
The Student and the Slave
Krillonian Chronicles, Book 3
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Joseph Baltz
In a world of violence and injustice, freedom is both a prize and a curse. Bensin is desperate to provide for himself and his sister Ellie, but survival isn’t his only concern: he needs money to rescue Coach Steene from slavery. When two rival street gangs express interest in Bensin’s martial arts skills, he sees a chance to save his father figure at last … if he’s willing to pay the price.
Meanwhile, in faraway Neliria, Steene struggles to endure life as a slave. His young owner, Raymond, delights in making his existence unbearable. But even as Steene dreams of escape and reunion with Bensin and Ellie, he begins to see that Raymond needs him too—trapping them both in a dangerous bond. His choices will shape not just his fate, but the lives of everyone he cares about. Can he make the right ones … and live with the consequences?
Grab your copy of The Student and the Slave now and dive into a pulse-pounding adventure perfect for fans of The Hunger Games, Karate Kid, and Gladiator!
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Awesome book
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Life Can Change With One Decision
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Life lessons come in unexpected ways
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The narrator did an amazing performance!
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Perfect Trilogy Finale
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Note: Discussion will contain spoilers for previous entries in the series. Highly recommended that you start with book one.
Summary:
Bensin struggles to get a job and use his newfound freedom well.
Meanwhile, Steene deals with life as a green slave (someone not born to it). He’s given to a thirteen-year-old young man with an interest in martial arts.
Additional Comments:
• I don’t often give out 5 stars, but this is an exceptional series.
• Part of the middle of this story dragged, but the end wrapped up nicely on several fronts.
• Raymond probably has the strongest character development arc.
• I love how the story focuses on family dynamics as well as working within the dystopian system created. There’s bravery and honor and such, but it’s not a let’s-fix-the-empire book.
• If you want to look deeper at themes on slavery, good vs. evil, money not fixing problems, and so forth, you can find it.
• The main characters aren’t perfect, but they’re learning and adapting and all the more realistic for their flaws.
• There are two separate storylines for 98% of the book. That’s interesting to track, but there was decent page balance between the two.
• It’s a little hard to pin down the genre. It’s basically an alternate world where slavery is an accepted way of life. Collars (slaves) have some rights but are basically property. But this isn’t set in history. It’s a world with email and jet planes and motorboats and martial arts tournaments. Dystopian is as close as I can come, though most of those are about changing the messed up world, not preserving one family.
• The writing’s very strong.
• The performance is also very strong. Ellie’s letters were endearing.
• The end’s a tad convenient, but it fits so well I don’t even care about the coincidences.
Conclusion:
I’m surprised the series isn’t more popular. The books are long with some meandering but highly satisfying overall. Grab the trilogy and dig in.
*I received a free copy of the audiobook. I have chosen to review the book. These are my honest opinions.
Excellent conclusion to a fun series
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This was an enjoyable end to the Krillonian Chronicles! We get to see even more growth in the characters, especially Steene, and meet some new characters that we expect to hate through the whole book, but end up loving. 😊 My heart went out to Bensin, who was finally in a place of freedom, but unable to provide for his little sister or himself. Of course, sometimes I wanted to tell him that he was being an idiot, but he can’t really be blamed for that. And he learned!
Steene also struggled to cope with a new life as a slave, but he also learned to handle it well and make a difference where he was. He was faced with such an impossible choice at the end – but he chose and everything came together so beautifully!
I listened to the audiobook and the narrator did an AMAZING job! He really brought the characters to life and made them sound so believable! My one hesitation with the book is that there are quite a lot of instances of made up swear words, and the narrator did a really good job with them, so they did end up sounding really bad. I wasn’t comfortable having my kids in the room while I listened because of that.
I received a free promotional copy of this audiobook and chose to review it. All opinions are my own.
Perfect end to the trilogy
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