Deathstalker

Deathstalker Series, Book 1

By: Simon R. Green

Narrated by: Gildart Jackson

Owen Deathstalker, last of the infamous warrior Clan, always considered himself more of a writer than a fighter, preferring his history books to making any actual history with a sword. But books won't protect him from Her Imperial Majesty Lionstone XIV, who just outlawed and condemned Owen to death, without any explanation, reason, or warning. No wonder she's called the Iron Bitch.

Now, on the run from Imperial starcruisers, shady mercenaries, and just about everyone else in the Empire, Owen's options are limited. Though the name Deathstalker still commands respect in certain quarters, out on the Rim, Owen is lucky he can cobble together a makeshift team of castoffs, including an ex-pirate, a cyborg, and a bounty hunter. But allies won't be enough to save him.

If he's to live, Owen can either run forever...or take down the corrupt Empire. To do that, he'll need the fabled Darkvoid Device - an artifact dating back to the first Deathstalker and perhaps the only weapon powerful enough to help this ragtag rebellion win. The time has come for Owen to finally embrace his Deathstalker heritage...and all the blood and death that go along with it.

©1995 Simon R. Green (P)2017 Tantor

Critic reviews

"Green blends derring-do, space battles and wry banter aplenty to form an eminently satisfying space opera." ( Booklist)

English one piece

like the title says my friend recommended me this book after i recommend the anime because it sound like my type of jam if i like one piece was told to read or hear this book so decide to take a shot at it i do not regret trying it, its was an overall great time cant wait for the next one,

Great story.

Simon Green is a great author and this is a fabulous saga with a grand cast of characters. It has the lot, aliens, robots, evil plots, alter egos. It sounds superfluous but it all hangs together wonderfully.
I'm going to get the next book in the series right now.

Like game of thrones in space!! Only better lol

Absolutely loved this book! Some of Green's best work. Full of intrigue and suspense with comedy and a little romance sprinkled here and there. Exquisitely written and thought out. Really reminds me of game of thrones, and not simply because of the use of the same words lol.

Hidden Gem

I wasn’t familiar with Simon R. Green’s work prior to Deathstalker. Nevertheless, the book was on sale and the summary sounded interesting. Buying it blindly turned out being a well rewarded leap of faith indeed. Deathstalker is very well written and narrated, the characters have strength of personality, and the story is simply fantastic.
If you’re a fan of Galaxy’s Edge or martial-based SF epics in general, then you’ll dig this too.

great books

fast paced full of action super teck meets super heroes hope you enjoy it as much as I do

Very Good Space Opera

Reminds me of Star wars the early version. Fighting against the oppression of the Tyranny of the empire. Owen gets on the bad side of the Empress and has to go on the run. On his way he picks up other people who have their reasons for hating the empire. Will have to listen to the next to see where this ends up going.

Tons of Fun

I’m excited about Deathstalker. I really enjoyed book 1. Recently I’ve had trouble finding solid sci-fi fantasy novels, there’s a lot of crap out there. Deathstalker is no Hyperion, but then nothing is. No spoilers here, but this is the beginning of a very promising space opera. I will continue with the series.

A fantastic space opera. Better than Star Wars.

Would love to see this story on the big screen. A fantastic space opera. Better than Star Wars.

Good until the end

The only real problem I had with this was the last fight. People were fighting their interiors and not able to win after easily trouncing better opponents the whole story. It was ONLY because he needed the characters later. other than that and a few grammatical repetitions this author is known for it was a fun story. The parts that annoyed me were worth dropping it to 3.5 but there's no half on here so I gave it 4 instead of needlessly dropping it more. Narration was solid if not very I spires although most of the characters seem stuffy anyway so that might account for it.

THIS NEEDS TO BE A SERIES

I can't believe this series hasn't been picked up by HBO or Netflix. Classic Space War.