War Wizard 1

War Wizard #1

by D.B. King, Ben Farrow (narrator)

The present world is not the one Logan left behind, but it can be reforged in the hands of the last War Wizard.

Logan Grimm, an Elderwood Ranger, fought valiantly against a tide of orcs, only to die among the rest of his men. He stayed dead for 2,000 years, but he's now returned to the world of the living. As the only surviving ranger, he's become a War Wizard, and he plans on using this new magic to take back the continent from the orc scourge.

Joined by a caravan of elves, he seeks out the gods who can grant him power. With their power, he can mark his followers and turn them into elite units for his fledgling army.

This progression fantasy contains empire building, army and unit management, crafting, and an intelligent and resourceful main character who is a combination mage/ranger.

Genres: Fantasy

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First published July 19, 2021

Reviews

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyable but not perfect

So this is a story Set In an alternate world where God's and demigods exist as well as magic And all of the Fantasy creatures. Though it is considered a progression novel there are no stats , numbers Or anything of the sort which I'm disappointed. The way that character and the world Is written it would lend to that at this point the growth seems more arbitrary which is annoying. The story itself is excellent. The plot is fairly well thought out and intricate. So the story is basically the MC is killed in a battle but his spirit is held in between for 2000 years before he is resurrected. This makes him the only(last) war wizard. He must learn how to become a war wizard and how to get stronger. The MR is a pawn in a long play by some demigods to save their power (perhaps gain more) from the elder (waining) gods taking it away. As they say "when gods play, humans pay". This is true here as the humans are almost wiped Out as well as the elven kingdoms and it will be up to our MC to save the remnants and reunite them. Should be a good series And I will look forward to the next book

[Travis · Rating 3 out of 5]

For those looking for typical leveling/stats, you won't find them here. Well, you'll find some of that, but this isn't a typical advancement via levels type story. There is what could be considered advancement, but it's not via a leveling system, it's more by obtaining new skills and gaining strength in skills already obtained, there's no real levelling here, so I'd personally throw it into the gamelit category, not the LitRPG classification, but that's just me.
With that aside, the story isn't new, I've read several regular fantasy books with similar themes, but it's done well enough that I'd guess many fans will like the story enough to finish reading it, and even go on to read more in the series. Just be advised, if you're a stats/leveling kind of person, this book probably won't suit you.

[Robert · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF

Quit at 11%.

The prologue made me want to stop reading because the "gods" all had the mentality of 12 year old kids in thought and dialog.

Then we get the beginning of adventure with the supposedly 19 year old recruits hunting orcs with veterans. These recruits can stay quiet for the same length of time an excited 6 year old about to meet his hero. The veterans, when they come under attack, stand in place and let the enemy orcs kill them without firing a shot back.


The final straw for me was when an orc shaman captured the MC, held him in midair with magic, and proceeded to evil monologue the entire plan to someone he was about to kill.

This is shaman also had the dialog of a 12 year old.

[Jeremy · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Raymond K’legrethi, son of Aethelryn, stood on the precipice of the cliff face, the gnarled trunks of the trees far down below, their tops the rusty red typical of the Bloodroot trees that grew near the base of the Dragoneye Mountains, that towering, jagged-peaked mountain range that split Varsyth into east and west.”

This (all too serious paragraph) reads like a parody of Terry Brooks or other overblown fantasy writers. Tell not show: check. Run-on sentence taking up an entire paragraph: check. Gratuitously apostrophe’d character name: check.
Fortunately, this is the only offender. If the rest of the book read like this, I would never have gotten out of the first chapter.

[Johnny · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mistakes: I only found a few mistakes. I instead of he, things of that nature.

Plot: While the premise is good, execution is rough. Also all the weirdly out of place flirting leaves me wondering what this series is going to turn into.

Characters: Not the best I've seen, not the worst either. The MC likes to walk around naked. No problem with that. Female characters see his junk and tend to turn into blushing, babbling idiots. Aren't they grown? The MC is a horrible ranger, always stopping to talk when he sees enemies.

5/10 Needs work.

[Wendamir · Rating 1 out of 5]

Between this series and the last magus I think I am done with this author. Just bad writing that seems to be targeted for kids, yet the content is violent enough to leave you scratching your head. The main character always gets skills they forget about just because the author is seems to fear making an overpowered main character, so even though he's overpowered he is somehow weaker than most of the cast that is subordinate to him with lesser power.

Just poor writing that is frustrating to read.

[Bernard · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun fantasy story with some real potential. I liked the characters and the setup. This book positions the characters to really develop in the next book. There are a lot of unknowns that can be explored as well.

The action sequences are less than ideal but the characters' thinking and actions make sense.

This is a fun book that you can enjoy if you don't make it into some kind of epic. This is a story written to be enjoyed, not over analyzed.

[Charles Hagberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good stuff

As always D. B. King does not disappoint his readers. Believable characters, you know tough men beautiful women hard.... eeeerr ... FIGHTING! Well worth the time and money to read. I own all of this writers books under all of his names (those that I know about anyway.)

[michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

Decent read but better editor needed.

The book was decent. The story was interesting but there were so many contradictions, continuity errors, and grammatical errors it made the book less enjoyable than it should be. As an avid reader who averages over 100 books a year, this book either had no editor other than spell check or the editor should should be fired for incompetence!

[Daniel Monahan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

I enjoyed this book and I will be getting the second one when it comes out . I am interested to see what other powers Logan's army gains and enjoy the Empire building, keep it up😀

[John Bell · Rating 4 out of 5]

It has everything

Action, adventure, whole sale destruction, hordes of enemies, magic, empire building, innuendo, and thats just the first chapter, a very entertaining read, value for money.

[Alan Boggs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent Opening to a New Series

There is much magic and adventure in the book. Lots of fighting and blood and guts. The book starts with tragedy and ends with hope and some anticipation. I am looking forward to the next book already.

[Jason W · Rating 2 out of 5]

Zero depth or believability

This book is amateurish at best. The characters have zero depth. There is very little world building. The plot has holes a mile wide. I couldn’t finish it.

[SHARON WHALEN · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good read

Reading this book is almost like reading a litrpg book. Very good story plot and good story telling. The main character is a bad ass and very intelligent with killer growing powers.

[Andrew David Strom · Rating 5 out of 5]

New system of magic. Very cool

I really enjoyed the system of magic based on tattoos that pass power from Demi Gods. It was a fast and fun read, eager to get book two.

[Johnie C · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read

I enjoyed reading this book very much and I recommend it to anyone who likes werewolves and lots of action.

[Ray Knighton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good

This is what I expect from D. B. King! The stories are well written and you become captivated and do not want to stop reading!

[Michael Burnett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book

Good book I can't wait to read the next book in the series I would recommend this author to anyone

[Robert K · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh... Perhaps the sequel will have something other than stale dialog and under thrilling action.

[Marshall Mutch · Rating 2 out of 5]

Struggled with it.

It’s not a bad book but when I can’t read a book this size within a day and I am on my fourth, I could not finish it sorry just not for me.

[Shirley Jo Farley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow this book is awesome

I so enjoyed this book. It had many incredibly wonderful characters though out this book and I really enjoyed Logan !

[Melissa Lynn Fernandez · Rating 3 out of 5]

a good first read

I liked the premise of this story. Our hero brought back to life. But the writing has the main character overly confident.

[Logan Horsford · Rating 1 out of 5]

OMG is this bad. How did they get a book 2?

[James Riley · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun read

This book was a lot of fun. Good story, fun characters, and a lot of action. I'm looking forward to the next one. Give it a shot.