"[Narrator Amin El Gamal] does a masterful job of animating these desert denizens...What results is a suspenseful treat." — Audiofile Magazine
A novice assassin is on the hunt for someone killing their own in K. A. Doore's The Perfect Assassin, a breakout high fantasy beginning the Chronicles of Ghadid series.
Divine justice is written in blood.
Or so Amastan has been taught. As a new assassin in the Basbowen family, he's already having second thoughts about taking a life. A scarcity of contracts ends up being just what he needs.
Until, unexpectedly, Amastan finds the body of a very important drum chief. Until, impossibly, Basbowen's finest start showing up dead, with their murderous jaan running wild in the dusty streets of Ghadid. Until, inevitably, Amastan is ordered to solve these murders, before the family gets blamed.
Every life has its price, but when the tables are turned, Amastan must find this perfect assassin or be their next target.
Praise for The Perfect Assassin:
"The Perfect Assassin is a thrilling fantastical mystery that had me racing through the pages." —S. A. Chakraborty, author of The City of Brass
"Full of rooftop fights, frightening magic, and nonstop excitement and mystery, I absolutely loved it from start to finish!" — Sarah Beth Durst
1 of 2 copies available
1 of 2 copies available
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March 19, 2019 -
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- ISBN: 9781250203267
- File size: 332324 KB
- Duration: 11:32:20
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AudioFile Magazine
Narrator Amin El Gamal gives each character a different accent and timbre in this fantasy. The story is set in Ghadid, a desert country where water is so precious that it serves as currency. At the story's heart is Amastan, who has just finished his training as an assassin in the Basbowen clan. But the soft-spoken youth is more content in his other job as a scribe. When a drum chief is found murdered, Amastan is drafted to uncover the killer. He also has to contend with a spirit that is terrorizing residents. El Gamal does a masterful job of animating these desert denizens, including Amastan's friends and family as well as the suspects identified in his investigation. What results is a suspenseful treat. D.E.M. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
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