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Magitech Legacy #2
Hatchling: Magitech Legacy Book 2
Dragons with Assault Cannons? How is that fair? I saved Highspire and the academy from the dissolution of our world. 17,000 students survived, and I want to keep it that way. The ship is breaking down. Life support needs repairs, and we have almost no food. We need money badly. That means scavenging tech that we can sell to the same people who blew up our planet. Fortunately I'm the best Relic Hunter in the business...though to be fair all the rest died when my world tumbled into the sun. There are six other Great Ships out there, and who knows what we'll find inside? I'm sure it will be fine. What could possibly go wrong?
- GenresScience FictionFantasy
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Published December 13, 2020
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About the author
Chris Fox
87 books670 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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March 23, 2021
Captain Jerek's friends and crew take the fight to the Inurans - with a little help from their friends.
If you are reading this and haven't finished reading Dying World, then you really need to stop and read it now, before you run into Spoilers, 'cause there's a bunch of them coming! If you've read Dying World and are ready for Hatchling, then space down a few lines and carry on!
SPOILERS COMING!!!!!!
SPOILER ALERT!!!!!
Okay, if you are here then you must be ready to continue.
SPOILERS!!
Captain Jerek and his band of misfits managed to save the Academy and 17 thousand students by teleporting the pyramidal Highspire and students into the hold on Word of Xal. Taking Remora, Jerek and crew investigate the Flame of Knowledge, the massive galactic library, seeking any knowledge to aid them in their fight against Jolene and her Inuran crew. It's going to take some help to win this fight, or even to survive it!
The storyline continues to amaze and the characters grow more complete as the tale progresses. The magitech is legitimately a character in itself, some of it sentient, some infused with the power of a deity, all of it assisting the wearer, user or story to some degree. The characters have become beloved friends and injury or death is calamitous! I'm hoping the continuation of this tale will allow me to catch my breath or even keep up, but I'm looking forward to it regardless! Another great read!
If you are reading this and haven't finished reading Dying World, then you really need to stop and read it now, before you run into Spoilers, 'cause there's a bunch of them coming! If you've read Dying World and are ready for Hatchling, then space down a few lines and carry on!
SPOILERS COMING!!!!!!
SPOILER ALERT!!!!!
Okay, if you are here then you must be ready to continue.
SPOILERS!!
Captain Jerek and his band of misfits managed to save the Academy and 17 thousand students by teleporting the pyramidal Highspire and students into the hold on Word of Xal. Taking Remora, Jerek and crew investigate the Flame of Knowledge, the massive galactic library, seeking any knowledge to aid them in their fight against Jolene and her Inuran crew. It's going to take some help to win this fight, or even to survive it!
The storyline continues to amaze and the characters grow more complete as the tale progresses. The magitech is legitimately a character in itself, some of it sentient, some infused with the power of a deity, all of it assisting the wearer, user or story to some degree. The characters have become beloved friends and injury or death is calamitous! I'm hoping the continuation of this tale will allow me to catch my breath or even keep up, but I'm looking forward to it regardless! Another great read!
January 11, 2022
Not that Interesting
I’m not sure what has changed for me, but book 2 has not managed to capture my interest at all. Book 1 was intriguing and the storyline easily carried me to the end. At that point I wanted to know more so I checked out book 2. Unfortunately, the second installment has not continued to carry me forward. There are a multitude of new characters, many of them fabricated mystical gods with mysterious powers, who just don’t, IMHO, fit into the narrative. I normally finish a book within a week of starting, and this one I keep setting it aside each time I try to read it. I would like to know more about the protagonists, the core group of characters, not the group of mythic gods. Each time the gods appear in the story, I lose interest and quit. Eventually it was just better for me to stop reading.
If you enjoyed the first book and you’re really intrigued by mythical beings, gods and goddesses, magic and magicians, then you might enjoy this series. It just is not my cup of tea.
I’m not sure what has changed for me, but book 2 has not managed to capture my interest at all. Book 1 was intriguing and the storyline easily carried me to the end. At that point I wanted to know more so I checked out book 2. Unfortunately, the second installment has not continued to carry me forward. There are a multitude of new characters, many of them fabricated mystical gods with mysterious powers, who just don’t, IMHO, fit into the narrative. I normally finish a book within a week of starting, and this one I keep setting it aside each time I try to read it. I would like to know more about the protagonists, the core group of characters, not the group of mythic gods. Each time the gods appear in the story, I lose interest and quit. Eventually it was just better for me to stop reading.
