M. U. Riyadad

YA Science-Fantasy. The protagonist's star system is progressively invaded by highly adaptive, assimilating aliens strongly reminiscent of WH40K Tyranids. As the story starts he and his associates are headed for their final exam (in the form of a survival/monster-slaying trip) to graduate from an academy for students gifted with MMORPG and superhero-flavored abilities, trained to fight against the invaders, and their own native critters should they be taken over by the aliens. He hopes to show more qualify for a tournament that would allow him to join an elite soldiers program with his best female friend, though the more things progress and take them through a variety of wondrous places, the more the organization sponsoring said program begins to take on shades of Final Fantasy 7's Shinra... show less

Goodreads Synopsis:
Enter a world unlike any other. A world teeming with creatures the size of planets, parasites that can lay waste to entire civilizations, and mysterious energy sources that can decay the life force of stars. Across glacial swamps, cloud cities, and ages past – The Evil Eye continues to seek its possessor. What starts as only a whisper in the darkness, grows into a tale of epic proportions

My Review:
I loved this book from the moment I started it. The world itself that the show more story is set in just seems really ell thought out and diverse. Spanning across an entire solar system, there are TONS of different species and worlds and I love to just imagine what being in a world like this book, a mix of fantasy and science fiction, where there's two suns and underwater civilizations and creatures that evolve before your eyes. The characters are great, following an entire team with the main character being a man named Red, they seem like people you might know in real life. They have ambitions and aside from being able to wield energy and being different species seem lifelike. The story itself is exciting and I couldn't put it down once I started reading it. Although the chapters and the book in general are really long, I gladly would sit and read a chapter for twenty minutes at a time. I love the characters, the world they're in, and just the book in general. I got it for free on amazon.ca and I'm glad I picked it to read next. It's unlike anything I've read lately, and half way through the book I was already wondering what would happen in the next book. Red is a soldier. In the beginning of the book, he went to an academy with his team and spent all his time training to be better. That all changes, however, after his field test. They go down onto a planet during the solstice, when the two suns that sustain their solar system are nowhere to be seen for a week, plunging the planet into perpetual darkness for that week. From that point on was when I really got sucked into the story, more so than I was already. Honestly I just wanted to know more and more from even just reading the first chapter. It's action packed, exciting, and I love learning about this world so unlike our own,. It's really hard to explain the entire plot of the book without giving away too much, however I definitely recommend you check it out if you haven't already!
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If you enjoy science fiction with a heavy technological, yet magical feel- Phantasia, by M. U. Riyadad is for you!

I found this book on Goodreads and thought I'd go for it. He sent it out like, the very next day! I was so excited- especially since I LOVE big books. Stuffed with near 500-pages, this book takes you on a journey like no other.

Phantasia Book one: Into the Rain is about a young man and his friends who are faced with a life of aliens. The world is nothing like before, where show more you're pretty much raised to fight. Red, the main character wants to go to specialized training with his friends. This training: WEAPON, is for the elite, which Red and his team feels they're made for. But there's so much more! Especially when it comes to the Xenocites- I offer up no SPOILERS! If you want more on that, you'll have to get your own copy. I promise you, you won't feel cheated. This is an epic story.
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I enjoyed this book and will consider purchasing the rest of the books in the series (The Rising Tide and Eyes of Light). The story is very well written and you won't be bored at all. The characters are perfectly developed, the story feels...

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