Summary

A galaxy at war. The long thought dead Emperor Cardonothan Crolitosis of Zalcaria has been reawakened from his eternal slumber and has mobilized forces to reconquer the galaxy and annihilate the Maralian race and the descendants of Sycar Larter, the first Reptile Man. In the Deserted Region of the galaxy on Earth, Fantrax Larter, the former Legendary Lizard, has chosen a life of self-imposed exile to escape Maralia and protect his wife and daughter from nefarious forces across the galaxy. But his younger brother, Wenlox Larter, the Magnificent Mamba, has returned to recruit him back into the Maralian defense system in hopes that they can stand against the Red Tyrant of Zalcaria. Caught in the middle of the conflict is Stephanie Bernard, who has grown up not knowing her father Philip is in fact the Legendary Lizard. And now she has to navigate not only her latent reptile powers, but the social pressure as a descendant of the Light Dragon...

Genre: Young Adult

Author: Alex Harrison

Status: 6mo ago

Chapters: 18

Rating: 4.0 (1 review)

Age Rating: 13+

Prologue

The dark-robed servant solemnly approached the pedestal, palming the tungsten token. He slid it into the hole in the engraved stone plaque. As he knelt, an otherworldly energy rose from the pedestal to form the image of an eye made of red fire.

“Who dares arouse me from my slumber?” boomed the ethereal voice.

“It is I,” the old man answered, “the Shadow, your humble servant. I come bearing news regarding the outside galaxy.”

“What is happening?” The lidless eye tilted downward.

The Shadow grinned eagerly. “The Red Tyrant has been awakened. He has taken control of his world. He plots to annihilate the Blood Viper’s descendants, reigniting the ancient war.”

“Good. Their societies have already given up their core values. The moment someone strikes, the wheels of war will turn perpetually. The Serpents and the Lions will wound each other. The surrounding worlds will be forced to take sides. All societies will fracture until even close families are torn asunder. And when the dust settles, the ones who survive will have lost too much blood to save themselves.”

“Yes, master.” The Shadow nodded. “What would you have me do next?”

The scarlet flaming eye turned as violet as an amethyst. “Continue instilling feelings of hatred, let it drive them. Let rage and fear consume their thoughts. If you do, then all we will need to do is wait.

“And then the light of our enemy’s eye will be plunged into eternal darkness…”