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The Silent Archmage #2
The Seventh Sinner
War is coming. The kingdom is not ready. Syl is.
Syl's first semester at the Aurian Magical Institute has been more eventful than he hoped for. With hundreds of Cascadian magicians dead in his wake, he realizes that peace is no longer an option. He and Bianca have had enough of war, but their names are still feared across the seas for a reason. They will not go gently.
As neighboring nations descend upon the kingdom and Auria starts to splinter apart on the inside, Syl realizes that this feud goes far deeper than a simple land grab. Something deeper is afoot, and the oncoming storm may plunge the entire world back into a war it can't afford.
Pride goes before the fall.
The Silent Archmage has returned.
Syl's first semester at the Aurian Magical Institute has been more eventful than he hoped for. With hundreds of Cascadian magicians dead in his wake, he realizes that peace is no longer an option. He and Bianca have had enough of war, but their names are still feared across the seas for a reason. They will not go gently.
As neighboring nations descend upon the kingdom and Auria starts to splinter apart on the inside, Syl realizes that this feud goes far deeper than a simple land grab. Something deeper is afoot, and the oncoming storm may plunge the entire world back into a war it can't afford.
Pride goes before the fall.
The Silent Archmage has returned.
358 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 20, 2025
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June 5, 2026
This is second in a post apocalypse style power fantasy. Read in order.
Usually, I'd say something like you know what to expect having read the previous book. That's not really the case here. The end of the first book includes an attack by the neighboring country and Syl and Bianca know better than to think that things can go back to normal afterwards. And they're right.
So this story is lots of war action and faction building and has a lot less character or relationship moments. Indeed, a good chunk of it has Syl and Bianca separated by circumstances as the story fractures across what turns out to be a world-wide flare or conflict.
Plus, Syl and Bianca stop hiding their power and start stomping on things. Which is great for power fantasy. But less great for story development.
That all sounds like I didn't like it as much as I did. I wasn't as engaged as I was with the first book, but the action and power fantasy kept me from wanting to put it down. I'm going to call it four stars, but that's a little grudging because I frankly liked all those character moments in the first book.
A note about Chaste: There is no time for intimacy or steam. Also, we get some Bianca PoV and find that a distinct lack of yearning there. This is very chaste.
Usually, I'd say something like you know what to expect having read the previous book. That's not really the case here. The end of the first book includes an attack by the neighboring country and Syl and Bianca know better than to think that things can go back to normal afterwards. And they're right.
So this story is lots of war action and faction building and has a lot less character or relationship moments. Indeed, a good chunk of it has Syl and Bianca separated by circumstances as the story fractures across what turns out to be a world-wide flare or conflict.
Plus, Syl and Bianca stop hiding their power and start stomping on things. Which is great for power fantasy. But less great for story development.
That all sounds like I didn't like it as much as I did. I wasn't as engaged as I was with the first book, but the action and power fantasy kept me from wanting to put it down. I'm going to call it four stars, but that's a little grudging because I frankly liked all those character moments in the first book.
A note about Chaste: There is no time for intimacy or steam. Also, we get some Bianca PoV and find that a distinct lack of yearning there. This is very chaste.
April 22, 2025
Suffers from mind-numbing exposition
The story pulls itself together in the end, but I found myself skipping a lot of the technical explanations on how the magic worked. In a scene that takes an instant, the reader has to wade through 4-8 pages of why this spell does what it does.
The story pulls itself together in the end, but I found myself skipping a lot of the technical explanations on how the magic worked. In a scene that takes an instant, the reader has to wade through 4-8 pages of why this spell does what it does.
July 8, 2026
Interested enough to continue.
Pov of a culture after the apocalypse, then WWIII, a period of after-war rebuilding with a culture cracking as the generations change. Grim but interesting 🤔
Pov of a culture after the apocalypse, then WWIII, a period of after-war rebuilding with a culture cracking as the generations change. Grim but interesting 🤔
May 28, 2025
The Seventh Sinner, book two of the Silent Archmage series, is an ebook I borrowed through Kindle Unlimited (KU). I'm happy to see this book come up after I read book one. We learned more of Syl's background (and what shaped his character) in this second installment of the series. There's something very appealing about his confidence in his magic. He may be the embodiment of Pride, but it doesn't feel like he has an over-inflated sense of self. A great series with unexpected plot lines. Looking forward to book three.
May 6, 2025
Better Than First Book
The world building is far more coherent in this book. The pacing is solid, and the writing overall is not bad at all. The magic system suffers a bit since every spell is way super more awesomely powerful than anything that comes before. This makes it irritating to understand. Having a soft system certainly makes the writing easier, but having a hard system would make the “rule breaking” things the MC does stand out more and be far more meaningful.
