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The Magitech Chronicles #6
Nefarius
Every victory comes with a price
Krox's assault on Shaya has been foiled, but the cost was bitter. Ternus lies in ruins, its gravity doubled by a god. Shaya is a paradise, but one populated by a mere handful of survivors. Only one power strong enough to oppose Krox remains... The Last Dragonflight.
Aran and his Outriders travel to Virkon to wake Virkonna, praying that she will join the war on their side. But neither Krox nor Nebiat is the true threat. Nefarius's rebirth has been carefully orchestrated, and is finally at hand.
When the dust settles gods will die. Heroes will be slain. The sector will never be the same.
Krox's assault on Shaya has been foiled, but the cost was bitter. Ternus lies in ruins, its gravity doubled by a god. Shaya is a paradise, but one populated by a mere handful of survivors. Only one power strong enough to oppose Krox remains... The Last Dragonflight.
Aran and his Outriders travel to Virkon to wake Virkonna, praying that she will join the war on their side. But neither Krox nor Nebiat is the true threat. Nefarius's rebirth has been carefully orchestrated, and is finally at hand.
When the dust settles gods will die. Heroes will be slain. The sector will never be the same.
376 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 28, 2019
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Chris Fox
87 books672 followersBy day I am an iPhone developer architecting the app used to scope Stephen Colbert’s ear. By night I am Batman. Ok maybe not. One can dream though, right?
I’ve been writing since I was six years old and started inflicting my work on others at age 18. By age 24 people stopped running away when I approached them with a new story and shortly thereafter I published my first one in the Rifter.
Wait you’re still reading?
Ok, the facts I’m supposed to list in a bio. As of this writing I’m 38 years old and live just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in the beautiful town of Mill Valley. If you’re unsure how to find it just follow the smell of self-entitlement. Once you see the teens driving Teslas you’ll know you’re in the right place.
I live in a tiny studio that I can cross in (literally) five steps and don’t own an oven. But you know what? It’s worth it. I love developing iPhone apps and if you want to work in San Francisco you accept that rent for a tiny place costs more than most people’s mortgage.
If you and about 2 million other people start buying my books I promise to move out of Marin to a house in the redwoods up in Guerneville. No pressure. Wait that’s a lie. Pressure.
I’ve been writing since I was six years old and started inflicting my work on others at age 18. By age 24 people stopped running away when I approached them with a new story and shortly thereafter I published my first one in the Rifter.
Wait you’re still reading?
Ok, the facts I’m supposed to list in a bio. As of this writing I’m 38 years old and live just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in the beautiful town of Mill Valley. If you’re unsure how to find it just follow the smell of self-entitlement. Once you see the teens driving Teslas you’ll know you’re in the right place.
I live in a tiny studio that I can cross in (literally) five steps and don’t own an oven. But you know what? It’s worth it. I love developing iPhone apps and if you want to work in San Francisco you accept that rent for a tiny place costs more than most people’s mortgage.
If you and about 2 million other people start buying my books I promise to move out of Marin to a house in the redwoods up in Guerneville. No pressure. Wait that’s a lie. Pressure.
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September 20, 2020
How can you leave me hanging this way?!
What a great book. My usual wheelhouse is romance because of the happy ending and romance, I really enjoy this series and this book is no exception. The characters are great and I love the world/universe building that's been done. I can't wait for the next one.
What a great book. My usual wheelhouse is romance because of the happy ending and romance, I really enjoy this series and this book is no exception. The characters are great and I love the world/universe building that's been done. I can't wait for the next one.
August 29, 2020
"Dungeons & Dragon in space" is still going strong! The scale (sorry) of everything keeps getting larger, but the book follows the same recipe as the previous ones in the series. It's a real page-turner and I'm eager to read the last book to see how everything plays out in the end.
November 13, 2020
This entry of Chris Fox’s Magitech Chronicles series opens with Aran inspecting and approving of the vessel Talon, happy to have a chain of command again. Meanwhile, Nebiat plots to expand his empire, wanting Kaho as one of his guardians, and Frit feels treasonous towards Shaya. The survivors of Krox’s wrath begin constructing homes on the upper branches of a great tree, with Voria eying them as her next targets. Aran also evokes doubts from his crew, especially from Rhea, who avoids him, feeling that he is draining more magic. Moreover, Kahotep receives a ghostly call from his mother Nebiat.
Voria wants to terraform the planet Ternus to make it habitable for her species, and as she does so, the human fleet expresses concern for the doomed world. Frit reads about a mysterious armada known as the Vagrant Fleet, and Skare’s vessel the Dragon Skull drifts near the Ternus station. Drakkon mourns the loss of young drakes, while Voria senses something amiss on Marid, and informs him that his world was lost. Voria seeks to create her own religion with herself as its goddess, and Olyssa scolds her for treating the Wyrm Father as an equal.
