Darkness Rising - James E. Wisher

Darkness Rising

By James E. Wisher

  • Release Date: 2018-12-10
  • Genre: Epic Fantasy
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 258 Ratings
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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?

Darkness Rising is the first in a thrilling fantasy series.

Dive into the adventure now.

Reviews

  • Darkness Rising

    5
    By XL Twizzlerz
    Great book

  • Loved it!

    5
    By me time b
    Great story, can’t wait to read the rest of the series.

  • Darkness rising

    5
    By zeusboo
    Very entertaining read. Great characters and plot for a sword and sorcery fun read

  • Interesting mix of occult and magic

    4
    By King Mel
    The storyline is entertaining and engaging. The mix of sorcery and warlords provides a balance of powers, both of which can mix with the occult. Damien’s backstory is a dark and sad, making his evolution more interesting to follow. Some of the characters are a bit flat and one-dimensional, however, falling into the traditional categories of loyal and faithful, authoritarian and uncompromisingly stern, corrupt and hedonistic, etc. Despite that fact, this is solid entry into a fantasy series and Ihave already purchased books 2 and 3.

  • Loved it!

    5
    By benjjamin123
    Loved this book, finished it in 2 days! Couldn’t put it down

  • Intense!

    5
    By captfixit
    Good story. Fast moving.

  • Book lacks subtlety and depth

    2
    By cclee012
    Kind of felt like a story written by a very eager high school boy... lots of things thrown into the mix, with a *shock* main character too strong and powerful no one knows what to do with him, loyal yet also powerful sidekicks, characters always breaking the odds, and events happening one after another with little flow and continuity. Almost felt painful to read, but pushed through til the second half, hoping it would get better. It doesn’t. Would have recommended for middle school students, except for the unnecessary objectification of female bodies littered throughout the first half of the book. Middle school boys already have a hard time with puberty without this book giving them the wrong impression on how to think about the opposite sex. Gave it another star for trying really really really hard. Yay

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