The world building is far more coherent in this book. The pacing is solid, and the writing overall is not bad at all. The magic system suffers a bit since every spell is way super more awesomely powerful than anything that comes before. This makes it irritating to understand. Having a soft system certainly makes the writing easier, but having a hard system would make the “rule breaking” things the MC does stand out more and be far more meaningful.
May 8, 2025
baby geniuses
Answers the question posed in the first novel “why do some savant kids go to college when they are miles above their peers”.
In the middle of anime-style battles of spells that take pages to describe (kind of like a tabletop game where combat of a few seconds takes hours to resolve), what motivates a magical demigod are curiosity and a need for human connection (even if you’re post-human).
Answers the question posed in the first novel “why do some savant kids go to college when they are miles above their peers”.
In the middle of anime-style battles of spells that take pages to describe (kind of like a tabletop game where combat of a few seconds takes hours to resolve), what motivates a magical demigod are curiosity and a need for human connection (even if you’re post-human).
June 16, 2025
It's ok
Way too many political plots for me to really enjoy this book. The description of everything was overboard if you took that away not much of a story.
Way too many political plots for me to really enjoy this book. The description of everything was overboard if you took that away not much of a story.
May 8, 2026
The second book is more interesting
I will say that the second book is better than the first. Definitely easier to follow the story. However the base motivations while stronger could be stronger. I still don’t understand why the sinners exist. Everything in life has purpose. And yet the purpose of everything in this story isn’t always very clear. Like nuclear irradiation doesn’t even terrify these people. In our real life the amount of nukes mentioned in this story should have caused a nuclear winter or made all life on earth impossible.. we are all connected. So irradiation in large parts of the world should impact other parts of the world directly or indirectly. Same with the pathogens use case. There is a reason countries are careful with bio warfare. You can’t always control viruses from evolving and coming back to bite you. You can’t restrict them to a small region. There’s a reason COVID impacted the whole world. It takes just one infected person to travel to a new country. And some people are asymptomatic carriers. Some of the things in this story are hard to buy. I still wish there were map showing the different kingdoms mentioned.
I will say that the second book is better than the first. Definitely easier to follow the story. However the base motivations while stronger could be stronger. I still don’t understand why the sinners exist. Everything in life has purpose. And yet the purpose of everything in this story isn’t always very clear. Like nuclear irradiation doesn’t even terrify these people. In our real life the amount of nukes mentioned in this story should have caused a nuclear winter or made all life on earth impossible.. we are all connected. So irradiation in large parts of the world should impact other parts of the world directly or indirectly. Same with the pathogens use case. There is a reason countries are careful with bio warfare. You can’t always control viruses from evolving and coming back to bite you. You can’t restrict them to a small region. There’s a reason COVID impacted the whole world. It takes just one infected person to travel to a new country. And some people are asymptomatic carriers. Some of the things in this story are hard to buy. I still wish there were map showing the different kingdoms mentioned.
October 5, 2025
I enjoyed the first book and this one didm't disappoint me. The outbreak of the war, and the hints that this only part of the greater wars starting elsewhere in the world leads me to believe thatthe next book will show us more of nthis world and the different schools of magic. I enjoyed seeing some of the characters in the first book go through changes as things rush past their somewhat limited outlook on the consequences of their rebellion and the realisation that the battles they had gone through were only preliminaries to a real war.
May 4, 2025
Interesting and a ridiculously OP MC
As with the first book, I love the world and magic system a lot. Very interesting post apocalyptic and political dynamic. Syl is a complex MC with crazy amounts of power, but the story challenges him by making sure that he still has weaknesses that enemies can use so it's not without some stakes and tension. As the story is progressing I do look forward to seeing how some threats and issues are handled.
As with the first book, I love the world and magic system a lot. Very interesting post apocalyptic and political dynamic. Syl is a complex MC with crazy amounts of power, but the story challenges him by making sure that he still has weaknesses that enemies can use so it's not without some stakes and tension. As the story is progressing I do look forward to seeing how some threats and issues are handled.
May 9, 2025
interesting
Enjoyable enough, a vary flushed out story with multiple faceted characters.
I read a review giving it a bad review because of the similarities of this and a anime. I have seen that anime this is like taking the frame of that show and making something completely different . in terms of characters motivation’s world building scope this is its own thing , in my humble opinion at least.
Enjoyable enough, a vary flushed out story with multiple faceted characters.
I read a review giving it a bad review because of the similarities of this and a anime. I have seen that anime this is like taking the frame of that show and making something completely different . in terms of characters motivation’s world building scope this is its own thing , in my humble opinion at least.
April 24, 2025
Well that was intense
This book was an excellent continuation of the first in the series. Just about everything that was hinted at was raised to a greater degree than I expected. I'm not really sure this even qualifies as LitRPG, but it was still a lot of fun to read. I'm looking forward to the next in the series!
