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Soulstone: Oblivion
Save the girl. Beat the dungeon. Get epic loot.
After a few minor setbacks, Aaron and Crash find themselves all alone in the World of Ruul with only one chance at survival, finding the legendary soulstones before the maelstrom’s forces eat them and their friends.
Worse, the only way to get strong enough to save their friends is to enter a dungeon no one’s ever beaten before, defeat the four elemental bosses who reside inside, and shatter the massive statue trapping them inside.
Sure, it might be impossible, but if it were easy, everyone would have done it, right?
After a few minor setbacks, Aaron and Crash find themselves all alone in the World of Ruul with only one chance at survival, finding the legendary soulstones before the maelstrom’s forces eat them and their friends.
Worse, the only way to get strong enough to save their friends is to enter a dungeon no one’s ever beaten before, defeat the four elemental bosses who reside inside, and shatter the massive statue trapping them inside.
Sure, it might be impossible, but if it were easy, everyone would have done it, right?
- GenresFantasy
527 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 19, 2018
About the author
J.A. Cipriano
92 books586 followersWhen New York Times Bestselling author, J. A. Cipriano was in second grade, his teacher gave everyone in class a journal to write down whatever they wanted. Their first subject was to write about something they didn’t like. J. A. chose to write about why he didn’t like writing. His reasoning was simple. He had bad handwriting. Even then, he was destined to be an engineer due to his messy scrawl.
Unfortunately, he found through the course of this little adventure that he actually liked writing. That year was sort of the high point for his writing career because he won a writing contest for the state. He got to go to a big dinner and his teacher was all dressed up.
He kept writing little stories, year after year, and in sixth grade, won another contest. In seventh grade, he broke his arm and got the cast signed by both Dean Koontz and Stan Lee. It is, by far, the coolest cast he’s owned. That was about the time he found video games and anime. His writing turned mostly toward fanfiction until about ninth grade when he wrote his first novel, a small book about twenty thousand words called Revelations. In sophomore year, he wrote two more books to complete the trilogy because he saw Star Wars that year and learned trilogies were the cool thing to do.
He rewrote Revelations during his senior year, and his wife swears it is the best thing he’s written. J.A. is not so sure. Every time he reads it, he cringes, but then again, he hates everything he writes, so there is that.
It was about that time, he got heavily involved in a fanfiction writing group, but that isn’t one hundred percent accurate. It was a world based on a popular anime but everything was created especially for this world. It made it so that every story someone wrote was unique.
Imagine writing a Star Wars novel set 1,000 years after A New Hope, where everything that happened was a distant memory and you get the idea. You have the force, some distant memories of the past, and that’s pretty much it.
He wrote about a million words (863K to be exact) for them before he decided to do his own thing. He wrote another novel. He put it in a drawer. He wrote another one that eventually became the basis for The Hatter is Mad. His next novel was Kill It With Magic, his first real novel. It’s not bad, but it’s bumpy. This is unfortunate because the books get loads better as the series progresses.
Since then, he’s written six more novels, four of which are in the Lillim Callina Series, and one in the Abby Banks series. The other is stuck in a drawer for time undetermined. He’s writing his next book now which is about werewolves fighting mummies in Ancient Egypt. After that, he will move onto Abby Banks 2. The Spy Within will come out in June or July.
J.A. also has three chinchillas. Two of them are grey, and because of this, they are named Slate and Cadmium. The third is named Jet because he’s black, and Jet is old English for black. See, creative. He also has a cat named Turtle. This does pose problems for his two-year-old from time to time.
Unfortunately, he found through the course of this little adventure that he actually liked writing. That year was sort of the high point for his writing career because he won a writing contest for the state. He got to go to a big dinner and his teacher was all dressed up.
He kept writing little stories, year after year, and in sixth grade, won another contest. In seventh grade, he broke his arm and got the cast signed by both Dean Koontz and Stan Lee. It is, by far, the coolest cast he’s owned. That was about the time he found video games and anime. His writing turned mostly toward fanfiction until about ninth grade when he wrote his first novel, a small book about twenty thousand words called Revelations. In sophomore year, he wrote two more books to complete the trilogy because he saw Star Wars that year and learned trilogies were the cool thing to do.
He rewrote Revelations during his senior year, and his wife swears it is the best thing he’s written. J.A. is not so sure. Every time he reads it, he cringes, but then again, he hates everything he writes, so there is that.
It was about that time, he got heavily involved in a fanfiction writing group, but that isn’t one hundred percent accurate. It was a world based on a popular anime but everything was created especially for this world. It made it so that every story someone wrote was unique.
Imagine writing a Star Wars novel set 1,000 years after A New Hope, where everything that happened was a distant memory and you get the idea. You have the force, some distant memories of the past, and that’s pretty much it.
He wrote about a million words (863K to be exact) for them before he decided to do his own thing. He wrote another novel. He put it in a drawer. He wrote another one that eventually became the basis for The Hatter is Mad. His next novel was Kill It With Magic, his first real novel. It’s not bad, but it’s bumpy. This is unfortunate because the books get loads better as the series progresses.
