The Roseguard's Odyssey: The tale of the hunted

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Ablan is the home of the most skilled warriors in Aelmion, the brotherhood of bounty hunters. But even these ruthless hunters are kept in line by the Council Shadows, ten apex hunters and their guilds who rule Ablan from the top of the floating oasis casino.

Luna is a shadow of Ablan. But when it comes to bounties, she and her guild have two strict rules: no killing, and no contracts involving children or animals in any way. When a criminal syndicate came to her to bring in a group of slavers, it was supposed to just end with her being paid her weight in gold. But aside from her reward, what she found in the slaver’s mines was Elizabeth.

Unable to leave the seven-year-old alone, she breaks her own rule and agrees to bring the child home. But as they begin the long journey across the continent, Luna finds out that the child is the missing Princess Elizabeth Balder Van Stahlblut II, the heir of the two powerful empires of the Braenarim Republic and the Iron Nation of Aspana.

As if protecting a princess is bad enough, it only gets worse. To get home, they need to go through the United Silvus States, a pro-human nation that is hell bent on taking the princess by any means. But not just Silvus is their problem. A race of murderous machines, mage executioners called the Huntsmen, the enigmatic Chimera trading company, other bounty hunters, and even savage monsters in the dark stand in their way. To protect her, all of Luna’s skills and the limits of her morality are put to the test. But will it be enough? Can both of them survive theTaleof the hunted?

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Status: Completed
Year: 2022
Author: William Benxley

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Rating: 4.3/ 5.0
Followers: 22
Views: 43,161

Chapters(95 total)

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★★★★ 3.5
I'm sorry, but despite my affinity for steampunk genre, the pretty cool cover, and the plot that promises some nice and thicc political intrigue, I don't feel like continuing reading this one. Within 7 chapters, it failed to pick my interest.
But it did succeed at confusing me, and not in a good way. Here's why.
Grammar:
Lotsa puntctuation and captializaiton errors, and occasionally weird and unclear syntax is bad enough. But the main struggle of the author seem to be tenses.
Some(not all!) examples below:
And if one is not careful they can be lost in the thick crowds. One child has learned this lesson the hard way as she and her aunt squeezed through. The child was wearing a strawberry red dress that is hidden underneath a light brown cloak.
tense switch at the beginning of the prologue
He made sure all men were in their position, Then Alpha gave the order.
capitalization error in chapter 1
When Elizabeth let go, Alice cannot believe that her daughter was growing up so fast
switching tense mid sentence in chpater 1
None of the attackers can take a clear shot as they were scrambling to avoid the falling lifeships.
tense switch mid sentence in chapter 2
Kinney shook the child off and when she doesn’t want to let go, pushed her which caused the child to stumble and fall
tense switch in chapter 2
The Badlands is a name given to a region of Aelmion that is covered with craggy mountain ranges, Thick impenetrable forests and wide open plains that stretch well below the Silvus Empire.
capitalization and tense error in the beggining of chapter 3
Soon Kinney could feel they are faced again with another intersection and before Elizabeth could guide them, the sound of footsteps came in front of them.
switching tense mid sentence in chapter 3, unclear syntax
The weapon they were carrying was a Curved, glowing single edge blade. Ketil has only read about the fabled swords of Riyax and they are powerful enough to cut a steamtank’s armor with a single stroke. The knight sheathed t