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Title details for Master Assassins by Robert V. S. Redick - Available

Master Assassins

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by Robert V. S. Redick
Eric Michael Summerer
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Kandri Hinjuman was never meant to be a soldier. His brother Mektu was never meant for this world. Rivals since childhood, they are drafted into a horrific war led by a madwoman-Prophet, and survive each day only by hiding their disbelief. Kandri is good at blending in, but Mektu is hopeless: impulsive, erratic—and certain that a demon is stalking him. Is this madness or a second sense? Either way, Kandri knows that Mektu's antics will land them both in early graves.
But all bets are off when the brothers' simmering feud explodes into violence, and holy blood is spilled. Kandri and Mektu are taken for contract killers and must flee for their lives—to the one place where they can hope to disappear: the sprawling desert known as the Land that Eats Men. In this eerie wilderness, the terrain is as deadly as the monsters, ghouls, and traffickers in human flesh. Here the brothers find strange allies: an aging warlord, a desert nomad searching for her family, a lethal child-soldier still in her teens. They also find themselves in possession of a secret that could bring peace to the continent of Urrath. Or unthinkable carnage.
Contains mature themes.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Fire Sacraments

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    March 6, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781541494527
      • File size: 491314 KB
      • Duration: 17:03:34

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Eric Michael Summerer is a master of dialogue and portraying the dynamics between characters. In this first audiobook of a new series, two brothers are drafted into the army of the Prophet. They are forced to flee when one of them kills a favorite of the leader. Summerer brings alive a bleak world violence and cruelty but brings out the humor as well. He also reflects the changing relationships between the brothers, who spent their youth as rivals but are now forced by circumstances to support each other. J.E.M. Winner of AudioFile Earphone Award © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      February 26, 2018
      Epic fantasy author Redick (the Chathrand Voyages series) opens a series with this taut story about a motley pair of half-brothers who alter the course of a holy war by trying to escape it. Neither Kandri nor Mektu is a true believer in the Prophet, and Mektu’s sanity is also in question. But they remain in the Army of Revelation until Kandri inadvertently kills someone the Prophet loves. Her rage forces the accidental “master assassins” to flee to a lethal wasteland ahead of the Prophet’s ruthless hunters. The apocalyptic Time of Madness is approaching, and the world contains horrors that the brothers can’t escape no matter how far they run. Redick excels at portraying how Kandri and Mektu teeter on the edge of disaster in a harsh, bare-bones world constricted by religious fears, with imminent menace always snapping at their heels. They cling to memories of love amid a brutal flight, making their struggles all the more intensely felt. The names, science, medicine, military life, and other elements are reminiscent to Arabic, Persian, and Turkish culture from the Middle Ages and later. Redick’s fine series launch is recommended for all fantasy readers. Agent: Matt Bialer, Sanford J. Greenburger Associates.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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