This book was an excellent continuation of the first in the series. Just about everything that was hinted at was raised to a greater degree than I expected. I'm not really sure this even qualifies as LitRPG, but it was still a lot of fun to read. I'm looking forward to the next in the series!
April 27, 2025
5 stars
I finished reading the book and i can’t but give it 5 stars and a thumbs up to the writer. The way that the book is written, the characters, the plot’s development and the way that the new information is revealed were exemplary.
I cannot recommend enough the series for anyone interested in the genre.
I finished reading the book and i can’t but give it 5 stars and a thumbs up to the writer. The way that the book is written, the characters, the plot’s development and the way that the new information is revealed were exemplary.
I cannot recommend enough the series for anyone interested in the genre.
May 5, 2025
Awesome read
I raced through the first book at speed, enjoying every bit. I raced through the second even faster. The depth of imagination brought to life by the author is as astounding as the characters and concepts in the books themselves. Can't wait for the next book. Who is ghost flower is the real question.
I raced through the first book at speed, enjoying every bit. I raced through the second even faster. The depth of imagination brought to life by the author is as astounding as the characters and concepts in the books themselves. Can't wait for the next book. Who is ghost flower is the real question.
April 22, 2025
Exceptional new series!!!
Not only is this a great story with well developed and interesting characters, it refuses to fit into a single genre, but combines several - and more importantly, combines them well!!
I look forward with anticipation to the next installment!!!
Not only is this a great story with well developed and interesting characters, it refuses to fit into a single genre, but combines several - and more importantly, combines them well!!
I look forward with anticipation to the next installment!!!
April 22, 2025
Excellent
This is definitely becoming a favorite series of mine. It will be interesting to see how Syl and Bianca will operate now that they have no reason to hide who and what they are.
This is definitely becoming a favorite series of mine. It will be interesting to see how Syl and Bianca will operate now that they have no reason to hide who and what they are.
April 23, 2025
different
This is complex and chaotic. Barely progression, as the MC is quite OP from the start.
I struggled to keep reading this at times. Not sure whether it was just me or the novel.
I’m not certain I will get book 3 when it releases.
This is complex and chaotic. Barely progression, as the MC is quite OP from the start.
I struggled to keep reading this at times. Not sure whether it was just me or the novel.
I’m not certain I will get book 3 when it releases.
May 11, 2025
Simple, yet so entertaining
Storyline is exciting and engaging without being complicated. Really loving this series- it’s similar to action movies that are light on plot development and heavy on fighting snd explosions.
Storyline is exciting and engaging without being complicated. Really loving this series- it’s similar to action movies that are light on plot development and heavy on fighting snd explosions.
May 11, 2025
I can’t believe how good this series is.
I thought the first book was good but this one is so much better.the writing and story are amazing, but the characters and dialogue even better. Can’t wait for the third!
I thought the first book was good but this one is so much better.the writing and story are amazing, but the characters and dialogue even better. Can’t wait for the third!
June 16, 2025
I started trying to read this twice, but found that absoultely nothing about book 1 stuck with me. Nothing wrong with the writing particularly, I just couldn't get into it, I'm cutting my losses and moving on.
August 8, 2025
This was even better than the first book, both in the timing of the plot unfolding and the growth of the characters. It also has a huge and awesome ending. Very much looking forward to the final book in the trilogy.
June 22, 2026
Lots of action, not a lot of character development. If anything, Syl is regressing to someone less warm and human, even though he is even more overpowered. And Bianca, his better half, is gradually fading from view.
June 6, 2025
great read
Enjoyed this immensely, well paced plot and action are good. Looking forward to the next one, I’ll be looking for it.
Enjoyed this immensely, well paced plot and action are good. Looking forward to the next one, I’ll be looking for it.
April 24, 2025
If you like the first one this is like the XL version. More of everything. Apart from the academy stuff, that’s pretty much done with. I liked it.
April 25, 2025
Loved it
This book is a bit like watching a train wreck. The world keeps getting more and more messed up, but our hero with questionable values does what he can to stop that. It’s a very interesting take on a world post magic and I can’t wait to see what happens next.
This book is a bit like watching a train wreck. The world keeps getting more and more messed up, but our hero with questionable values does what he can to stop that. It’s a very interesting take on a world post magic and I can’t wait to see what happens next.
May 12, 2025
better than the first book
Simply put the first book was an amalgamation of other books and story lines.
Book two makes those pieces into its own story and lore. The author takes all of the threads and writes a book full of lore and world building.
It’s not perfect and the characters are rushed. Not exactly one dimensional but not by much.
The lore makes the story fun.
Simply put the first book was an amalgamation of other books and story lines.
Book two makes those pieces into its own story and lore. The author takes all of the threads and writes a book full of lore and world building.
It’s not perfect and the characters are rushed. Not exactly one dimensional but not by much.
The lore makes the story fun.
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