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Magic by the Numbers #5
Magic in Triplicate
Is time immutable?
Can stepping on a butterfly in the Jurassic change human history?
Might denizens of the realm of demons have something to do with it?
You bet!
Fig stumbled a step backward. No towering devil stood before him as he had imagined … and feared. No great beast with a hideous smile of anticipation. Instead, he gazed at a female about the same height as himself. The face more alluring than any artist’s rendering of beauty could be. A petite upturned nose. Come-hither eyes. Red and sensuous lips contrasting with pale green skin. What must be the tops of wings appeared over her shoulders. “I am Lilith, what you on Earth call a succubus. Kiss me. That will be but a first hint of what delights await when you submit your will to mine.” Demonic love, parallel universes, female spies, and time travel all woven together in one exciting tale
Can stepping on a butterfly in the Jurassic change human history?
Might denizens of the realm of demons have something to do with it?
You bet!
Fig stumbled a step backward. No towering devil stood before him as he had imagined … and feared. No great beast with a hideous smile of anticipation. Instead, he gazed at a female about the same height as himself. The face more alluring than any artist’s rendering of beauty could be. A petite upturned nose. Come-hither eyes. Red and sensuous lips contrasting with pale green skin. What must be the tops of wings appeared over her shoulders. “I am Lilith, what you on Earth call a succubus. Kiss me. That will be but a first hint of what delights await when you submit your will to mine.” Demonic love, parallel universes, female spies, and time travel all woven together in one exciting tale
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Lyndon Hardy
11 books149 followersNew York Times best-selling author of the Magic by the Numbers fantasy series.
One Last Heist, the seventh book in the series, is now available.
I meld my knowledg in physics with the fantasy of alchemy, sorcery, and wizardry to produce tales in which there are constraints and limitations. Magic is not omnipotent. When the protagonists are in a jam, they are not saved with a simple bibbity, bobbiity, boo.
With the exception that book 5, Magic Times Three, involves the same protagonists as book 4, The Archimage's Fourth Daughter, all the books in the series have different leading characters. They can be read in any order.
I have some experience with adventures in our universe as well -- orchestrating the classic Rose Bowl Card Stunt in 1962. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_R...
I have yet to come up with a plot in which a stamp collector saves the universe.
Wikipedia: Lyndon Hardy
One Last Heist, the seventh book in the series, is now available.
I meld my knowledg in physics with the fantasy of alchemy, sorcery, and wizardry to produce tales in which there are constraints and limitations. Magic is not omnipotent. When the protagonists are in a jam, they are not saved with a simple bibbity, bobbiity, boo.
With the exception that book 5, Magic Times Three, involves the same protagonists as book 4, The Archimage's Fourth Daughter, all the books in the series have different leading characters. They can be read in any order.
I have some experience with adventures in our universe as well -- orchestrating the classic Rose Bowl Card Stunt in 1962. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_R...
I have yet to come up with a plot in which a stamp collector saves the universe.
Wikipedia: Lyndon Hardy
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April 5, 2025
This was a very frustrating read. There were plenty of ideas, most of which weren't well fleshed out, and the story also felt very repetitive as well. But it was the unsatisfactory resolution that ruined my enjoyment of this story and nearly lowered my rating an extra whole point.
2.75/5
2.75/5
February 4, 2020
Exciting adventure
Magic Times Three recaptures the intensity and excitement I felt with Master of the Five Magics and Riddle of the Seven Realms.
The story focuses on Fig this time, who was introduced in the Archimage’s Fourth Daughter. He’s a problem-solver with a host of problems to solve. He tackles them from a place of logic, which I always appreciate.
Time is spent in the company of demons, giving a fantastical feel to the story. Their own conflict weighs heavily on the tale, in a good way.
With rapid pacing, crafty storytelling, and the infusion of Hardy’s personal expertise and wit, this is a wonderful story.
Magic Times Three recaptures the intensity and excitement I felt with Master of the Five Magics and Riddle of the Seven Realms.
The story focuses on Fig this time, who was introduced in the Archimage’s Fourth Daughter. He’s a problem-solver with a host of problems to solve. He tackles them from a place of logic, which I always appreciate.
Time is spent in the company of demons, giving a fantastical feel to the story. Their own conflict weighs heavily on the tale, in a good way.
With rapid pacing, crafty storytelling, and the infusion of Hardy’s personal expertise and wit, this is a wonderful story.
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