Archmage Academy

A Progression Fantasy Adventure (Null Mage Book 1)

By: Vance Ryder

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

They called him worthless. They were dead wrong.

For twelve years, Caden Voss was nothing—a Null, born without a drop of magic in a world that despised the powerless. Then his sister's Awakening Ceremony went wrong, and Caden absorbed the magical overflow that should have killed him.

Now he wields Void Magic—the rarest and most feared power in existence. The kind that ancient conspiracies have killed to control.

Four extraordinary women see past the monster others fear: a fierce storm mage, a gentle rose witch, a captive princess, and a mysterious professor with ties to his greatest enemy.

As Caden grows stronger, he'll discover that his awakening was no accident—and the conspiracy hunting him has been planning for a very long time.

decent story, a bit dry

the descriptions were a bit dry and the virtual voice made it sound over punctuated. very abrupt transitions with out describing person actions while speaking. not a bad story but I feel like this could have used a bit of flesh out to sound more fluid. again this could be a virtual voice thing. I still have this on my read list and I will see if it is better in that format.

first draft

I wanted to like this and I think there's a lot of scenarios in which it could turn into a really good book. It was very obvious to me that this is more like a first or second draft than it is a completed story. The interactions are too quick there's no lead up the conversations just jump at what the author's trying to say instead of allowing the story to tell it. but you have good bones here so if the author were to read this keep at it.