She’s an Assassin. He’s a dragon. Together, they’ll take on an empire.
Carmen wants to graduate. But the emperor wants her dead. Her classmates might, too.
At least she has a dragon on her side.
Carmen is days from graduation at assassin school. She’s desperate to finish ahead of her twin brother and the rest of the class. They’ve been trained to hunt using giant black swans, but Carmen has discovered a dragon. All she has to do is get on his back.
One problem: he’s killed everyone who gets near him.
Then the Emperor declares war on assassins. The adventure is about to begin.
readper review:
We loved this box set, reading through the entire collection over a weekend. It is light, breezy and just downright fun.
Arthur Slade has a great writing style, and despite the title characters involving dragons and assassins, there isn’t a whole lot of blood or gore. In fact the series would be suitable for younger readers, there’s not much profanity and the overall content remains PG-13.
The dragon, and dragons in general, are delightfully arrogant. Of course he and the assassin-adept who meets him early in the series (no spoilers) grow closer over time. It’s a very well-written buddy story, following the country-comes-to-town trope then town-to-country as they trade demesnes.
There are more in this series, and Book 8 ends on a decidedly incomplete note. But you’ll not regret adding this one to your personal library.
Highly recommended.
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Categories: Science Fiction / Fantasy
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