Child of the Daystar

By: Bryce O'Connor

Narrated by: Mikael Naramore

Among the scattered fringe cities bordering the Cienbal desert, the true name of the Monster of Karth is spoken only in whispers...RAZ I'SYUL ARRO. A sellsword of the utmost caliber, Raz is a killer of paramount skill and highest regard. Towering tall even amongst the atherian, he is the only of his kind to live free in the "civilized" confines of mankind's varied cultures. He has no need of loyalties, his sole affections pledged to the gold crowns that buy his time and skills.

Wed to his blades, Raz's only friends are the Moon and Her Stars and the shadows they bring with the night. But Raz was not born to the mercenary's way, to the butchery and battle of day-by-day survival.

Raz, like a sword, was hammered from steel and fire and ashy smoke, forged on the ruins of an old life. And Raz knows who he owes this new path to, this carved way of blood and iron. The Monster of Karth, after all, would never forget who gave him that name. And some debts can't be paid in gold....

©2015 Bryce O'Connor (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

Razor was the power

Was a bit Gory, much cussing, didnt like the ending left the story hanging with out direction

Start of a new Book-Lust

(For younger listeners) It says the F word a handful of times along with with other curse words and mature themes.
That being said, I loved this selection. The book was expertly written and flowed well. The story was CAPTIVATING! I can not wait to listen to the other books in the series! HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

A good read well performed

An interesting read about the darkness of humanity from an inhuman source. I look forward to the next installment.

great

this is a great story. cant wait to start the next book. for those that are curious I would not pass this book up. takes a couple chapters to set the stage but after that an amazing adventure

It’s great

It’s great and I love the author, with that said I feel the story jumped to far to fast.

Without spoilers they had a great cast a few different times and they all got wrote off, and the main character is just to ultra great at all and we never knew where he got these skills.

Very entertaining book!

I very much enjoyed this book. one of the main things that I enjoyed was that it was a non-human character. And I know there will be some people that say elves and dwarves aren't human either but outside of a change in height and ear length they're basically human. This character is a draconian/ gargoyle/lizard-man. There are many names depending on what you're reading. I enjoyed the first half of the book more where he was young and still learning how to deal with his new environment. I really would have liked to have seen more of that but I understand they wanted to get to some more action. The narrator did a fine job and I wouldn't want to hear anybody else do it from now on. So hopefully the next book will have him as part of it. this book gave me a little bit of the RA Salvatore Drizzt vibe.

excellent, a different type of character

Excellenr book and an excellent audio presentation. The protagonist is a different type of character, which I found very welcomed and enjoyed. The audio performance ... because it was done much better than just a read through, as reader used variations in tone, accents and more ... was one of the best audio books which I've ever hear. i am guaranteed to look for both author and reader later ... after finish this review.

Bad-ass Protagonist in Good Origin Story

Would you listen to Child of the Daystar again? Why?

Things I enjoyed:
-Don't see such a powerful main character nowadays, loved that
-Had some touching human moments
-Interesting social system involved

Things I didn't enjoy:
-Didn't feel like a complete story, more like a first act
-Not a ton of depth to the characters or story, writing read almost YA or shallow
-Pacing felt off, spent too much time developing him as a child/adolescent vs. his older years; kind of off balance

What was one of the most memorable moments of Child of the Daystar?

When the book transitions from Raz's adolescence to young adulthood

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Yes, narration was good throughout

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Not really, had some dry patches

Excellent

Excellent work by the writer, as well as a truly explanation performance by the narrator!

Slow but picks ups and runs

The story starts off slow but it picks up mid way through the book and just holds your attention. I would say worth.