The Mages of Starsea

The Starsea Cycle

By: Kyle West

Narrated by: Rob Brinkmann

A mage's fate is worse than death....

Lucian dreams of a new life outside the cesspool of Earth. Unfortunately, his wish comes true when the government identifies him as a mage.

No one knows why the mages are being born. No one knows why their powers lead to madness and death in a terrifying disease known as "the fraying". The only solution is to quarantine the mages in academies.

Lucian is exiled from Earth and must attend the Volsung Academy. He is to become a Talent, a mage dedicated to developing his powers in service to the League of Worlds.

But during the long voyage, he meets a mysterious sorceress. She prophesies Lucian is marked by the Manifold, the reality that is the source of all magic. It is a destiny that requires Lucian to master magical abilities he never imagined he possessed.

He faces a terrible choice - to continue down the path fate has prescribed him. Or, to try and outrun destiny...

©2021 Kyle West (P)2021 Kyle West

undecided

The story seams good but has a sense off dragging out causing me to use the 15 second skip kinda regular and the narration is annoyingly slow with variations and i have to keep adjusting the speed.

reluctant hero

tired sorry of protagonist being forced down the story by forces beyond their control or understanding, heavy foreshadowing about the big bad, constantly questions every decision, narrator did well with what the story was though.

Great story

Well built lore and back story for the world. Good plot twists. Great book. Looking forward to the rest

Good Story

The story has momentum but the character is lacking something just missing. Main character seems dry and boring.

Kinda Boring

The main character is supposed to be 20. He acts like he's 16. This book was was either written for teenagers, or by a teenager. Maybe in the following series, the MC will grow into the 20-something he's supposed to be. There was almost no magic. It was all teenage drama, teenage angst, and forbidden love. At least the world building was kind of interesting.

The narration was adequate.