![A Dragon Reborn in Steel: Stellar Vessel Draconis [Book 1 Complete]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalroadcdn.com%2Fpublic%2Fcovers-large%2F147100-stellar-vessel-draconis-a-dragon-reborn.jpg%3Ftime%3D1768155743&w=640&q=75)
by ThePudding
With the power of a starship and the soul of a dragon... The last of the Great Dragons died with the end of the Age of Myth. Apexillos fought to the last, succumbing under a relentless onslaught of powerful magic and mettle, his essence bound and torn apart. Millennia later, he awakens in a new body... and a new world. A world of high magitech, of the lesser races spread across the stars, traveling the ocean of space. In a cold body of steel, the battered spirit of the ancient dragon feels those who defeated him, still alive. Still continuing, holding the ancient remnants of draconic magic. His magic. And he will take back what is his. The Heavens will know the dragon's fury. (Currently updating slowly: Roughly once every two weeks with occasional bonus drops.) (Also posting on ScribbleHub)
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