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Title: First Death

Subtitle: A Seventeen Series Short Story #1

Author: AD Starrling

Narrator: Michael Bower

Format: Unabridged

Length: 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-14-17

Publisher: AD STARRLING

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories & Anthologies

Publisher's Summary:

Discover where it all started...

Carpathian Mountains, Moldavia, 1570. Ten-year-old Lucas' life is a simple but happy one. All that changes when the Hunters finally track down his whereabouts.

Forced to bear witness to horrific scenes that forever shatter his innocence, he discovers the shocking secret behind his less than ordinary existence. What follows is a fight for survival that will define the nature of a boy bound to an incredible destiny whose origins have been lost to the tides of time.

First Death is a short story set in AD Starrling's best-selling supernatural thriller series Seventeen. If you like high-octane adventures that combine science and fantasy, then you'll love the world of Seventeen.

Grab this riveting short story and start the epic series today!

Members Reviews:

Love the seventeen series

The prequel novella of Lucas's childhood. The story of him witnessing the murder of his parents over and over as the killers wiped out their remaining lives of their seventeen deaths and his trek to escape and live to fight another day and his own justice.

Too short

This was a prequel to Soul Meaning and told the story of Lucas Soul's first death. Good but way too short. This could be a novel or a novella itself.

Five Stars

This one is great also

Intriguing beginnings

Set in 1570 in the wooded mountains of Moldavia, Lucas and his parents have a simple cabin home in the woods. Itâs winter and few travelers are about. That is, until Alexander and his men show up on their doorstep. Lucasâs simple, happy world is about to be shattered.

Alexander kills Lucasâs father first, and then his mother Katarina. To Lucasâs surprise, they rise to fight again. Alas, they are killed again. This cycle continues again and again while Lucas is forced to watch. Lucas, the poor lad, goes into some sort of shock over it all.

Then Lucas must suffer his first death. Things donât go as planned for Alexander and his men. I really liked the crow imagery and the ashes left behind. Thereâs definitely something very intriguing about this story. The tale and danger doesnât stop with Lucasâs first death. Nope. Afterwards, he has to figure out his next move, how to survive the winter, who his allies (or parentâs allies) are. I was impressed by how much was packed into this short story.

I received a free copy of this audiobook.

Narration: Michael Bower was good, especially with the accents. He also did a good job imbuing emotion into the characters. Alexander sounded villainous through and through.

A sneak peak into Lucas' origins and first death.

If you follow the blog, you will know that I discovered A.D. Starrling last year and fell in love with her brainy writing style. Normally I am not a fan of short stories or reading prequels after I have started the series... but I have enjoyed Starrling's snippets and peeks into the Seventeen world.

First Death gives us a glimpse into the origins of Lucas Soul, the hero of Soul Meaning. We finally get to meet Lucas' father and mother, and see the love they shared for each other and their son. The Soul parents were starcrossed lovers, each from a different sect of the supernatural race of immortals that is featured in this series. Their relationship and son, who is viewed as an abomination, earns them a death warrant, so they have been hiding out in the Alaskan (I think?) wilderness.