Hero meets anti-hero in a fast paced tale of action and adventure.
Hadrian is our hero, a somewhat naive… killing machine? Turns out his father taught him to be a fantastic swordsman capable of amazing killing efficiency.
Royce is our anti-hero, a jaded thief who finds the simplest solution to any problem is to kill it dead, twice over.
Together they embark on an adventure – to settle a debt each owes the same man.
Of course, nothing is ever as it seems, and the adventure is nothing more than a ruse to make the two “opposites” learn about each other, in the hopes both turn out somewhere in the middle at the end of it all. There is the hint that they will be needed in the future, and both will need to improve their skills to face the challenges that lie ahead.
Aside from the obvious issue of the “naive hero” being a ruthless killing machine, I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
It does a good job of introducing the major characters with enough left to the imagination to keep you wanting more.
I had a hard time putting this book down, its very well paced and well written, and left me wanting more.
5/5 stars
The Nomadic Reader 