The Way of Shadows

The perfect killer has no friends, only targets.

Paperback, 672 pages

English language

Published Nov. 21, 2011 by Orbit Books.

ISBN:
978-0-356-50071-3
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3 stars (3 reviews)

For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art. And he is the city's most accomplished artist, his talents required from alleyway to courtly boudoir. For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for granted. As a guild rat, he's grown up in the slums, and learned the hard way to judge people quickly - and to take risks. Risks like apprenticing himself to Durzo Blint. But to be accepted, Azoth must turn his back on his old life and embrace a new identity and name. As Kylar Stern, he must learn to navigate the assassins' world of dangerous politics and strange magics - and cultivate a flair for death.

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5 stars

Loved this book. There were enough plot twists that even I was surprised at times, and that takes a lot for cynical me. Grin. Rereading this in 2023, since I've read Lightbringer. Before I started this re-read, I told a friend that, while it was amazing, it wasn't as amazing as Lightbringer. Brilliant over-all, but less for Brent Weeks than the other series. Now, after rereading the first book, I revise that opinion. While I remembered liking the book, I didn't remember much about it. The plot twists in this series are Brent Weeks at his best. I fell in love with the series all over again.

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