Ternus enjoys its first victory in the war, whilst Talifax manipulates public opinion in Ternus space, Voria further seeking to awaken an elder goddess. Aran and his crew keep to themselves during Virkonna’s awakening, distraught at the lives lost, yet knowing that gods too have mortal feelings. He engages in a space battle with demons, considering the sun of the system where the fight erupts in his tactics. Frit regularly engages in magical translocation, and Voria is aware that she needs Virkonna and Inura to help fight the Krox. Several battles and a cliffhanger epilogue end the sixth book.
Overall, I found this entry of the Magitech Chronicles to be slightly more enjoyable than its precursors, given plentiful science-fiction action and commentary on the nature of godship, although it does still have its flaws such as a lack of distinction between Krox as a species and as an individual, and again one can find it difficult to keep track of which species the various characters are. As I’ve said before, the book series doesn’t fuse science-fiction and fantasy as well as other franchises such as Star Wars, but those who enjoyed its precursors will definitely enjoy book six.
Voria wants to terraform the planet Ternus to make it habitable for her species, and as she does so, the human fleet expresses concern for the doomed world. Frit reads about a mysterious armada known as the Vagrant Fleet, and Skare’s vessel the Dragon Skull drifts near the Ternus station. Drakkon mourns the loss of young drakes, while Voria senses something amiss on Marid, and informs him that his world was lost. Voria seeks to create her own religion with herself as its goddess, and Olyssa scolds her for treating the Wyrm Father as an equal.
Ternus enjoys its first victory in the war, whilst Talifax manipulates public opinion in Ternus space, Voria further seeking to awaken an elder goddess. Aran and his crew keep to themselves during Virkonna’s awakening, distraught at the lives lost, yet knowing that gods too have mortal feelings. He engages in a space battle with demons, considering the sun of the system where the fight erupts in his tactics. Frit regularly engages in magical translocation, and Voria is aware that she needs Virkonna and Inura to help fight the Krox. Several battles and a cliffhanger epilogue end the sixth book.
Overall, I found this entry of the Magitech Chronicles to be slightly more enjoyable than its precursors, given plentiful science-fiction action and commentary on the nature of godship, although it does still have its flaws such as a lack of distinction between Krox as a species and as an individual, and again one can find it difficult to keep track of which species the various characters are. As I’ve said before, the book series doesn’t fuse science-fiction and fantasy as well as other franchises such as Star Wars, but those who enjoyed its precursors will definitely enjoy book six.
September 25, 2023
🎵NEFARIUS!
C'mon. we are, we are
NE, NE, NE, NEFARIUS!
She is. She is.
NE, NE, NE, NEFARIUS!🎶
That battle at the end was everything. Had me like "Damn!"
Not without its heavy losses too. You all are going to want to read this one. A lot of things finally made sense.
By the way I am still trying to wrap my mind around dragons as big as continents - imagine a dragon bigger than the whole USA or Africa. Then imagine another bigger than planet Earth! *shudders*
Another impressive thing about that battle was the Dragon Flight - where the battle commander leads, with all the other dragons under their wing, accompanied by their outriders and allies in their spaceships. All under the lead dragon (usually the biggest Mo'fo)'s wing!
But all great things come to an end and I am finally at the climax of this amazing series. Stay tuned.
C'mon. we are, we are
NE, NE, NE, NEFARIUS!
She is. She is.
NE, NE, NE, NEFARIUS!🎶
That battle at the end was everything. Had me like "Damn!"
Not without its heavy losses too. You all are going to want to read this one. A lot of things finally made sense.
By the way I am still trying to wrap my mind around dragons as big as continents - imagine a dragon bigger than the whole USA or Africa. Then imagine another bigger than planet Earth! *shudders*
Another impressive thing about that battle was the Dragon Flight - where the battle commander leads, with all the other dragons under their wing, accompanied by their outriders and allies in their spaceships. All under the lead dragon (usually the biggest Mo'fo)'s wing!
But all great things come to an end and I am finally at the climax of this amazing series. Stay tuned.
September 8, 2020
This book had a great finale, but it still fell a bit flat for me.
Nefarius is the bad guy who we should really be worrying about, despite the fact that Krox has killed millions of people in the first five books. Nefarius is going to be really bad, simply because everyone keeps telling each other. Nefarius hasn't done anything, yet every keeps talking about how bad they are.
Then you have the twist which is very plot holey. This was a drag, and I will finish the series, it was definitely a trilogy spread over 7 books.
