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A Soul Divided (The Blood Fire Trilogy Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Daniel M. Quilter (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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When the princess of the technologically advanced Human Empire is kidnapped by an agent of the Mystic religion, they’re forced to turn to the last person they’d ever expected to ask for help: Drake Ashbell, a snarky pirate who has a problem with authority, and a dark secret.
When he’s pulled into the conflict, Drake finds himself caught up in a fast-paced adventure that will take him to distant worlds, make him face his tragic past, and test the limits of his soul.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00P8F83PQ
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 3, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1141 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 282 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1503100251

Best Sellers Rank: #3,044,922 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #16,257 in Space Opera Science Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #29,775 in Science Fiction Adventure
- #35,303 in Space Operas

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Daniel M Quilter is the multi-genre author of the sprawling space opera, the Blood-Fire Trilogy, and the imaginative portal fantasy series, the Cross-Road Travelers. He's also the author of several stand-alone novels, such as Rust-Kicker, the story of a fire department in a town where everyone has a pet dragon.

When he's not writing, Daniel enjoys camping, hiking, rock-climbing, and riding his motorcycle.

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Great Sci Fi Read

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2016

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This is a lovely escape into Sci Fi fantasy, if you like Sci Fi this book is definitely for you. The story is original and enjoyable, the main characters come alive, they are great opposites which makes the story very interesting to read, keeping you on your toes. The book is a definite page turner, the whit of the main characters is entertaining and the play between them enjoyable, this makes you want to keep on reading. All in all a great escapism story, I am not usually a SciFi reader but like to indulge for a change on occasion. The unusualness of the story made me think of early Terry Prachet, when I was younger I read all of his books. A great read.

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You've Got a Fan in Me!

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2017

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I really really enjoyed this book! Sci-fi and fantasy is not usually the genre I like to read, but this book has converted me! I loved the story line and the characters were well developed and easy to relate to. It was definitely a page turner and I had a hard time putting it down! I cannot wait for the next one!

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2016

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So many writers struggle (and fail) to bring true humor to their characters. It’s a struggle Mr. Quilter has overcome in his character, Drake. His interactions with Angela and Princess Olivia are realistic and interesting, set across the space operatic background of this world. The story itself is original, well-constructed, and worthy of some time to experience it. I like flawed heroes – they are much more believable than the Dudley Dooright sort. And snark and smart-a$$ery rules any day!

The paragraph formatting (no indentations) sometimes made it difficult for me to read, but that was a very minor point. There was a lot more conversation than exposition, which is a good thing. It exposes the characters without dumping a lot of external evaluations from the author.

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Great book for every sci-fi fan!

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2016

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Excellent fantasy novel. If you like sic-fi, this book is for you. I anticipate we will be seeing more and more five star reviews for A Soul Divided the longer it is out. You will feel you are apart of the world that Daniel M. Quilter creates. The characters are engaging and the dialogue is engrossing. I found myself pulling from Drake every step of the way and I could envision the world Quilter was creating for his characters. Great book for every sci-fi fan!

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Bruce McLennan

I’d also read the Amazon preview chapters and even though it wasn’t wonderful writing there was just enough interest as a concept ...

Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2018

Last week I downloaded a science fiction novel called “A Soul Divided” from Amazon with the intention of writing a review. I’d done my research and looked at reviews on Goodreads and Amazon and hadn’t seen a rating below 4 stars. I’d also read the Amazon preview chapters and even though it wasn’t wonderful writing there was just enough interest as a concept to go that step further and hit the ‘buy’ button. I’ve read a lot of books that start off mundanely only to exceed all expectations. Unfortunately, “A Soul Divided” wasn’t one of those books.

Daniel M. Quilter’s style is upbeat with lots of witty dialogue to slow the story down. Did I just say slow the story down? The dialogue was a bit of a problem for me in that it dominated the book. In most novels, there is attention to such elements as plot, scene, characters, even how the characters feel about things. Not in this book, it is dialogue driven. Almost as if it was written as a script for a movie (god forbid). Oh, and the dialogue wasn’t that witty either, more of a high school banter that fails to work for the most part.

In reviewing this book, I think that it’s only fair that I review the reviews as well. After all, I purchased the book based on four and five-star reviews. I need to ask the question, are the reviewers in any way related, known to or affiliated with Daniel M Quilter? While I appreciate that everyone has an opinion I find some of the comments peculiar, prompting to ask, did they read the same book that I did? A few examples.

