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  • Outlier Mage: Magic Tech

  • Outlier Mage, Book 1
  • By: Ken Pence
  • Narrated by: Greg D. Barnett
  • Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (22 ratings)

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Outlier Mage: Magic Tech

By: Ken Pence
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Lee had expertise in different sciences and 24th-century tech due to learning machines that could transfer an expert's knowledge.

He had the latest high-tech weapons. He had acquired the latest protective equipment. He was sixteen and got his great-grandfather's A.I., Anna, to find him a planet that had magic. His A.I. hacked a portal to take him there. He might have bitten off more than he could chew.

The planet Anna found was called Trace or similar in the local language. The language was not one of the known languages and dialects. There were no electromagnetic transmissions, but Anna had recorded groups and individuals flying without apparatus and the civilization appeared fairly advanced with fairly large cities and vibrant trade. Tiny surveillance drones had noticed strange phenomena all over the planet. Individuals appeared to make things happen when using strange words and weird arm movements. It appeared to be magic. Thus begins the story of the Lee's travel on the planet, Trace, as the Outlier Mage.

About the series: Lee felt like he spent his whole life in training. He wanted to experience life on his own—without parental influence. He explained to his father, his grandfather, and even his great-grandfather that he wanted to have exciting adventures like they talked about at family gatherings. He wanted to pioneer an unexplored planet like his grandfathers had done. He had the training and had accumulated the best equipment over the last two years. He could never get permission before, but now he was legally an adult, and they couldn't stop him—especially if they didn't know about it. Lee would never have found this civilization on his own. The world in question had only been found because of Anna (his great-grandfather's A.I. was getting bored with Lux). Lee was considered brilliant and that intrigued the A.I., Anna.

Lee wanted a world without the technology that would give him all the advantages of a simpler world. He could now live thousands of years with the new nanites unless he was killed by violence. He could portal to hundreds of worlds all over this galactic arm. Those worlds became familiar, and he functioned well with his escorts. He could speak over fifty different Earth and alien languages. He could talk with his synthetic companion, Anna, who manifested as a cougar, through his subdural communicator. He wanted to experience a world with magic, and Anna may have found one. He didn't speak the language and wanted to experience reality without everyone equal to him in technology. Lee hoped his training would compensate for his lack of life experience.

©2024 Ken R Pence (P)2024 Podium Audio

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Loved the book version but the audible is better

I loved this author’s “Lux” series, and this outlier series is equally good. I looked forward to the Audible version of this “tech+magic” tale, and wasn’t disappointed. I found the narrator did a great job with all the characters voices, and the story was compelling. My wife won’t read SciFy but will listen to these tales and even enjoys them! (A new milestone). Keep this series coming, Professor! And get the audible versions out, too. Looking forward to Outlier 3. Highly recommended

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Great story! An awesome start for a new series!

A couple of thousand years into the future our hero calibrates his birthday by walking through a portal! Just what every 18 year old wants, magic!

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I have listened to all of the first series and preordered this book. I like the series very much. Duane

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Loved the kindle version & now the audible version too!

Enjoyed listening to this book as I enjoyed reading it, have done this with the Lux books/audibles and this is just as good if not better!

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Cringe with no fluidity

The dialogue is very clunky and poorly written. I would get a refund if I could.

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