Space Assassins 1 & 2: A Space Assassin Bundle

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The narrative, other than the situations stated above, is very interesting and it keeps up with the pace of the story, wich is FAST!! The dialogues are very straight forward and knowing the main character along the book you accept it as part of him and not a problem with the writing itself!! I would have preferred if I were able to see more of the world building. Mr. Baron describes several planets and their life forms and plant life, but I could not get a sense or picture of any of these planets, life forms, or plant life. The main character travels in a spaceship from planet to planet, but I was not clear on how the spaceship operated or what it looked like. This book will be included in my biweekly reading wrap up on my YouTube channel that will be published on March 19th. Another brilliant series by Scott Baron. After devouring the Charlie and Daisy books in a couple of weeks I was so pleased to discover more books set in the same universe. First of all, thank you BookSirens and Scott Baron for the opportunity to read and review this work!!

Space Assassin at the Internet Archive record of the old Fightingfantasy.com - Retrieved 2019-10-26 I really enjoyed diving into this very rich world with so much potential to build an epic story on. The characters we were introduced to are quite straight forward and there is not too much character growth happening, but then again this is only a very short book that introduced us to this world. I expect that the author is fully capable of writing great development across the rest of the series.I have not listened to anything by Eric Bryan Moore previously, but he did a great job with the Narration. He was clear and concise, so it was easy to understand and listen to him. He has a great range of voices, both Male and Female, and the main characters voice, Hozark, is exceptionally well done for this particular character. You can pretty well distinguish who is talking most of the time, but there are times it can be a bit hard to tell which character is speaking. Equipped with a deadly Exitus rifle and with the ability to target Characters hiding behind their own front lines, they’re peerless sharpshooters who are especially good at removing supporting units like Haemonculi , Cadre Fireblades , and even renegade Apothecaries .

In a way I didn't like this idea, because in some sections you feel like there was an afterthought and the author did a "magic did it!" to save it... But that's not a common occurrence!! The infuriating amount of repetition suggests that this series might have been serialised originally and the constant reminders of…well, everything… might have worked in that context where it was a week or month between chapters. But as an audiobook where you just roll through the chapters it was really irritating.As such, part of this story becomes about Hozark finding his own Vespus Blade, and this is no easy feat, as there are very few left who can create such amazing weapons. The Interstellar Slayer had everything a good fantasy story needs for me: interesting magic system, interesting races, political construct, revolution, intrigue, coup d'é·tat, assassins (a whole freakin shapeshifting assassin-species!), swords - and swords wih special powers. What made it amazing is to bring all of this into an intriguing SciFi setting with different planets, space travel, different species and interplanetary politics. In Book 1, we were introduced to Master Hozark and the Wampeh Ghalian, the Guild of Assassins that are somewhat unique, clever and creative creature for use as an Assassin in a Space Opera setting.

This book is obviously written by a reader of science-fiction and fantasy who understands world-building. The characterizations are sketches at first, allowing readers to fill some blanks, but the dialogue and story reveal who the people truly are. Fight scenes are realistic as far as I can tell (not an expert), but the space travel is not hard science; it's fantasy--which works out just fine for its purpose.Same was true with the world building. As I mentioned before, I found it to be really good, but at the same it was written in an info-dump-y way and there was quite a lot of it. Despite this, I have to say, coming as a surprise to me, it was very easy get through them. It involves seeking a vespus blade (the most powerful sword of the Ghalians that stores and channels magical power), and dealing with someone the assassins thought was dead. Demelza is another really captivating character, with her ability to keep up with the Masters, but having taken a bit of a different learning path than others. We get to learn more about her in this book.

As a Space Opera/Mil Sci-Fi, this is just an exceptional story, with fast paced action, intense combat scenes that are masterfully described (the sword-fighting scenes are just beautifully choreographed, and read so well). There is clever dialogue that compliments a creative, well thought out storyline, that keeps you both enthralled and guessing. Mr. Baron has a created a main character that is an assassin who appears to be powerful and overcomes any obstacle he faces to complete the assassination. As I read the story, I did not feel the main character was not facing any adversity and there did not seem to be any real stakes or danger. I thought the other characters featured are flat and not fully fleshed out and realized. As I said previously, the world building is just incredibly in-depth, but rather than being overwhelming, or losing you (as it can do in some books where there is just too much information), in this case, you find you get totally absorbed in it, and just want more. It is utterly fascinating, this world of assassins, and with each new revelation, several more doors open into this wonderous world.Bursting through a bulkhead door with unleashed fury, the Culexus Assassin slaughtered their way through Aun’Va’s guards and, after a brief chase through the streets outside, cut down the Ethereal Supreme. Though the plot is slow due to the fact what is happening, it still has enough action scenes to keep the stakes high enough. It feels a bit like a bridge book to the fifth and final one, but I can forgive that considering this book gives more insight into the characters and their dynamics together. Their bonds grow stronger and stronger because of all the things that are happening. The road to their end goal is long and of course, filled with danger, so they just have to work together. Some characters do that better than other ones, which gives a good portion of fun and humor that is needed in the time it takes place. Found family is one of my favorite tropes to read about, and this definitely has it. They all want to help each other and go far to do so, making it also more realistic that sometimes they win more fights, something I had a bit of trouble believing in the other books. Due to the insight on how everyone trains (which doesn’t slow the book down, in my opinion) that disbelief carried away. There was far more at play than was apparent on the surface and Hozark would require all of his wits and skill to get to the bottom of it. And he most surely intended to do just that, no matter how high the body count. He just hoped to do so before more of his kin fell victim to the nefarious plot.