Since then, he’s written six more novels, four of which are in the Lillim Callina Series, and one in the Abby Banks series. The other is stuck in a drawer for time undetermined. He’s writing his next book now which is about werewolves fighting mummies in Ancient Egypt. After that, he will move onto Abby Banks 2. The Spy Within will come out in June or July.
J.A. also has three chinchillas. Two of them are grey, and because of this, they are named Slate and Cadmium. The third is named Jet because he’s black, and Jet is old English for black. See, creative. He also has a cat named Turtle. This does pose problems for his two-year-old from time to time.
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March 2, 2018
“Save the girl. Beat the dungeon. Get epic loot.”
Ok, I’m a RPG (Rile Playing Game) player since the (gulp) ‘80s with D&D, Traveller and GURPS (for those of you who don’t recognize any of that, don’t worry, for those who do: welcome Brother or Sister, Geeks Rule!). I actually met my husband that way - he was the best DM in our college gaming club. All that is to explain why the above tagline for J.A. Cipriano’s Soulstone: Oblivion (World of Ruul Book 3) is like catnip to me. Impossible to resist even if I hadn’t read the prior two books.
Luckily for me I’ve read the prior books. They’re superb and, frankly, should be read before this one even if it is sorta standalone-ish. The premise here is one that should bring shudders to my MMORG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) playing teenagers: gamers enter the “EpiX! Games! PVP World Championship” only to find that there is no log off option and death in the game has a, shall we say, more significant meaning.
Somehow Aaron and Crash middle through pretty terrifying stuff, finding themselves all alone in the World of Ruul. What happens in this third book? I won’t tell you (*cackles evilly*) but it’s a grand tale, with great characters and (no surprise with this author) wonderfully written.
Highly recommended.
Ok, I’m a RPG (Rile Playing Game) player since the (gulp) ‘80s with D&D, Traveller and GURPS (for those of you who don’t recognize any of that, don’t worry, for those who do: welcome Brother or Sister, Geeks Rule!). I actually met my husband that way - he was the best DM in our college gaming club. All that is to explain why the above tagline for J.A. Cipriano’s Soulstone: Oblivion (World of Ruul Book 3) is like catnip to me. Impossible to resist even if I hadn’t read the prior two books.
Luckily for me I’ve read the prior books. They’re superb and, frankly, should be read before this one even if it is sorta standalone-ish. The premise here is one that should bring shudders to my MMORG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) playing teenagers: gamers enter the “EpiX! Games! PVP World Championship” only to find that there is no log off option and death in the game has a, shall we say, more significant meaning.
Somehow Aaron and Crash middle through pretty terrifying stuff, finding themselves all alone in the World of Ruul. What happens in this third book? I won’t tell you (*cackles evilly*) but it’s a grand tale, with great characters and (no surprise with this author) wonderfully written.
Highly recommended.
April 7, 2018
A great sequel & fun dungeon crawl
Having one of the party members kidnap another at the end of the last book open up a way to introduce several new characters without making things Unwieldy.
Nova and her sister were both representative of classic types of players, on afraid to lead or be responsible the other brash and reckless.
Kahn and George still a great team.
The dungeon wasn’t just hack and slash
, It also had some great traps and puzzles.
Having one of the party members kidnap another at the end of the last book open up a way to introduce several new characters without making things Unwieldy.
Nova and her sister were both representative of classic types of players, on afraid to lead or be responsible the other brash and reckless.
Kahn and George still a great team.
The dungeon wasn’t just hack and slash
, It also had some great traps and puzzles.
February 23, 2018
Finally continued!
Not much to say other than that it was fun and more of the same. Didn't really seem to do much to advance the story, but really the appeal is probably supposed to be the gameplay action instead. Hope the next one comes out sooner. The Kindle edition had awkwardly large spacing between lines compared to the ARC version.
Not much to say other than that it was fun and more of the same. Didn't really seem to do much to advance the story, but really the appeal is probably supposed to be the gameplay action instead. Hope the next one comes out sooner. The Kindle edition had awkwardly large spacing between lines compared to the ARC version.
February 26, 2018
Kahn, Crash, and George tackle the Dungeon of Oblivion, hoping to level up quickly. They meet another player, Nova, who's sister, Terra is stuck in the Dungeon. They will have to beat the Dungeon, or remain there forever.
I love this series, each book us full of kick a$$ action, with a great plot and characters!
I love this series, each book us full of kick a$$ action, with a great plot and characters!
April 4, 2018
Excepting a quest will get you in trouble in this game but you could make your stats much better. Gain points and better stats by doing different things, like fighting with enemies. The more points the more health, money, strength and gains in all areas of achievement. This is a game within a game and a continuing series. Good characters, good book. I received a complimentary copy of this book.
March 16, 2018
Book 3 soulstone series
Enjoy reading JA books they are entertaining with action humor and suspense. Keeps you reading to see what is next.
Enjoy reading JA books they are entertaining with action humor and suspense. Keeps you reading to see what is next.
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