Nefarius is the bad guy who we should really be worrying about, despite the fact that Krox has killed millions of people in the first five books. Nefarius is going to be really bad, simply because everyone keeps telling each other. Nefarius hasn't done anything, yet every keeps talking about how bad they are.
Then you have the twist which is very plot holey. This was a drag, and I will finish the series, it was definitely a trilogy spread over 7 books.
May 24, 2019
Actually epic...
This book was beautiful... However the only detail in it which supremely frustrated me was the ending... And not the fact that the title character only appeared in the last five chapters, I actually thought that was well done. No, it was the fact that I still don't know what Inura's armour does, and I have to wait until the end of June to find out!
This book was beautiful... However the only detail in it which supremely frustrated me was the ending... And not the fact that the title character only appeared in the last five chapters, I actually thought that was well done. No, it was the fact that I still don't know what Inura's armour does, and I have to wait until the end of June to find out!
August 17, 2021
Nicely done , just like Shakespeare some books and in tragedy
This well woven tail spanning multiple books this last one intense is the best word for it. Very well done and did not fall to some dripping happy ending as so many other books always seem to go towards can't wait to open up the next one and continue this saga
This well woven tail spanning multiple books this last one intense is the best word for it. Very well done and did not fall to some dripping happy ending as so many other books always seem to go towards can't wait to open up the next one and continue this saga
April 1, 2019
Four stars because...
This series , while interesting and worth reading is starting to seem dragged out. I'm not really sure if book seven is on my to read list. I am sure none of the spin offs are .
Sometimes too much of a good thing can turn bad.
This series , while interesting and worth reading is starting to seem dragged out. I'm not really sure if book seven is on my to read list. I am sure none of the spin offs are .
Sometimes too much of a good thing can turn bad.
April 6, 2019
A epic space opera
As everything seems to be coming to a head their is still plans within plans and even allies will change.
A wonderful much of magic and tech space opera and even better than the first 5 books
As everything seems to be coming to a head their is still plans within plans and even allies will change.
A wonderful much of magic and tech space opera and even better than the first 5 books
April 9, 2019
Great book.
Action, gods, magic, adventure and treachery. All of that in one book and one series. This is a great story set in a unique universe. Fading this series is time well spent.
Action, gods, magic, adventure and treachery. All of that in one book and one series. This is a great story set in a unique universe. Fading this series is time well spent.
April 16, 2019
Gets better and better
Fun series with no major flaws other than the usual minor occasional ones common to all self published books, spelling & grammar. If. Ore those when you find them. Keep reading and just enjoy the ride.
Fun series with no major flaws other than the usual minor occasional ones common to all self published books, spelling & grammar. If. Ore those when you find them. Keep reading and just enjoy the ride.
October 22, 2019
A satisfying conclusion to a solid series. I think the subject matter was epic enough that this could have involved even more perspectives and painted a slightly more grand story, but it was still highly satisfying.
March 28, 2019
Loved it
This book is extremely exciting and filled with great intrigue and combat. It will leave you on the edge of your seat until the very end. I cannot wait for the next book!
This book is extremely exciting and filled with great intrigue and combat. It will leave you on the edge of your seat until the very end. I cannot wait for the next book!
April 18, 2019
Intense
Lots of action and some resolutions to relationship rough spots. We are in for an interesting ride for the final (?) book of the series.
Lots of action and some resolutions to relationship rough spots. We are in for an interesting ride for the final (?) book of the series.
June 3, 2019
What a story! Chris has done it again, writing a heart stopping action packed space opera that will not let you stop reading. I can't wait to escape into the next one!
August 16, 2019
Great book 6. I can not wait till the next one!
The tail becomes more twisted! Who is this unseen force that keeps slipping in to ruin our hero’s plans! Only the shadow knows.
The tail becomes more twisted! Who is this unseen force that keeps slipping in to ruin our hero’s plans! Only the shadow knows.
February 14, 2020
Another great one
Just can’t put it down until i reah the last page.
I look forward to next book in the series.
Just can’t put it down until i reah the last page.
I look forward to next book in the series.
May 22, 2025
Exciting, but gods became inflationary.
September 27, 2022
I've been enthusiastically following this series as it develops, and after the events in this book I'm even more excited to see how this particular storyline of the Magitech Chronicles ends. The only major issue I had with this book was that the titular character didn't show up until the very, very end of the book and thus this installment felt like more of a bridge or teaser for the finale than a work that will hold up well on its own. Still, if there are two things the author is truly great at, it's his imagination and ability to really draw readers into the enduring saga he's creating, and this book manages to do both of those things extremely well. I can't wait to see how he wraps everything up!
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