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I hope, for Mr. Wells sake, that he takes the time to go over this story with a good editor. The premise is a bit of a cliche, but interesting nevertheless. However, the book seems to suffer from "Mr. Perfect" syndrome. The worst thing to happen to our hero is the death of his older brother in chapter one. Once this happens, his parents immediately, and correctly, know why the mysterious assassin came (2000 year old secret story is still believed and 100% accurate), and their retainer has no trouble finding and capturing the man. From then on, we go from point to point with our hero having no major challenges or hurdles to overcome. He even learns how to master the sword from a book. This is a magic world... surely something a little more plausible could be found? Even a spirt of a swordfighter inhabiting his head would have been better. In a genre that's all about character development, I could not find it in me to find the characters either believable or interesting, which is a shame. I hope Mr. Wells keeps at it... he has some great ideas. But he needs a good editor to help him understand the tradecraft a little better.