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<p> </p> <p> This story could be about the Tellask Empire, ruler of a thousand suns and faced with imminent peril at the hands of the Orakh hordes. It could be about Paltai Amberell, the scion of a noble elven House, fallen upon hard times and seeking to find the key that will restore his family's name and save the Empire itself. It could be the story of his voidship, The Viceroy's Pride, powered by magic and crewed by a team of crack marines as they search for adventure and the solution to the Empire's myriad problems. </p> <p> Instead, this is the story of Daniel Thrush, human electrical engineer, befuddled researcher and survivor of the debacle that was first contact with a spacefaring civilization. Due to a combination of luck, magic, hard work, and more luck he is thrust into the center of events as Earth is shoved onto a much larger stage rife with semi-immortal elves and magical kingdoms that predate the Earthly invention of agriculture. </p> <p> Earth is outnumbered, and we have precisely one wizard. Dan. He's not very good at it, but he's going to have to learn in a hurry or watch everything he knows get torn apart by massive spacefaring empires straight from the pages of a fantasy novel. </p> <p> ---------- </p> <p> Some readers have noted that the MC tends to be weak willed and pushed around a bit. A significant portion of the story is his character growth into not being a pushover (i.e. him being passive is in the early chapters on purpose). I'm just including this caveat/warning to make sure that readers aren't surprised/upset and that they stick with it until he learns to stand up for himself. </p> <p> His arc begins to crystallize around chapters 25-27. If that's too long to wait, I get it, I'm just trying to do my due diligence and warn you that the character development is ab it of a slow burn. </p> <p> --------- </p> <p> This is a combination of Fantasy and Science fiction and will have elements of both. There will be nods to isekai/litrpg/xianxia/wuxia, but ultimately my goal is to take elements from all of them and combine them into my own story. This does mean that I will be deliberately teasing some cliches before doing my own thing. </p> <p> I have not completely made up my mind on relationships (I am not the greatest at writing them so I tend to shy away from them) but I won't be writing any explicit sex. If it happens, it will happen off screen. Trust me, you don't want to read any of my attempts on that front. It's for your own good. </p> <p> </p> <p> Other than that, thank you for reading and I love comments. A lot of my goal in writing this is to try and get better at writing and one of the easiest ways to do that is to hear back from people outside of my immediate friends and family as to what works and what doesn't. </p>
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