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A review by trish204
First Kill by Jennifer Fallon
4.0
This was a nice short story. For anyone interested, you can read it for free *here*.
The story is about Kiam Miar, a young man trained to be an assassin (yes, this is a "job" and a respectable one, too, in this world). As his final test, he is sent on a supervised mission - if he fails, he will be killed immediately by his supervisor.
However, a few things go wrong, like so Kiam Miar decides to look into it a bit more. This is a risk, as his supervisor can decide to kill him at any point, but he doesn't care.
It's a nice fantasy story about hired killers, conscience, and not just blindly and numbly following orders but questioning people, your world and even yourself. It wasn't perfect, but it was really very good.
The story is about Kiam Miar, a young man trained to be an assassin (yes, this is a "job" and a respectable one, too, in this world). As his final test, he is sent on a supervised mission - if he fails, he will be killed immediately by his supervisor.
However, a few things go wrong, like
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his target being a whore but also the member of a powerful family (posing the question why she became a whore in the first place) and him knowing her from a passionate forbidden encounter they had when they were both youngerIt's a nice fantasy story about hired killers, conscience, and not just blindly and numbly following orders but questioning people, your world and even yourself. It wasn't perfect, but it was really very good.