Legacy, Avery Cross
Legacy, Avery Cross
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Legacy

Author: Avery Cross

Narrator: Jacq Ainsworth

Unabridged: 2 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ACross

Published: 06/10/2023


Synopsis

Mysterious necromancers. Wicked summoners. Fierce witches. Occasional familiars. Military experiments. Secret councils. Forbidden alliances. The Academy of Ancients will suck you in.Jack is in a state of despair and frustration as the Dagger of Vitality, the only way to lift his curse, is gone. He is plagued by the pain and death sentence that the curse has put on him, and the thought of not being able to lift it is overwhelming. He's convinced that Erikson is the one who has taken the dagger and destroyed it. He's determined to take her down with him before the curse kills him.Nyala, Briar, Luke, and Zach are shocked and confused by the recent events and the power Erikson seems to possess. They're trying to make sense of how the dagger was destroyed and how Erikson could have been involved. They're determined to find another way to lift the curse, but Jack is consumed by his need for revenge. Nyala, in particular, is trying to be a voice of hope and optimism, insisting that they will find another way to lift the curse, but Jack is not ready to hear that. He's consumed by his anger and need for revenge.As Jack's fire continues to grow and pulse around him, his friends are trying to understand the extent of Erikson's power and her role in the destruction of the dagger. They're worried about the consequences of Jack's quest for revenge and the impact it could have on all of them.Warning: This series will hook you! Violence can be found in this series of action-packed fantasy, with necromancers, summoners, and badass witches. And occasional cliffhangers!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Russ on December 14, 2010

This book is the sequel to Eon and Eternity. Actually, it's a prequel. It's told in the first-person by Olmy, one of the major characters from the previous books. In this book Olmy travels through a gate in the Way (the artificial universe in the center of a hollowed-out asteroid) to a world called L......more

Goodreads review by DaniLanglie on August 31, 2017

The first big thing I have to say about this book is: why is it a prequel to Eon and Eternity? The text is a lot more concerned with the world of Lamarkia than it is with the Hexamon. Even the end of the book, as everybody starts figuring out who Olmy is, could have been reworked without the idea of......more

Goodreads review by Michael on January 12, 2019

"The gate will only open somewhere interesting." Or so I paraphrase the keywarden, as he opens a path from the artificial axis universe stored within the generation ship Thistledown to the planet Lamarckia, and ushers our protagonist, Olmy, on a secret mission to scout a renegade colony of anti-techn......more

Goodreads review by Robert on October 28, 2019

It's probably a couple of decades since I read the first book in this series and five years since I read the second. This is the third and final (so far) instalment. It's not the best. Nor is it the second best. I caught up by reading the Wikipedia synopsis of the other books. I was impressed by them......more

Goodreads review by Hanna-Anneli on September 22, 2019

The book was disappointing, the story not anything about The Way or Thistledown, but instead about the Hexamon agent Ser Olmy's adventures on the world Lamarckia. The story is a kind of sea adventure, most of the action taking place on sea. Also there are pretty detailed descriptions of the unique L......more