If you enjoyed the first book and you’re really intrigued by mythical beings, gods and goddesses, magic and magicians, then you might enjoy this series. It just is not my cup of tea.
June 30, 2020
As with all of Chris' books, this one does a great job of building on the mythos that's been established in the books that came before. I especially liked the callbacks to the companion Magitech Chronicles series, and the way he's put these big, massive story set pieces into motion. You can see things developing, not just in the narrative of this book, but toward an even bigger story that will be explored across the series.
This book was a quick, enjoyable read that gives you everything you've come to expect from a Chris Fox title. A little humor, a great blend of fantasy and sci-fi, and really intriguing worldbuilding. I'm excited to see where Chris takes this series next, and how he interweaves it with the mythology he's already set up for the Magitech universe.
This book was a quick, enjoyable read that gives you everything you've come to expect from a Chris Fox title. A little humor, a great blend of fantasy and sci-fi, and really intriguing worldbuilding. I'm excited to see where Chris takes this series next, and how he interweaves it with the mythology he's already set up for the Magitech universe.
August 26, 2020
This was fantastic!
I couldn't help but start this one immediately following the previous book. Wow, full of action, dragons, spiders, gods, necromancers, a surprise Dragon lady...hidden among them as a human, a paladin brought forth, surprisingly decent demon gods, very corrupt politics, a bit of well earned justice, sacrifice and lots more. Very fast paced fighting hold-your-breath scenes, if I wasn't so tired and it was so late I would start reading the third one...but too bad, I'm only human and gotta sleep!
I couldn't help but start this one immediately following the previous book. Wow, full of action, dragons, spiders, gods, necromancers, a surprise Dragon lady...hidden among them as a human, a paladin brought forth, surprisingly decent demon gods, very corrupt politics, a bit of well earned justice, sacrifice and lots more. Very fast paced fighting hold-your-breath scenes, if I wasn't so tired and it was so late I would start reading the third one...but too bad, I'm only human and gotta sleep!
March 24, 2020
A great story that kept me turning pages galore as i got caught up in this story with a welcome return of a few characters.
Particularly liked the usual twists of fate that seem to abound in Foxs books
Particularly liked the usual twists of fate that seem to abound in Foxs books
October 14, 2020
Book two
Mistakes: I found only a couple. These are relatively short fast reads. Don't expect much depth.
Plot: Dealing with the aftermath of his planet, we spend most of our time on another derelict ship.
Characters: Some growth power was, but not much depth still.
7/10
Mistakes: I found only a couple. These are relatively short fast reads. Don't expect much depth.
Plot: Dealing with the aftermath of his planet, we spend most of our time on another derelict ship.
Characters: Some growth power was, but not much depth still.
7/10
March 19, 2021
Wow Very Interesting!!
A interesting story up to now the story follows the main character but breaks off to add interesting background information which makes everything enjoyable!!
A interesting story up to now the story follows the main character but breaks off to add interesting background information which makes everything enjoyable!!
August 7, 2021
Wow just ..wow
The prequel magitech series are such a good read and this series is just as good. I am struggling to put down the books.
Such an amazing sequel. I’m looking forward to the remainder of this series
The prequel magitech series are such a good read and this series is just as good. I am struggling to put down the books.
Such an amazing sequel. I’m looking forward to the remainder of this series
April 25, 2022
9/10: Fantastic, left me wanting more.
Behind me I could hear many sets of booted feet. Like…easily a thousand. Or, like, twelve, if I was being real, but if I somehow lived and got to tell this in a bar…a thousand.
Funny & engrossing.
Behind me I could hear many sets of booted feet. Like…easily a thousand. Or, like, twelve, if I was being real, but if I somehow lived and got to tell this in a bar…a thousand.
Funny & engrossing.
July 16, 2022
I don't have much to say here, this was pretty forgettable as, having finished it 3 or 4 days ago, I don't remember much about it other than it not being completely terrible. Hardly a recommendation, even for what is basically modern pulp fiction
March 24, 2020
Create party, fight monsters, get treasure, level up. Repeat.
Love it!
Love it!
September 4, 2020
The melding of tech and magic is interesting. Not believable but interesting. It's fun reading
February 26, 2023
Good books.
A bit feminist though. Seems like every every leader is female. Kind of annoying. At least he makes some the bad guys female.
A bit feminist though. Seems like every every leader is female. Kind of annoying. At least he makes some the bad guys female.
July 24, 2024
Wow
Talk about suspense and no dead weight.
Talk about suspense and no dead weight.
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