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Master Assassins

By Robert V.S. Redick
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2018 BookNest Fantasy Awards Finalist for Best Novel

“This book has everything I love: Clean, crisp worldbuilding. Characters that live and breathe. A story that teases and surprises me. I like Master Assassins so much I wish I'd written it, but deep down, I know I couldn't have written it this well.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Patrick Rothfuss


Two village boys mistaken for assassins become the decisive figures in the battle for a continent in the thrilling new desert-based epic fantasy by the author of The Red Wolf Conspiracy.

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.

On their heels are the Prophet’s death squads. Ahead lie warring armies, sandstorms, evil spirits and the deeper evil of human greed. But hope beckons as well—if the “Master Assassins” can expose the lie that has made them the world’s most wanted men.

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“What a wonderful read. I was on the lookout for something light to read over the weekend and chose this book. This appeared like something in the vein of R. A Salvatore from the cover. But I was mistaken. This is a gritty deep book with well thought out characters and a great plot. This book completely drew me in right from the start. The prose is excellent, the characters are very well built and make us want to know more about them. The world building is also very good. I hope more people read this book and encourage the author. I will eagerly wait for the next installment in this series. Merged review: What a wonderful read. I was on the lookout for something light to read over the weekend and chose this book. This appeared like something in the vein of R. A Salvatore from the cover. But I was mistaken. This is a gritty deep book with well thought out characters and a great plot. This book completely drew me in right from the start. The prose is excellent, the characters are very well built and make us want to know more about them. The world building is also very good. I hope more people read this book and encourage the author. I will eagerly wait for the next installment in this series.”

About Robert V.S. Redick

Robert V. S. Redick’s Chathrand Voyage Quartet (The Red Wolf Conspiracy and sequels) is among the most beloved and critically acclaimed epic fantasy series of recent years. A social and environmental justice consultant, he has worked in Indonesia, Argentina, Colombia and many other countries. His new fantasy series, The Fire Sacraments, will be published by Talos Press. He lives with his partner in Western Massachusetts.

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