<1>The characters' vibrant personalities add depth to this fast-paced science fiction adventure.

Characterisation was one dimensional, I think a comic book would have developed personalities far more completely. It certainly was fast paced. Too much so for any semblance of reality. Even given the existence of a ‘Tachyon drive’ which could shorten travel between planets to instantaneous transition I think it a bit farfetched that someone a couple of planets, or was it star systems away, talking on some super high tech telephone, could just say, “I’ll be there in ten minutes.”

I LOVED this great sci-fi fantasy story

Now, what is it? I’ve seen this trend evolving with authors who don’t know what to write. It needs to be either sci-fi or fantasy, not both, please. Yes, this author has started out with what appeared to be science fiction, as read in the Amazon preview chapters, then allowed the story to devolve into a free for all with the central characters possessing magical powers far in advance of technology. I know some will run out the old Arthur C. Clarke quote on technology and magic but at no point does the author attempt to rationalise the magic in any sort of logical science-based format.

Vhy' Rai is an extremely interesting magic system. It's three laws are complex and well thought out.

Perhaps the magic would have been interesting if the author had decided to explain it a bit more but like everything about this story it is just thrown in there as a series of discoveries used to solve a problem rather than adding to the overall enjoyment of the book. At this point, I realised that I'd been conned by a book that pretends to be a 4.5 star offering.

Some of the reviewers, to give them some credit, did offer criticisms. Unfortunately, they also gave the book 4 stars. This comment:

I'd give it a 3.5 star if allowed because there was no resolution. It ended open, in the middle of action, which I never appreciate. Also there was a tendency to express character through dialog and then repeat what was just expressed in the following paragraph with an inner monologue. It was maddening. I almost stopped reading multiple times.

I’m on a similar wavelength to this reviewer but I fully intended to give the book a very generous 3 stars the whole way through. But that ending did it for me, and one star had to come off.

Or this comment from someone who has obviously never read great writing:

Great story line, I am only giving this four stars because I would have loved to have had more back story and more detailed descriptions of the planets and the people, there we also some editing errors.

I find myself wondering how all the reviewers (28) would rate a truly great science fiction novel, one with a truly original plot, great characterisation, wonderful descriptions and no typos and errors. Unfortunately, or perhaps, fortunately, Amazon and Goodreads don’t allow scores of 10 out of 5 because that is what would have to happen if these reviewers actually attempted to read some of the classics.

Needless to say, I won’t be purchasing the next in this series.

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Author Jim Cronin

I really wanted to like this book

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2018

I really wanted to like this book. The story itself is good, with the potential to be great, but the writing style and lack of solid editing proved to be a major flaw for me. The banter between characters, intended to be clever, fell short. Drake was more annoying than witty or snarky. The constant dialog tags ( he said, she said, ...) in the middle of a single conversation were over done. This is something a good outside editor could have helped with improvements here. I wanted to know more about the Vhy' Rai magic, but was left with little explanation and almost no background of it other than a very simple, almost aside to the plot.
Aside from these issues, the story itself, has merit, so I gave it three stars.

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Vhy' Rai: creative magic!

Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2016

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Vhy' Rai is an extremely interesting magic system. It's three laws are complex and well thought out.

This book is about the brothers Drake and Vahn and their struggle to win against Anti-Luck 169. Drake struggles to control his powers and Vahn wants to save the human kingdom, all while preventing billions of people from losing their lives. They reconnect and heal old wounds and I found both of their personalities to be compelling, multi-dimensional, and worth reading about! The only tiny downside is that the book could use a final round of editing, but even as it is, I would recommend this book to anyone with a taste for action and fantasy.

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kimmyschemy06

I love it!

Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2016

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The story has a great plot and very interesting characters. I particularly love Drake Ashbell. He is an unlikely hero but lovable nonetheless. He is arrogant and sarcastic and his smart comments are funny. I especially enjoy the fighting and chasing scenes. All in all, this is one great, highly entertaining and very enjoyable book. Looking forward to book 2.

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Steve Conoboy

A rollicking adventure that will keep those pages turning.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 22, 2018

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Sci-fantasy. That's what we've got here. I'm far from the biggest sci-fi fan, (I enjoy it on the screen but don't follow much of what goes on in books) but I do think that magic in space is a pretty novel idea, and can't imagine that there's been too many variations on this idea. Immediately, then, there's a freshness to the work, difficult to achieve in any flooded field.

