Soulsmith

Soulsmith

Will Wight

First published 2016Original language EN

8.18.1 / 10
Score out of 10516 ratingsConfidence 78%: this much of the score is the readers’ own
284
Pages
about 5 h
Reading time

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Our view

“Soulsmith” runs on one engine, the hero’s climb in power, and Will Wight keeps finding inventive ways to stage each step. Some readers find the prose still rough in places and feel the pace slacken after the first volume, yet the book is short and has a way of sending people straight on to the next one. It works best as quick, light fantasy between heavier reads.

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About the book

Outside Sacred Valley, ancient ruins rise from the earth, drawing sacred artists from miles around to fight for the treasures within.Lindon has reached Copper, taking the first step on the road to power, but the warriors of the outside world are still far beyond him.To advance, he turns to the arcane skills of the Soulsmiths, who craft weapons from the stuff of souls. With new powers come new enemies, and Lindon soon finds himself facing an entire sect of Golds.

Reading order · Cradle

Full order & progress →
Score per volume12 volumes on a timeline, 2016 to 2023 · Best-rated volume: Wintersteel
  1. Unsouled
    Unsouled2016 · 655 ratingsStart here
    8.08.0 / 10
  2. Soulsmith
    Soulsmith2016 · 516 ratingsThis book
    8.18.1 / 10
  3. Blackflame
    Blackflame2017 · 471 ratings
    8.48.4 / 10
  4. Skysworn
    Skysworn2017 · 446 ratings
    8.38.3 / 10
  5. Ghostwater
    Ghostwater2018 · 432 ratings
    8.68.6 / 10
  6. Underlord
    Underlord2019 · 415 ratings
    8.78.7 / 10
  7. Uncrowned
    Uncrowned2019 · 405 ratings
    8.68.6 / 10
  8. Wintersteel
    Wintersteel2020 · 414 ratings
    8.88.8 / 10
  9. Bloodline
    Bloodline2021 · 398 ratings
    8.58.5 / 10
  10. Reaper
    Reaper2021 · 386 ratings
    8.88.8 / 10
  11. Dreadgod
    Dreadgod2022 · 355 ratings
    8.78.7 / 10
  12. Waybound
    Waybound2023 · 335 ratings
    8.78.7 / 10

Where the score comes from

The sources average 8.2 across 516 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 78% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 8.1 comes out.

SourceAverageRatingsWeight
Hardcover8.2516 100%

Frequently asked

How long is Soulsmith?

It has 284 pages — shorter than 95% of the ranked books in Fantasy.

In this book

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