The Soul Force Saga
Self-Published
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Description
Damien St. Cloud is a failure.Born into a family of warlords and with the most powerful soul force in history, he's unable to make it work.A disappointment to his legendary father and a weakling compared to his sister, Damien's life is miserable.His life changes forever when a visiting sorcerer proclaims Damien isn't a warlord at all but a sorcerer. Thrust into a world of magic and danger, can Damien master his power in time to save his family and the kingdom from long forgotten evil?
Information
- Status
- Hiatus
- Year
- 2019
- Author
- James E Wisher
Royal Road Stats
- Rating
- 4.0/ 5.0
- Followers
- 507
- Views
- 877,409
Chapters(303 total)
- 3.31Jan 2, 2020
- 3.30Jan 2, 2020
- 3.29Jan 1, 2020
- 3.28Jan 1, 2020
- 3.27Dec 31, 2019
- 3.26Dec 31, 2019
- 3.25Dec 30, 2019
- 3.24Dec 30, 2019
- 3.23Dec 29, 2019
- 3.22Dec 29, 2019
- 3.21Dec 28, 2019
- 3.20Dec 28, 2019
- 3.19Dec 27, 2019
- 3.18Dec 27, 2019
- 3.17Dec 26, 2019
- 3.16Dec 26, 2019
- 3.15Dec 25, 2019
- 3.14Dec 25, 2019
- 3.13Dec 24, 2019
- 3.12Dec 24, 2019
Reviews
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Community Reviews(10)
- TigerCannonRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0One of the rare stories that has a very strong lead without constantly praising said power or raising all enemies to the same level. He strikes a good balance between practical violence and mercy, clever and brute force solutions, superiority and isolation.
The story doesn't seem super deep, though it does deal with some interesting ideas. The magic system is fun too, if a bit simple. The romance elements are not great, but they're handled tastefully and have been little more than background noise so far, so it's not too bad.
One of the more enjoyable things I've read lately. Give it a shot if you're in the mood for something light. - crpgnutRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0Great editing, fast flowing plot, no tedious chapters and very descriptive prose makes this one of the better Royal Road efforts. I was going to pick it up on Kindle Unlimited, but it wasn't available there.
- Laovi, The Eldritch BananaRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0Just wanted to give you my support for this awesome book
- WecareRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0Great story. I can't put it down. Interesting, inventive and entertaining. Great for a cold winter day.
- Omnis RaRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0The story was very captivating. I read this story from beginning continuessing. I haven't read a story similar yet. The characters were really well thaught out. And the story well told. Amazingly well done.
- OrionSanjeetRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0I read through the whole thing so far, came back to give that b!tch a follow and a favorite, b!tches love follows and favorites, and found that the reviews for it tanked, originally I would have only 4 stars and 4 1/2 stars but to balance out the unfairly low reviews I went fives across the board.
- MagicwafflezRoyal Road★★★★ 4.0i like the idea of this story a lot. though i thought the whole duel thing was very heavy handed...
the issue with this story is, it's very bare bones. it needs fleshed out a lot. the plot points happen abruptly without details and makes the entire thing seem rushed.
he went from worrying about getting kicked out of the only home he's ever known, to 'oh I'm a sorcerer, k thx', to you need to leave the only home you've ever known within the hour. and he just... goes with it.
there is no real shock. he later describes that his father thinks sorcerers are weak, but there is no emotional turmoil when he found out he was one at all.
there are long sweeping time skips with no real time spent showing him adjusting or easing out of his rigidity... one minute he's being extremely formal to all his teachers, and then like 10 chapters later he's chewing out his superior because no one 'has the stones to train him because he's stronger than them'. how the heck did that happen?
in the 20-something person student body of his new school there was an arrogant guy who shared his enthusiasm for swordsmanship and the MC who was described at the start as well mannered, beat up his lackeys and humiliated him in a duel. because he was arrogant, i guess? then time skip and he says he had no sparing partner here? so, like, you alienate the one guy that shared your hobby, and instead of giving him pointers you practice alone in your room. and now, when his superior brings up the fact that he humiliated the commander's son in school, he said he saved his life by making him realize he's a shitty swordsman.
it just seems like such a silly waste of an opportunity. like, seg could have grown as a person and got over his arrogance. but really, the whole sequence was just a way for the MC to show off. tearing off his shirt.... was really stupid. there was no foreshadowing and it was just attention seaking.
there isn't really enough build up for anything to be dramatic and you can't care about char - FriendofpastimeRoyal Road★★ 2.0A story devoid of emotions, real relationships and personal growth.
Its more of a outside description of what happened. Documented by a so-so interested party.
Grammar and text flow is quite good but the lack of delivery makes you search for those 4-5 liners that move the plot. - ImMrMeeseeksRoyal Road★★ 2.0The first 8 chapters were weird, not bad but not as pulling as other stories I have read, probably because Damien is trained as a strict soldier and so we only see a cut out of a soldier and little of Damien. Changes when we get to chapter 10. Stoey looking Up. Such a good movie. I'm really hoping the author puts in some Fate UBW Gilgamesh in here, he already sort of has. My god if Damien was a reincarnated from Modern day earth with scientific knowledge Damien would be a God. A boy can only dream someone will make a story like that. I jsut wanna put it out there Damien could make a lightsaber. :sadface:
- th30dorRoyal Road★ 0.5There is potential, but it is completely overshadowed by all the bad parts.
All women are otherworldly beauties. Theres a demon sword, that Damien's dad uses, that engages in, essentially, underage sex with our main character. All his female acquaintances, colleagues or teachers are either tomboys or large breasted women.
The world does not make sense. The warlords use soul force internally. Sorcerers use it externally. Sorcerers are rarer. Damien spends his entire life up to his 3rd year of warlord school trying to be a warlord. He fails, even tho everybody notices he has enormous soul force. Why would he fail? Is it because he is a sorcerer? Probably.
And here is where the world stops making sense. In a world with military tradition, where sorceres are respected and recognized, the author lobotomizes everybody so that he can get the moat basic of plot points going.
And that introduces us to the characters. They dont really exist. Oh, they have names and sometimes even descriptions. But they are not relatable. They behave weirdly, changing their personality depending on what the author needs them to be. Angry dumb as rocks father? Got it. Highly respected, knowledgable top warlord of the country next chapter? Got it.
This book has a peanut gallery. You know, the people that exclaim how amazing the MC is, all the time. Damien farts? Someone will point out that the fart was the most amazing, and his soul force is extremely strong, never before seen.
There's also tropes. The angsty teenager, the arrogant young masters and bullies.
All in all, a very full-service type of book, with a lot of self-insert. The prose is simple, and the world is shallow.