The strong worldbuilding and gritty character details are revealed alongside the immediate action and mystery, leaving behind a very tightly-written story. You start off knowing absolutely nothing, which leaves you wanting-needing-to know absolutely everything. This book wastes no time in tossing the reader in headfirst, and that’s partly why it works so well. Not all is as it seems aboard this abandoned, haunting, nameless ship. Rife with the stuff of nightmares, this ship is extremely dangerous, and Sean and his crewmates are on a deadline as dangerous as they come. Yet he will soon learn that he and his small crew of criminals aren’t alone on this massive, derelict ship. He and a few others are sent to this haunting, seemingly-abandoned wreckage and ordered to bring back data on the Philosopher’s Stone project. The Immortality Thief follows Sean Wren, a passionate, snarky linguist and smuggler as he is given the task of salvaging important, secret data from an ancient ship orbiting a dying star. Without sharing too many secrets, The Immortality Thief was a cleverly executed space heist/mystery that I’ll soon be recommending to everyone that is willing to listen. I recommend going into this book blind, just as I did, not at all prepared for the unforgettable journey ahead.

The magic of this book lies within it’s mysteries, the story laced with a lingering sense of the unknown, and giving away too much would ruin the experience I want so desperately for other readers to have. In just so few words, Taran Hunt was able to lock me in for the rest of the story, her quick-witted characters and snarky dialogue piquing my interest on page one. The Immortality Thief is a beast of a book that managed to grip me in a matter of a few pages.

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