{"id":4297,"date":"2025-05-28T15:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T21:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=4297"},"modified":"2025-02-25T22:16:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T05:16:16","slug":"book-infinite-assassins-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/28\/book-infinite-assassins-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: Infinite Assassins (2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2017
\nAuthor: Peter Meredith
\nLength: 410 pages<\/p>\n

If there was one thing that caused me to pick up this series, it was the cover for this book. Having not particularly liked the first book, Infinite Reality<\/i>, I was hesitant to start this one. Between the two, I think Infinite Assassins<\/i> is better, but it still has lots of issues that stem from the main character. It doesn\u2019t help that there are still formatting and proofreading issues throughout the text that pulled me out of the story. I haven\u2019t read much LitRPG, but this series definitely reads more like a \u201cmanly man\u201d thriller than anything else.<\/p>\n

While Infinite Reality<\/i> had the main character bemoaning the fact that he had to work with others to solve a problem, Infinite Assassins<\/i> sees him strike out on his own. This fit the \u201clone wolf\u201d archetype better, especially when linked with the player class he chose for this adventure. Unfortunately, he was so obsessed with human trafficking and helping the helpless in a virtual video game that it felt more like a distraction than anything else. It came off as obnoxious moralizing to prove the point that the main character was a \u201cgood guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

But here\u2019s the thing, the main character is not a good person. Despite him telling the reader so much that he was resisting dark urges, his actions in the previous book would not be considered the moral high ground. He constantly turns to violence to solve his problems, sometimes even killing an individual instead of incapacitating them. I would have given an extra half star if he realized that his actions pursuing \u201cjustice\u201d were always on the side of being evil instead of him lying to the reader the whole time.<\/p>\n

Slightly better than the first book, but with continued main character issues, I give Infinite Assassins<\/i> 2.5 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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