Riyria Chronicles the famous series which attracted a huge audience towards Michael J. Sullivan’s works gets a start from this short story. Although the two characters became famous right after the start of the series a lot remained about their first meeting. This short story takes us to the beginning when Royce and Hadrian met for the first time.
The story takes us eleven years in the past when the two characters were young and Hadrian was of course not the decent one as she pretends to be now. She was a thief and somehow Royce was able to impress her and she started trying to change herself a little bit. They were like two separate poles that were trying to come close to each other because they could feel a bond developing between them.
Their team was like the team of two characters who could never coexist after their first mission. Later they were charged with the murder of a king and all they could do initially was to run and hide. As they fell into this trap together so they decided that they will come out of it together and will catch the one behind this evil scheme.
After that day their bond just became stronger after every passing day. The series is loaded with books like FREE: The Jester (A Riyria Chronicles Tale) and FREE: The Jester (A Riyria Chronicles Tale). This short story stands alone in the whole series full of long stories. Its impact is still undeniable and Tim Gerard Reynolds’ narration is unobjectionable. This is one series that will not make your head go round and round in confusion.
