EAGLE WORKS THREE [the universe continued...]
(More content that never was)
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As usual, all material is copyrighted to Bryan E. Rice and Kreeos Universe unless otherwise indicated.
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The following is a short list of several new series that was to be a part of the Eagles Timeline. First in line are the synopses for a trio of novels, their storylines taking place roughly between Chance of Renewal and Future of the Eagles; fourth & fifth novels of The Kreeos Chronicles series. A descriptive narrative (with minimal dialogue) was written for the opening book, and it stands the best chance of one day being finished in full for publication.
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THE KAYDEN SAGAS
[Series Synopses]
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A KREEOS VENDETTA
After centuries of solitude hiding from the New Sorcerer Empire, the immortal B-Man, son of the late Lord Keidon of Triaxa, sought an apprentice to pass on his star raider skills and knowledge of the Kreeos. He rescued the young and beautiful Angelina Dorrez from the sordid ruins of Timerria. Over time, B-Man’s cold heart was fired back to life, and he fell in love with her. Before Angelina’s tragic death at the hands of Imperial Enforcers, she gave B-Man a child – a foreverman son.
Many centuries later, Kayden wanders the post-Sorcerer galaxy, still embittered over the death of his mother and blaming his estranged father. As he travels the wild frontiers, the brooding son of B-Man picks up rumors of a mysterious entity stalking him. Someone desires to tap into Kayden’s latent Kreeos magic, a level of power that is beyond his father’s – greater even than what his mighty grandfather had possessed. This enigmatic being has a concealed score to settle with the family line of Lord Keidon and is willing to do unthinkable things to complete its vendetta.
PERSUIT OF THE DEMONIC
A decade following the “Vendetta Affair” on Triaxa, an immortal star raider named Captain Adadon makes a daring attack on a research and development facility on one of this world's moons. The bold and brash Adadon – once known as “The Baron of Pirates” – manages to make off with one of three prototype spaceships more powerful than anything currently flown by the Triad Corporate. A second prototype was sent to retrieve the stolen vessel only to be destroyed and its crew killed.
Lord B’Mancos, Prime Director of the Triad Corporate, realizes that only another star raider of supreme skill and experience – such as he once was – will be a match for Captain Adadon. B’Mancos calls his son Kayden home to Triaxa and reveals to him a secret about Adadon. The pair then sails aboard the remaining heavily modified prototype in the hope that together they can defeat the Baron of Pirates. Father and son star raiders engage in a pursuit of the brigand ship Demonic.
THE RETURN OF LORD DAEGLEN
The mysterious and very ancient foreverman known as Lord Daeglen has been working behind the scenes of galactic history for tens of thousands of years. Though he was known to have worked for infamous villains such as Dr. Jade, Queen Heathris and Uncle Toomar, Daeglen was always secretly under the direction of his original masters, the Dark Lords. Everything he did was geared toward Daeglen’s true agenda: to free his masters from the artificial planet Eternity. As one of the most powerful Kreeos sorcerers ever born, Daeglen secretly used the very individuals he supposedly served as his personal tools and eventually succeeded in unleashing the Dark Lords.
Now the impossible has happened - the Dark Lords are no more. The obliteration of Eternity and the "deaths" of the Dark Lords were as a mortal blow to the oldest foreverman. He suddenly no longer had a purpose to exist. Even when the spirit of Dark Lord Setha returned, he ignored Daeglen and sought out Kayden of Triaxa. Finally, Daeglen has decided to no longer work for others and to seek out his own fortune, be it political or financial. And no one, not even Kayden, will stand in the way of the return of “Lord Daeglen”.
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The next three synopses were to be an experimental reboot of the entire Eagles Timeline. As before, events would begin with the Eagles on Earth, but in a reality where most technology has died and the magic of the Kreeos rules all. I quite possibly was unconsciously thinking of expanding my works into a multiverse - before I fully understood what the term even meant (not always as bright as I thought I was, lol).
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KREEOS ELEMENTALS
[Series Synopses]
These stories tell of the Eagles from another reality.
BOOK ONE: THE QUANTUM STORM
In late 1979, a glittering silver cloud flashed in from space. The strange phenomenon swept across the earth wreaking havoc with the world’s technologies and even the very environment. Though the passing of the “quantum storm” took only seconds, the following decade witnessed monumental changes. Billions began dying from diseases and famine brought on by massive climatic shifts that laid vast stretches of the planet to waste. Remaining humans and animals alike underwent mutations of both body and essence as civilization crumbled. The magic of the ancients – thought to be mere superstition and folklore – awoke from its age-long slumber. Science slowly gave way to sorcery.
