Ascendant Saga Collection: Sci-Fi Fantasy Techno Thriller by Brandon Ellis (easy to read books for adults list txt) 📕

eyes, observing the energy field around him. A Being was a few feet away, hidden in the vast field of wheat.

Jaxx opened his eyes. His boots were caked in dirt and whisks of grain. He dropped his arms by his side and straightened himself. “Why don’t I fear you?”

The wheat rustled. A Being in a brown robe, a hood covering his head and face, stepped forward and came into view. The man was a good six feet taller than Jaxx and twice as wide.

Jaxx stepped back in disbelief, shock pounding his core.

The Being dipped his head. “You know me, Jaxx.” The voice was low, almost a growl, but pleasant and welcoming, like a wise, old man.

“Where am I?” said Jaxx.

Another loud noise erupted in the sky, more mechs on their way to do God-knows-what.

“You’re on Leonia, near the Dog Star, also known to you as Sirius, 57.3 stars of celestial navigation away from your Earth. We’re in the constellation Canis Major within the Galactic Arm of our Milky Way. My people are energetically attached to a pyramid network grid, connecting many planets. The pyramid network has been closed since the ancient days. You’ve opened it back up. The network was closed for a reason, Jaxx. Of all people, you should have known this.”

Jaxx pointed to his chest, his heart pulsing, his mind opened to the pyramid network spanning from planet to planet, galactic arm to galactic arm. A thought packet entered his mind or a memory. He didn’t know which, but it revealed an issue that not only plagued him, it plagued everyone on Callisto. And apparently now plagued the entire pyramid network. “The hieroglyphs and scrolls on Callisto mentioned that I was the Atlantean’s savior. Yet, I missed a step, and so did my friends. A very important individual was supposed to be present during my ascension to another plane, a plane that would halt all negatives on Callisto to usher in a bright new age upon that moon. Katherine Bogle wasn’t there. That was a mistake, a missing ingredient in the primordial soup. I opened up the network, yes. However, the missing ingredient would have created a secure opening within the pyramid network. Without Bogle, I opened up what could be considered the gates of hell.”

The old man dipped his head. “Ah, the gates of hell you say?” He gave a hearty laugh. “Not possible. There’s neither a good or bad with this, only how you individually perceive the moment.”

Jaxx shrugged and took his eyes off of the old man and looked toward the sky. Combat-mechs were falling fast, and more were coming in. A ship crested the horizon, just above the exosphere. It was bigger than any ship he’d ever seen, including the Secret Space Program Star Carriers. “How should I perceive this?”

The old man bowed, uncovering his hood, revealing a lion’s face, huge purple eyes, a yellow mane, and a serious expression. “I’d suggest you run.”

Colony Atlantis

Ascendant Chronicles #3

Colony Atlantis

Ascendant Chronicles #3

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Colony Atlantis/Brandon Ellis - 4th ed

ISBN-13 - 978-1-913769-64-2

1 Leonia, Canis Major - Galactic Arm, Milky Way Galaxy

In a wheat field, stalks taller than a normal-sized human, Jaxx marveled at a lion’s poise and grace. The half-man, half-lion should have been staggering and stumbling, unsteady on two legs, but he was the opposite.

The lion’s of Leonia, thought Jaxx. He’d heard of them before, but he didn’t know how, when, or where. Perhaps if Dr. Donny was still alive and took him through a hypnotherapy session, Jaxx would find that he’d been on this planet and with these Beings before.

He’d come to Leonia by accident. Perhaps the stars aligned perfectly when Jaxx lay in a Callisto pyramid to give his life for the Callisto people and fulfill the prophecies that had been written eons ago. He was supposed to be dead; his life for theirs.

But clear as day, that didn’t happen. Somewhere along the line he had been teleported to planet Leonia through the Callisto pyramid. And here was this lion in front of him, standing and walking upright.

The lion reached behind his back and pulled out a long, wide, bamboo-like stick, with a laser trigger and a scope. Jaxx took a step back, moving into fighting position, bringing energy through his palms and up his arms. He was getting better at this, more skilled at harnessing the Chi of the Universe—if that’s what it really was; Chi.

Before arriving on this planet, he’d attained a strange state he’d only read about in ancient yogi books that he’d always rolled his eyes at. Not to mention this same type of power spoken about in Taoist traditions in Tibet and the Toltec traditions in Central America. As an archaeologist, he’d read up on all he could regarding ancient knowledge and oral teaching, keeping in mind that myth mixed with reality. Yet the power pouring through him, maybe called Chi, or Ki in Japan, or Prana in India, puzzled him. With his pineal gland open, large, and not calcified like the rest of the human population—minus Captain Rivkah Ravenwood—he could