Things get off to a pretty quick start. Olivia, Princess of the Human Empire, looking forward to an evening of staring the stars, finds herself watching as five soldiers are taken down by a single man, and we're only a couple of pages in. The action is taut and tightly written throughout the book, and it's the speed of events that really helps the book. The ideas are a tad cliche, but when done with gusto the whole story makes for a rollicking adventure that will keep those pages turning.

The characters aren't the usual cardboard cut-outs either. Olivia in the above scene finds the confrontation an 'interesting' diversion from the norm. The brothers Vahn and Drake offer up interesting contrasts. Vahn, sent on a quest to find his criminal half-sibling, is diligent, Drake is a Han Solo-esque rogue with a knack for a snappy line (he's the kind of guy who'll jump through a window if you don't let him use the door). Not long after we meet Drake we're into a chase scene. In fact, it's to the book's credit that we never sit still for long periods of exposition. In that sense, A Soul Divided is very reminiscent of original trilogy Star Wars or Indiana Jones.

My only niggle is that the cover doesn't do a particularly good job of representing the story, so I recommend any prospective readers look past it (and we all know the proverb about judging and book covers...). There's a review I've seen that complains about the paragraphing, but that's not a problem I had, unless it applies to the print version? Anyway, kindle edition is laid out correctly and easy to read. A couple of editing issues here and there, nothing overly bothersome though.

A Soul Divided, then is recommended if you're after a real blast of adventure set around a solid magic system that sticks to its rules.

susan

A fun sci-fi story with engaging characters

Reviewed in Australia on October 18, 2017

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This story has a tongue in cheek humour throughout which is engaging. I liked the sarcastic and cocky hero, Drake, and his sidekick, Al. The notorious space pirate, Drake, is enlisted for an important mission, being the last one of his kind with the skills to accomplish it. In this task, he and his half-brother Vahn, who dislike each other, find themselves on the same team and have to cooperate. The mission involves a stolen cargo and a rescue, and there's even some romance. No shortage of action either, as Drake is pitted against some interesting villains and monsters, including an almost invincible, drug-addicted creature named 169. The mission escalates with some surprising turns. Recommended for sci-fi fans.

Nikki D

Fine if you like shallow action

Reviewed in Australia on June 7, 2020

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This book is written like one of those mindless male-orientated action movies with the male 'hero' who always has a witty line to throw out as the dead bodies pile up. If you like that kind of thing, you'll probably get some enjoyment from the story.
However, if you are annoyed by an entire cast of females being able to be replaced by a "sexy vase", I'd recommend a pass on this book.

KS the Dreamer

A must read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2016

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I am going to start off by saying I absolutely loved this book, and for me that is not a phrase I utter lightly, in fact over the course of all my reviews I have maybe uttered this phrase two or three times.

The plot focuses mainly on the plights of Drake as he is drawn into a situation only he is capable of handling. Of course, it doesn’t help matters that Drake is on the opposing side of the war, the Mystics versus the Human Empire. But desperate times call for desperate measures, and in order to save his legacy the king of the Human Empire must recruit his aid. Fortunately for the King, Drake’s own brother serves within his ranks. As the war rages on, and truths hidden from even some of the royals are unveiled, the situation becomes more desperate, the stakes higher, as Drake tries to deliver his end of the deal.

The characters in this book are fantastic, my favourite being Drake with his quick tongue and witty retorts. The focus spans across several characters who each have their own very unique identity and back story. You’ll find no cookie cutter characters here, you will however find complex relationships, agendas, betrayal, and vices. Not to mention a hidden secret or two. You can't help but like the characters, and they honestly left me grinning.

The plot is an immersive one, and I was reluctant to put it down. In the interest of full disclosure I was initially sent a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for a review, however before I even got halfway through I had brought myself a copy. Such brilliant writing deserves no less.
I highly recommend this book to lovers of science fiction, fantasy, adventure, or anyone who simply enjoys a good plot with strong characters and an excellent narrative.

I am eagerly awaiting book two, how could I not with an ending like that?

Angelina K

LOVED it and you will too!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 6, 2017

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I LOVED this great sci-fi fantasy story. Not only is it very well-written, but the twists and turns and laughs add to a cracking tale.

It's not easy to write such engaging characters, but this author has succeeded in bringing each character to life in a way that makes you feel you're there with them, experiencing what they're going through, and if you were to meet them in your everyday life you'd be hanging out and chatting like old friends.

The descriptions of the settings further add to this original and unexpected story, adding to its charm. I can't wait to read the next novel in this series. Highly recommended!

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