Season 3: THE STARTER (GFL Book II) | 36 episodes
Season 4: THE ALL-PRO (GFL Book III) | 36 episodes
Season 5: THE RIDER (GFL Novella II) | 16 episodes
Season 6: THE DETECTIVE (GFL Novella III) | 10 episodes
Season 7: THE REPORTER (GFL Novella IV) | 12 episodes
Season 8: THE MVP (GFL Book IV) | 38 episodes
Season 9: THE REEF (GFL Novella V) | 13 episodes
Season 10: THE CHAMPION (GFL Book V) | 39 episodes
Current Season: THE STONE WOLVES (GFL Novella VI)
Written and Performed by Scott Sigler
Produced by AB Kovacs and Arioch Morningstar
Engineered by Steve Riekeberg
Production Assistance by Allie Press
Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment
Consultation by Evo Terra
For more from Scott Sigler, please visit https://scottsigler.com
Episodes
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Jul 21, 2025 • 29min
THE CHAMPION (GFL Book V) | Ep. 16
The Krakens were back at “The Big Eye” in Ionath City to open up training camp. Now, the Krakens head into Week Two of the pre-season. But things aren’t all football — when Quentin & Co were in the Portath Cloud, they were visited by a projection of Petra Prawatt, the living God of the Prawatt race. She used Cormorant Bumberpuff to project herself and deliver a message about a pending intergalactic invasion. Quentin can’t trust Bumberpuff, and tension between the two All-Pro players remains high.
Written and performed by Scott Sigler
Produced by Steve Riekeberg
Production Assistance by Allie Press
Podcast Consulting by Evo Terra
Theme Music by Superweapon
Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment
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Jul 17, 2025 • 32min
THE CHAMPION (GFL Book V) | Ep. 15
The off-season distractions are over, and it’s finally time for the pre-season. The defending GFL-champion Ionath Krakens get ready as a team, but one individual element remains: Becca’s rookie contract. Earlier in the story, Quentin promised Becca he would help her with this — by introducing her to his agent.
Written and performed by Scott Sigler
Produced by Steve Riekeberg
Production Assistance by Allie Press
Podcast Consulting by Evo Terra
Theme Music by Superweapon
Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment
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Jul 14, 2025 • 35min
THE CHAMPION (GFL Book V) | Ep. 14
Quentin finally gets some time to enjoy his status as the Galaxy Bowl MVP. He’s off to Earth, then it’s time to scout for new players at the Tier Three Tournament. Then, a return to Ionath and a stressful visit with Ma Tweedy.
Written and performed by Scott Sigler
Produced by Steve Riekeberg
Production Assistance by Allie Press
Podcast Consulting by Evo Terra
Theme Music by Superweapon
Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment
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Jul 10, 2025 • 37min
THE CHAMPION (GFL Book V) | Ep. 13
Quentin Barnes and his friends traveled to the Portath Cloud, where they successfully rescued his sister, Jeanine, and his friend, Fred. That rescue hinged upon a duel to the death between John Tweedy and the Portath known as “The Gouger.”
With freedom won, Quentin & Co. become the first sentients to leave the Portath Cloud in decades. Now, finally heading back to Ionath, Quentin faces a different yet equally terrifying challenge: finally telling Rebecca Montagne how he feels about her.
Written and performed by Scott Sigler
Produced by Steve Riekeberg
Production Assistance by Allie Press
Podcast Consulting by Evo Terra
Theme Music by Superweapon
Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment
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Jul 7, 2025 • 33min
THE CHAMPION (GFL Book V) | Ep. 12
To save his sister Jeanine and his friend Fred, Quentin challenged the Portath known as The Gouger to a duel. When Quentin was preparing for this ultimate showdown, he was sucker-punched by John Tweedy, who is going to step into the pit to fight in Quentin’s place. With a broken jaw and pain meds in his system, Quentin is helpless to do anything but watch John fight to the death.
Written and performed by Scott Sigler
Produced by Steve Riekeberg
Production Assistance by Allie Press
Podcast Consulting by Evo Terra
Theme Music by Superweapon
Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment
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Jul 3, 2025 • 29min
THE CHAMPION (GFL Book V) | Ep. 11
To win his sister’s freedom, Quentin challenged the Portath known as “The Gouger” to a duel to the death. He’ll have to fight with the awkward “double crescent” knives, the traditional weapon of that race. If Quentin steps into the stone pit for this fight, will he make it out alive?
Written and performed by Scott Sigler
Produced by Steve Riekeberg
Production Assistance by Allie Press
Podcast Consulting by Evo Terra
Theme Music by Superweapon
Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment
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Jun 30, 2025 • 30min
THE CHAMPION (GFL Book V) | Ep. 10
The quest is almost over. Quentin finally gets to see his sister. In the massive Portath ship, Quentin and his friends learn that the “Bermuda Triangle” of the galaxy is not all it seems. But to get his sister out, will Quentin have to face… the Gouger?
Written and performed by Scott Sigler
Produced by Steve Riekeberg
Production Assistance by Allie Press
Podcast Consulting by Evo Terra
Theme Music by Superweapon
Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment
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Jun 26, 2025 • 35min
THE CHAMPION (GFL Book V) | Ep. 9
Quentin and his friends have met the mostly unknown Portath. In that meeting, he came to learn that the kidnapping of his sister wasn’t set up by a rival team or a revenge-minded gangster, but none other than the living god herself, Petra Prawatt, so she could deliver a message to the Prawatt about a pending galactic-scale invasion from a race known as the Abernessia.
Petra’s tool for this manipulation? Cormerant Bumberpuff, Quentin’s Ionath Krakens teammate. Quentin needs to find out Bumberpuff’s involvement, and find a way to free his sister, his friends, and himself from the Portath.
Written and performed by Scott Sigler
Produced by Steve Riekeberg
Production Assistance by Allie Press
Podcast Consulting by Evo Terra
Theme Music by Superweapon
Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment
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Jun 23, 2025 • 32min
THE CHAMPION (GFL Book V) | Ep. 8
Quentin and his friends have made first contact with Hulsey, a Human representative of the as-yet-unseen Portath. Hulsey gave the grim news that while she could help Quentin find his lost sister, Jeanine, and his friend Fred, that wouldn’t do Quentin much good, because he and his friends would never be allowed to leave the Portath Cloud. Instead of rescuing his sister, is Quentin doomed to remain just as lost as she was?
Written and performed by Scott Sigler
Produced by Steve Riekeberg
Production Assistance by Allie Press
Podcast Consulting by Evo Terra
Theme Music by Superweapon
Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment
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Jun 19, 2025 • 38min
THE CHAMPION (GFL Book V) | Ep. 7
Quentin and his friends are aboard the Rosalind Franklin, a living Prawatt ship. Rosalind just entered the portath cloud looking for Quentin’s missing sister and his friend Fred, who were onboard Quentin’s yacht, the Hypatia. Rosalind’s proximity alarm just sounded — there is a ship inbound, and it’s not the Hypatia.
Written and performed by Scott Sigler
Produced by Steve Riekeberg
Production Assistance by Allie Press
Podcast Consulting by Evo Terra
Theme Music by Superweapon
Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment
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