The Captain
Ratings50
Average rating4.2
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Ratings50
Average rating4.2
“To survive in this galaxy, you need a wand in one hand and a gun in the other.”
On a little-known planet, Archmage Varic Vallenar casts a grand spell to empower himself with the magical abilities of his alternate selves. The ritual works too well, granting Varic not only the magic but also the memories from six lives.
Including their gruesome deaths.
Now, Varic has power greater than any wizard in galactic history, but he knows that won’t be enough. The enemies he faced in those alternate lives were apocalyptic in scale. Terrors of technology and magic. Nothing that he, or anyone, can defeat.
Sun-eating extra-dimensional insects, shadowy secret organizations, genetically enhanced alien super-soldiers, ruthless mega-corporations, and hordes of cyborg undead all lurk in the darkest corners of the galaxy, and Varic knows that any of them can become a world-ending threat at any moment.
All these are beyond any wizard, no matter how many spells he’s mastered or how many interstellar warships he’s rallied to his cause. Hopeless, Varic finds himself trying to preserve what little he can from the coming doom.
Until he hears rumors of a mythical starship, an invincible vessel of heroes made to do battle against galactic threats.
A ship called The Last Horizon.
Featured Series
3 primary booksThe Last Horizon is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2023 with contributions by Will Wight.
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Reminds me of trashy power fantasy anime. OP main character doing OP stuff, I never really feel any tension due to it. The side characters make it better though, they all have their own personalities and I wish Wight explores that more in the later books.
A fun start to a new series. I was initially a bit disappointed his next book was this and not [b:Waybound 61397047 Waybound (Cradle, #12) Will Wight https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1662233493l/61397047.SY75.jpg 96861387], but now I know I have something else to look forward to once that concludes.This is definitely space fantasy and not really sci-fi at all. It has a similar feel to the cradle series in terms of pace and tone, but this borrows more from Star Wars, Kaiju movies and Sentai stories instead of shonen or wuxia stories. All things right up my alley.Travis Baldree once again does a great job with the narration. I've been reading Cradle in ebook (which is rare for me these days) but after doing older novels by Will Wight in audio, I'll pretty much be sticking with that format for the foreseeable future.
What a cool start to a new series! Obviously Will Wight is no stranger to writing about powerful characters after Cradle, but wow does this one just come out punching! Part sci-fi, part magic, all entertaining. Looking forward to reading this whole series!
This is my first foray into Will Wight's work as well as my first time listening to a Travis Baldree narration and I'm impressed with both.
The Captain has fantastic world building as well as character development. I also loved the cheeky banter between the crew. It was just enough to be funny without taking away from the seriousness of the situation. I will absolutely continue with Will's books.
