Never Die (Mortal Techniques #1) -

Rob J. Hayes

Independente

2019

274 páginas

9h 8m

ISBN-10: B07K7WM7TP

Ein is on a mission from God. A God of Death.

Time is up for the Emperor of Ten Kings and it falls to a murdered eight year old boy to render the judgement of a God. Ein knows he can't do it alone, but the empire is rife with heroes. The only problem; in order to serve, they must first die.

Ein has four legendary heroes in mind, names from story books read to him by his father. Now he must find them and kill them, so he can bring them back to fight the Reaper's war.

Resenhas (8)

4 (Muito bom)

Never die, Rob J. Hayes

I've been meaning to read one of Hayes' books for while. My first choice was Where Loyalties Lie, but after a good review from a friend decided to get Never Die a try, mostly because it's stand alone.
Just yesterday, I read that he decided to write other stories in Hosa, where this tale takes place. Ein is a little boy who has the power to bring people who just died back to life, so they can help him achieve his goal, an apparently impossible one. So he sets about after the heroes he grew up listening stories of to enlist them to his cause. He gathers quite an interesting group of fighters, each one with a nick name after his/her abilities. Without wasting much time, Hayes goes straight to the point and tells a fast paced story with a structure similar to an adventure videogame. Every few chapters there's a boss fight, of sorts. In the meantime, as they approach their final task, we find more about each other and have some fun with how they interact.
Overall, it's a very entertaining read. Not pretentious but competently told that should please fantasy readers in search for a fast paced, no strings attached tale.