Don't Wake the Dead Man
On Tidewater Station, dockhand Cole Andrews keeps his head down, takes the abuse, and raises his daughter alone. But when a rigged debt puts fifteen-year-old Kira in the fight ring, the station starts asking who her father really is - and so does the Syndicate that has spent fifteen years hunting a dead man.
Story Guide
Episode 1
A voice from the past sets the stakes: someone was the best in the business, and that was the problem. The syndicate wants an account closed by tomorrow, no loose ends. Aaron Novak keeps the books, and it turns out he's been keeping two sets. Being the best meant taking the assignments nobody else could handle. On Tidewater Station, the pressure is already building, and the people asking for more time don't know how little they have left. The order is simple and cold: close the account, and leave nothing behind.
Episode 2
The assignment turns out to be a baby, and everything breaks. "I'm not killing a baby. I'm out." But there's no walking out of the syndicate — the only exit is a body in a coffin. So a dockhand named Cole Andrews appears on Tidewater Station, a man nobody looks at, with a dependent ID chip for a baby girl he grabbed on short notice. According to system records, Roman Asher is officially dead. Say goodbye to Roman Asher. The question is how long a dead man can stay buried.
Episode 3
The chip passes most scans, but one mistake ends everything. If Cole gets hurt or lands in trouble, a bio-scan reads his blood as Roman Asher — and a dead man comes back to life. They'd never stop hunting him, on this planet or off it. So he swallows every insult. A dockhand is told to clean up trash, called a waste of oxygen, treated like nothing. Roman Asher would have broken bones for less. Cole Andrews has no choice but to take the disrespect every single day, and keep his head down.
Episode 4
At home, the cracks show. Kira places third out of two hundred in her circuit, but her father barely reacts — he didn't even ask which circuit. When a man throws a rag at him and he just wipes the counter, Kira's friends laugh. "Why don't you ever fight back? Why are you like this, dad?" His answer is a rule, not a reason: we keep our heads down, people like us are better off staying quiet. Kira hears it as cowardice. She has no idea what staying quiet is actually protecting her from.
Episode 5
Kira has had enough of being the mud scrubber's kid. She wants in on the race circuit — 800 to enter, 400 for a license — and she's ranked third on the simulator. Cole forbids it; he can't have her name on any lists. She throws his quiet life back at him: "All you are is a loser. I'd rather do anything than end up like you." Then she goes to Renco anyway. He fronts the 800 plus interest, with a warning: win and pay it back from the prize money. Lose, and there's going to be a problem.
Episode 6
The annual airbit race begins, and Kira comes agonizingly close. Top three get paid — but fourth pays Renco 900 by Saturday. She doesn't have the money. Renco's answer is flat: then Saturday night, she works it off in the ring. Kira protests that she doesn't fight, but he says it's what she signed. Somewhere in the crowd, a voice cuts through: "Kira, is that you?" The debt is no longer just a number. It now has her name, her body, and a deadline attached.
Episode 7
Cole shows up with the full 900 and tries to settle everything. Renco refuses: it's too late for money, the show is sold, and the crowd is expecting a girl to fight. So Cole offers himself instead — "Let me fight. Leave my daughter out of this." Renco laughs. Nobody pays to see a mud scrubber fight; Cole can clean the ring. Kira is furious, convinced he only makes things worse. Renco makes it a spectacle: Saturday, ringside, so Cole can watch his daughter go down.
Episode 8
The countdown tightens. Kira is fifteen, and the odds against her are ugly. People around the ring get a bad feeling about the whole thing, but feelings don't change Renco's plans. Kira asks her father a quiet question — just in case Saturday goes wrong. She's already tried giving Renco money; he wouldn't take it. Cole knows one thing for certain: Roman would end this in a single night. But using that name means Kira learns who her father really is, and that truth may be the most dangerous thing in the room.
Episode 9
Cole weighs the cost of exposure. If he gets scanned, a warning flag pulls his full record, and one flag is all it takes to find Roman — his blood still runs through his veins. He needs 900, but Renco won't take the money now. He wants a show no matter what. The threats get personal and cruel, aimed straight at Kira. At home, Cole pushes her to eat: the men down there break arms for fun. She won't be in there alone, he promises. But alone is exactly what he's afraid of being.
Episode 10
Saturday arrives at a pit built with no cameras, no incident reports, no deep checks — Renco designed it so nothing follows a man out. That might be what saves Cole's secrets. The boss wants him close. Kira's debt is due tonight, paid in the ring. Fifteen years of nobody being nobody kept her alive, and now the mask is slipping. She's told to stay down. She doesn't. Cole steps in — her father, fighting in her place for the whole debt in the book. One word escapes: "Dad."
Kira's debt is due and the ring doesn't wait — start the episode and see whether a dead man stays dead.
Cast
- Cole Andrews — Dockhand on Tidewater Station, single father, secretly Roman Asher, a former syndicate operative presumed dead
- Kira — Cole's fifteen-year-old daughter, who enters an airbit race and is forced into a fight ring
- Renco — Owner of the fight ring, to whom Kira owes a debt
- Aaron Novak — Keeps the syndicate's books, mentioned as keeping two sets
- Roman Asher — Cole's former identity, a legendary syndicate operative who refused to kill a baby and went into hiding
FAQ
What is Don't Wake the Dead Man about?
It follows Cole Andrews, a dockhand on Tidewater Station raising his fifteen-year-old daughter Kira alone while hiding his past as a former syndicate operative presumed dead. When Kira enters an airbit race, loses, and can't pay the debt she owes to Renco, she is forced to fight in his ring. Cole tries to settle the debt with money, but Renco refuses and wants a show, so Cole offers to fight in her place.
Who is Cole Andrews?
Cole Andrews is a dockhand on Tidewater Station and a single father to Kira. He keeps a deliberately low profile, swallowing insults and disrespect every day. According to system records, the former syndicate operative Roman Asher is officially dead, and Cole is secretly that man — once the best in the business, who refused to kill a baby and went into hiding.
Who is Roman Asher and why is he dangerous to Cole?
Roman Asher is a legendary syndicate operative who refused to kill a baby and went into hiding. Because his blood still runs through Cole's veins, a bio-scan would read Cole's blood as Roman Asher and bring a dead man back to life, which is why Cole can never risk getting hurt or landing in trouble.
Who is Kira and why is she in debt to Renco?
Kira is Cole's fifteen-year-old daughter. She wants in on the race circuit, which costs 800 to enter and 400 for a license, so she goes to Renco, who fronts the 800 plus interest. When she places fourth in the annual airbit race — just outside the top three who get paid — she owes Renco 900 by Saturday and doesn't have the money, so he tells her she'll work it off in the ring.
Why does Cole refuse to let Kira race?
Cole forbids Kira from entering the race circuit because he can't have her name on any lists. His whole survival depends on staying invisible, and any record that pulls attention toward his family risks exposing that the man the syndicate has hunted for fifteen years is still alive.
Why does Cole let people treat him badly instead of fighting back?
Cole takes the disrespect because one mistake ends everything. If he gets hurt or lands in trouble, a bio-scan reads his blood as Roman Asher, and they would never stop hunting him — on this planet or off it. So he keeps his head down, even when Kira and her friends see it as cowardice.
Does Cole fight in Kira's place at the ring?
Yes. Cole shows up with the full 900 to settle everything, but Renco refuses the money, saying the show is sold and the crowd expects a girl to fight. Cole then offers himself instead, asking Renco to leave his daughter out of it. Renco makes it a spectacle, and when Kira is told to stay down and doesn't, Cole steps in — her father, fighting in her place for the whole debt in the book.
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