ISF Lieutenant Valerian Flynn finds himself the only survivor of an emergency landing on an unidentified planet after the hyperspace drive of his spaceship malfunctioned in the middle of a jump. After discovering that his chances to get rescued in the immediate future are close to null and that the planet he landed on is inhabited by primitive human-like civilizations, Lieutenant Flynn decides to use all the advantages offered to him by the superior technology at his disposal to mingle with the locals and carve a place for himself in this new world.
The life of Lieutenant Flynn jumps from one surprise to another as he finds himself pitted against ravenous hordes of goblins and giant drake monsters, as he is catapulted on the main stage of court intrigues and a brewing war opposing a rebel princess and an evil witch-king, as he has to appease gods and dwarven merchant guilds vexed by the technologies he brought with him, as he learns to negotiate with dragons and wizards, as he explores and navigate the societies of undeads and feral tribes, as he plunges into politics and learns to deal with opportunistic nobles all too willing to offer alliances and marriage propositions to piggyback on his meteoritic rise to fame and power.
Flynn's reputation as the Black Sun Sovereign soon spread like wildfire through the realms of Men's and gods' alike.
But how do you concentrate on trying to pierce the mysteries of this new world and its magic and its connection with the world you came from when everyone has their eyes glued to you and your every move?
This is a neat little start to a novel that, if given the love it deserves, could be one of the best novels on the site. Sci-fi meets fantasy is super popular right now, and this series is super under appreciated. Everything about it is good, although one of my only issues I've seen is some minor grammatical errors, such as the use of common in place of the phrase come on. Sentence structure is nice, chapter length and paragraph length is well put together, and the conversations between characters is organic. I really enjoyed it, and hope the author get back to writing this out, as I could see it reaching top of the charts really quickly. If you banged out chapters with even half the rate you did the first 39, no doubt in my mind you could get picked up and published. It's enjoyable, great world building and character depth, and overall a really fun concept.
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