The Assassination of Orange, Joseph Brassey
The Assassination of Orange, Joseph Brassey
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The Assassination of Orange
A Foreworld SideQuest

Author: Joseph Brassey

Narrator: Michael Page

Unabridged: 2 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 05/28/2013


Synopsis

SideQuests are stand-alone stories or novellas that chronicle the heroes, villains, and adventures in The Foreworld Saga across numerous eras and ages. They can be read in any order with or without prior knowledge of The Foreworld Saga.There’s a bounty out for Prince William of Orange…and “alive” is not an option.The Dutch are trying to free themselves from the Spanish yoke, and the dynamic and charismatic revolutionary, William of Orange, is risking life and limb for the nation he so desperately loves. But when the Spanish monarch offers glory, titles, and twenty thousand crowns for the man who can silence William, the battle for the Netherlands becomes an assassin’s game.Celebrated Welsh mercenary Roger Williams is ordered by the crown of England to protect the prince at all costs, and while the Welsh mercenary has many years of battlefield experience, the cat and mouse of political assassination is a much different fight. The enemy is faceless, its tactics are unknown, and there will be little or no warning before the attempt is made. Roger’s skills are drawn from the legacy of the Shield-Brethren—the one true art of the sword--and he may be unprepared for the dawning of the age of the gun.A thrilling new tale set in the Renaissance Era of the Foreworld Saga, The Assassination of Orange is an exciting addition written by one of The Mongoliad authors, Joseph Brassey.

About Joseph Brassey

Joseph Brassey lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and two cats. He teaches medieval fighting techniques to members of the armed forces. The Mongoliad was his first published fiction, and “The Assassination of Orange” is his first Foreworld Saga SideQuest.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kieran on December 27, 2022

A Welsh soldier is ordered to protect the Prince of Orange at all costs. Brassey's short novella works to describe the scene in which the 'Foreworld' universe is set as time advances into the Elizabethan age.......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on February 12, 2023

Unlike all of the other Foreworld side quests I have read so far, this one doesn't have any references to the main books of the Foreworld saga. It's a good historical fiction novella, but it's not clear why it's a part of the Foreworld series.......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on April 07, 2024

This addition to the Foreworld was a tidy, self-contained short story, with little apparent connection to the Foreworld.......more

Goodreads review by Fantasy Literature on September 18, 2013

The Assassination of Orange is another short (only two hours in audio) “sidequest” in the FOREWORLD universe shared by Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, Mark Teppo, and others. Like the other sidequest I read, The Assassination of Orange is strictly historical fiction — there are no supernatural elements.......more

Goodreads review by Kat on September 03, 2013

Originally posted at FanLit. The Assassination of Orange is another short (only two hours in audio) “sidequest” in the FOREWORLD universe shared by Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, Mark Teppo, and others. Like the other sidequest I read, The Assassination of Orange is strictly historical fiction — there a......more