The Engineer (The Last Horizon, #2)

by Will Wight

Shyrax’s Technician gift was ‘efficiency.’ She could modify systems to work slightly better. Her magic evoked the power of her draconic predecessors, and her Combat Art operated on the principle of self-empowerment.

Starhammer had to be better. As he’d experienced only a few times before, that desire shook him. It reached out to something more, something beyond. The Aether trembled before his need. Symbols burst into life all around the system, forming a massive circle millions of miles wide. All focused on him. From the depths of his heart, Starhammer wished for more power. For the fifth time in his life, his Evolution Engine activated.

“Try it!” Lemon shouted. “When you hold onto a lemon, you’ll find that it burns!” Omega staggered in place. “Lemon, are you single? I think I may love you.”

I managed not to make fun of the one with three pairs of bladed arms sprouting out of its back.

“I’m just going by the old human saying: twice is a coincidence. Three times is a plot.”

At the center of the civilized galaxy, the heart of the Galactic Union, rested the birthplace of humanity. The planet called Fathom.