Assassin, Not is a tale of choices and sacrifice, set in a fantasy kingdom. Blade is a young man, born of a long line of assassins. Placed in training at a young age, he has no choice but to take on the trade of his father, and his grandfather before him… or does he?
When Blade is assigned an assassination he does not really want to complete, he believes he has no choice. Deciding if he finds something else to be, before his dagger falls, he prepares to take down the youngest Lord Forester in the city. When a second assassin appears, and options unfold, Blade must step lightly and with speed. With a disgruntled patron on his heels, the only question is can he move quickly enough to stay one step ahead of his own?
Assassin, Not is a fantasy tale set in a land of magic and intrigue. It is currently available from Smashwords, Amazon Kindle, Nook, the iTunes bookstore, and Kobobooks.
Carlie Simonsen is the pen name C.M. Simpson uses to write chapter books for younger readers.
I am a Canberra-based author who likes writing stories for young people. My stories can be scary, funny, spooky and strange, but that’s the way I like it. I hope you don’t mind. I like dinosaurs, aliens, dragons and drawing. I would rather write about imaginary lands and places, but sometimes the real world creeps into my head and won’t go away until I put it in a story. I think the real-world stories are the scariest of all. They are definitely the hardest to write.
Assassin, Not is my first juvenile fiction fantasy. I wrote it in the mid-1990s and have formatted and edited for release as an e-book and for print-on-demand.