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Darkblade Assassin

Hero of Darkness, Book 1

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The best assassin in the world doesn’t come cheap. Betraying him will cost your soul.

The Hunter is a name feared by all in Voramis. He is an outcast, driven by a cursed dagger with an unquenchable thirst for blood and death.

Yet he follows one simple code: Kill those who truly deserve to die. His creed is put to the test when, deceived by a shadowy employer, he unknowingly slaughters an innocent man.

With the most powerful criminal organization in the city after his head, the Hunter must fight for his life and find a way to atone for his mistake. When his enemies harm the people under his protection, it will take much more than an army criminals to stand in the way of his revenge.

©2018 Andy Peloquin (P)2019 Podium Publishing Action & Adventure Dark Fantasy Epic Fantasy Sword & Sorcery
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Brilliant

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Not bad, found myself increasingly interested on what way the story was going to go.
although a little became a bit predictable.
and think important parts of the holes in the story have been left out. like going back to the priests after the final battle. with the gained information the hunter had found out.
will definitely be trying another installment in hope if answers turn up

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Decent, but strange pacing and what feels like a rushed ending. Will be interested to see what the next entry offers!

Worth a listen

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Excellent story read by a brilliant reader. Huge range of voices that really convey the characters.

Fantastic

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The Hunter, a truly awful name that makes you cringe every time you hear it - though it is marginally better than the name of his talking knife Soul Hunter. He is part James Bond part Elric of Melniboné and isn’t one of the great fantasy figures of our time. It’s a dark, gritty fantasy novel that had/has potential, though it isn’t helped by the narration. I stuck it out until ch.14 at which point The Hunter (cringe), the worlds greatest assassin, fails to spot a whole host of clues that has been ‘set up’ you are left shaking your head realising the main character is an idiot. The Hunter (groan) has one rule he only kills those who deserve to die. Now you would think you would do a bit of research about who your victims would be in this case, but no. He happily just takes the word of whoever is paying him and goes off and stabs them with his talking knife - oh my apparently this one was innocent. Well yes, you’d questioned it several times yourself and the chap you’ve just stabbed gave you enough clues to work out something was iffy, nah I’ll just knife him with Soul Sucker as I’ve been paid. You dullard.

I understand there’s a certain amount of disbelief that needs to be suspended when reading a fantasy novel, but it only goes so far. I still have a problem with talking dragons. Maybe I’m a bit sniffy and maybe it comes across on the written page better than it does as an audio book, but it’s not for me.

It’s a no from me.

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