The Captain

The Last Horizon, Book 1

By: Will Wight

Narrated by: Travis Baldree

A new space fantasy from Will Wight, the New York Times best-selling author of the Cradle series.

“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 megacorporations, 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.

The Captain is Book One in a planned six-book series.

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A fun ride,but lacking in substance.

Honestly,the story itself only deserves three stars but I gave it 4 since I think the author accomplished what he really set out to do.

It's a pulpy roller coaster type of book where all the plot development occurs during conflict and in the form of quips- Hell, It felt like the vast majority of the book was one long battle scene. Starting out on a 9 just doesn't feel very impactful when you can only crank it up to a 10.

This is one of Will's first books that feels solidly YA to me, in nearly every aspect. That's not a negative, its just not what im after these days. Having said that, however, my teenage self would have absolutely loved this book.

I feel it's important to note as well that while this is one of the books that I enjoyed the least by Will
I still had a really great time listening to it. Anytime Will and Travis work together
I'll end up checking it out because the experience is always so much fun.

strong successor to the cradle series

Travis Baldree provides unique and powerful performances as always, and the narrative is a powerful single story that sets up the next book well. Will Wight writes a quick paced more sci Fi opener to a new series for anyone who wished Cradle had more alien technology than soul smithing.

Character development, humor, easy to listen to you

Perfect narration. Cant wait for rest of the series. I appreciate all the different perspectives.

So much fun

Love all the space fantasy elements and I especially enjoyed the unique aspects of Varic’s character, his arc really drew me through the story. Tons of action and magic and humor, all the stuff Will does best.

Buy the book

You know you want to buy the book. Come on buy the book..... it really good. you will like it.