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The Secret

A Broken Empire Tale

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The Secret

By: Mark Lawrence
Narrated by: Tim Gerard Reynolds
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"The Secret" was published in the anthology Blackguards: Tales of Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues.

About this story, author Mark Lawrence says, "'The Secret' is set in the world where my Broken Empire and Red Queen's War trilogies take place. I've been writing short stories based on the various members of Jorg Ancrath's brotherhood of the road, exploring their origins. When I saw that the Blackguards anthology was seeking tales of assassins, I thought it was time to write about Brother Sim."

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Very short tale of an assasin

Very Short tale of Brother Sim, who is an assassin, in time line of the Red Queen. Princess Dara is his target, but she does not realize that she is his target, not a lover, too late.

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More please.

Good but short. would have been better if it was at least a couple or a few short stories. that being said I did like hearing a little about brother Sim. I would like to hear a few more stories about some of the other brothers.

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Short, concise and brilliant.

Atmospheric, unusual little tale. The world of The Broken Empire I always imagine to be like something out of the Diablo pc games and the descriptions here brought it to life in that way again. The narrator was great and I hope that this storyline could be expanded on and explored more in the future. 5 stars: *****.

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Not worth the cash

This story was too short for $1.99. I can't tell if it is a money grab or what

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I feel like he pronounced Jorg wrong but it was still great anyway! I love these stories.

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