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Age Of Assassins by R J Barker
Oct. 22nd, 2018 11:39 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
It’s a game of assassin versus assassin.
Girton Club-Foot, apprentice to the land’s best assassin, still has much to learn about the art of taking lives. But his latest mission tasks Girton with a far more difficult challenge: to save a life. Someone is trying to kill the heir to the throne, and it is up to Girton and his master to uncover the traitor. In a kingdom on the brink of civil war and a castle thick with lies, Girton will find enemies he never expected, friends he never wanted and a conspiracy that could destroy an entire land.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
R J Baker’s debut fantasy novel (the first in a trilogy) is a confident affair that neatly sets up world building and character dynamics and has interesting relationships between Girton, Merela and Rufra but the mystery is too easy to guess, some of the characters (notably Aydor but also Drusl) are two-dimensional and although I liked the idea of a club-footed assassin, a plot device compensates for (and ultimately negates) it.
Girton Club-Foot, apprentice to the land’s best assassin, still has much to learn about the art of taking lives. But his latest mission tasks Girton with a far more difficult challenge: to save a life. Someone is trying to kill the heir to the throne, and it is up to Girton and his master to uncover the traitor. In a kingdom on the brink of civil war and a castle thick with lies, Girton will find enemies he never expected, friends he never wanted and a conspiracy that could destroy an entire land.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
R J Baker’s debut fantasy novel (the first in a trilogy) is a confident affair that neatly sets up world building and character dynamics and has interesting relationships between Girton, Merela and Rufra but the mystery is too easy to guess, some of the characters (notably Aydor but also Drusl) are two-dimensional and although I liked the idea of a club-footed assassin, a plot device compensates for (and ultimately negates) it.
