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Forged By Battle
2014
First Published
3.77
Average Rating
339
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Aliens changed the world. Portals changed reality. Shadows will destroy us all. The year is 2042, and in the wake of alien contact and rapid expansion, Humanity and her allies find the multi-verse is not a welcoming place. Portals have opened around the colonies and throughout critical systems. Gateways to realities where shapeshifting Elves, monstrous Elementals, and impossible magic hold sway. As the Joint Fleet battles the unbelievable, rapid advancements in technology are pressed, blending the lines between machine and men. On the front lines of the conflict a techno-phobic snub-fighter pilot tries to forget his loss, a captured surgeon struggles to save the unending wounded, and an exiled psionic commando infiltrates the fleet. Their paths lead to the planet Hecate, where they discover that something darker than magic or technology is growing, feeding off the chaos. Forging an alliance seems impossible, but if they should fail it will not mean the loss of a colony or system, it will mean annihilation. The real war has begun among the shadows, and every reality will feel the impact in WarVerse.

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Author

Patrick J. Loller
Author · 3 books

When he was in grade school, Patrick once wrote a story that was four pages long and punctuated only once. He believed that only the end of a story deserved a period. To his editors mounting horror that hasn't changed dramatically, and his grasp of grammar remains tentative at best. Patrick has been writing since he was old enough to hold a pencil, and though he has flirted with many careers, only writing has won his heart. He served as a combat medic in Afghanistan, a paramedic in the capitol of Connecticut, and has been a teacher. While deployed he found solace in a universe of his own creation. One where the various types of stories he read could exist simultaneously. WarVerse is more than a single story, it is the start of a collection, and one he hopes to branch out to other indie authors some day. Find his work on Amazon.

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