As the world descended into dark chaos, bands of marauders roamed at will, pillaging the expanding and lawless Outlands. One lone outfit of ex-soldiers in the remnants of the United States realizes there is a far more sinister foe that threatens their survival. The Eagles Militia is forced to fight the Kreeos wielding – some say inhuman – armies of a former American industrialist. Led by the brave but reserved Colonel Brandon and the heroic but hung-ho Captain Dodger, the Eagles vow to stop tycoon-turned-tyrant Luther von Jade whose ultimate goal is to dominate the devastated continent and conquer a world forever changed by the magic of the Kreeos.
BOOK TWO: THE SEVEN TALISMANS
For twenty years, the Eagles Militia and their tenuous allies fought a losing war against the sorcerer-priests and magic born troopers of Luther von Jade. His forces slaughtered millions as they secured North America. Brandon and Dodger, after losing most of their militia to a new and powerful source of magic, retreat from the continent. Receiving a mysterious and mystical summons, they cross the desolate globe in the face hostile Outlanders, life force stealing K-Vamps and Kreeos endowed realms that arose from the ashes of civilization.
At a distant high-mountain sanctuary, the few remaining Eagles receive seven talismans from Kreeos Mystic Marcus Titan to use in stemming the tide of von Jade’s black magic. Their mysterious benefactor also supplies seven powerful “swords of light”, their blades said to be able to cleave through anything. To defeat the world’s most powerful sorcerer, the Eagles must return to the ruins of America. But, on the eve of attacking von Jade’s temple-fortress of Shadowdawn, a traitor will emerge to doom the expedition- and possibly the very existence of the Eagles.
BOOK THREE: EMPIRE OF FOREVER
Many years before, the Eagles were betrayed to the forces of Luther von Jade. A covert agent of the evil sorcerer stole one of the Seven Talismans that was to be used against him. Without all the amulets, the Eagles couldn’t unite their powers to defeat von Jade and his growing empire. The small band of wizard warriors barely managed to escape the trap set for them at Shadowdawn. In the wake of the disastrous campaign, the heart of the Eagles was broken, and the seven “Kreeos Knights” were scattered– each forced to wander alone through the desolate Outlands of the earth.
Even though Luther von Jade's empire has spread its sinister shroud across much of the world, he is not satisfied with this realm. Once the immortal sorcerer tasted a fraction of the enormous Kreeos magic locked within the one stolen amulet he thirsted for more. Von Jade sent out a mysterious and powerful warrior who stole talismans from five of the remaining Kreeos Knights over the years. These five are slowly drawn to the city-kingdom of Aden where they reunite to help protect the final talisman. Should von Jade ever possess all seven he would open a door to ultimate power and spread his empire across the cosmos – perhaps forever.
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This final piece on the Eagle Works Three page is another alternate reality version of the Eagles Timeline. While I had thoughts on how to expand this into a new series, I never proceeded past this first story concept.
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THE COSMIC LORDS
When the Celestials defeated the Dark Lords at the end of the Third Cosmic War, and the Sorcerer Empire’s capital world Eternity was destroyed, some of the Dark Lords’ top lieutenants survived and were scattered across the galaxy. A foursome wound up on a primitive planet called Earth. Initially stripped of the Universal Stream (the Kreeos) – but not their immortality – these survivors watched the slow rise of humanity and quietly influenced history. As the human population increased century by century, the Kreeos grew as well. “The Survivors” prospered, often posing as gods, especially as their magic increased in proportion to increases in the native population.
Much of humanity eventually outgrew their gods of antiquity, forcing The Survivors to adopt anonymity to preserve their wealth and influence. As history entered the 20th Century, The Survivors grew bored with mankind and its apathy to their existence. They initiated various plans that led to the most devastating wars in human history, striving to get mankind to cause its own destruction so The Survivors could breed for the first time in fifty millennia.
Once humanity was gone, The Survivors would use their magic to restore the planet and go on to create a new civilization of their own. However, one lone Survivor would finally oppose the other three, seeking to save Earth’s people and redeem himself.
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