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The First Kill
"The First Kill" was published in the anthology
Blackguards: Tales of Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues
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About this story, author Django Wexler says, "'The First Kill' is a bit of backstory for the universe of The Shadow Campaigns. It's always hard to give a proper spotlight to the villains in a novel where they don't get a POV, so I wanted to take this chance to explore that a little. The Shadow Throne implies a connection between Andreas, Duke Orlanko's brutally efficient go-to killer, and Sothe, the Gray Rose, his best agent turned bitter enemy. In this story, we get to see these two at an earlier point in their careers, and take a look at how that relationship got started."
Length: 41 minutes
About this story, author Django Wexler says, "'The First Kill' is a bit of backstory for the universe of The Shadow Campaigns. It's always hard to give a proper spotlight to the villains in a novel where they don't get a POV, so I wanted to take this chance to explore that a little. The Shadow Throne implies a connection between Andreas, Duke Orlanko's brutally efficient go-to killer, and Sothe, the Gray Rose, his best agent turned bitter enemy. In this story, we get to see these two at an earlier point in their careers, and take a look at how that relationship got started."
Length: 41 minutes
1 pages, Audible Audio
First published August 25, 2015
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About the author
Django Wexler
54 books3,757 followersDjango Wexler graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh with degrees in creative writing and computer science, and worked for the university in artificial intelligence research. Eventually he migrated to Microsoft in Seattle, where he now lives with two cats and a teetering mountain of books. When not planning Shadow Campaigns, he wrangles computers, paints tiny soldiers, and plays games of all sorts.
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June 3, 2023
June 2023
Audiobook edition
41m (1.3x speed)
Another one from the audible plus catalogue under 3hrs. Nice and short, although I did forget about lunch. Oops. Straight forward assassin trying to pass an assumed test and impress a woman. It was a shame about the apprentice. I'm hoping he did fail his assumed test.
Audiobook edition
41m (1.3x speed)
Another one from the audible plus catalogue under 3hrs. Nice and short, although I did forget about lunch. Oops. Straight forward assassin trying to pass an assumed test and impress a woman. It was a shame about the apprentice. I'm hoping he did fail his assumed test.
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May 27, 2019
A known assassin meets an even more famous one, the Gray Rose, and has a test-mission to undergo. Liked it a lot.
November 21, 2017
Nice short story. I listened to it. LOVE the Grey Rose!!
November 17, 2022
15. Brilliant as ever just way to short. Highly and definitely recommended to the normal crew.
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews