Review: League of American Traitors by Matthew Landis
Thank you to Sky Pony Press for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for a fair review.
Jasper has just buried his father when a strange man approaches him about his father's will. Jasper figures there isn't anything worthwhile and blows the guys off. A few days later the brakes on his car fail and he ends up in the river. A woman saves him, but then they start torturing him asking him questions about IT, whatever it is.
Jasper has no clue but when Cyrus saves him from the woman and her partner he realizes he needs to find out. That is when he learns that he is the last direct descent of Benedict Arnold, and his father was looking for information that could change the whole game. The game is that the True Sons of Liberty duel with the descendants of American Traitors and have been doing that for the last 200 plus years.
Before long Jasper is on the hunt to find that information that changes everything, if only he lives that long. After several attempts on his life, the League knows that they have traitors in their midst and someone will do anything to keep Jasper from finding out the truth.
This was a promising book with an interesting concept. I can't say too much because it will spoil it, but if fell a little short for me. I just didn't quite love it, but I did devour it and I loved the alternative history. I am not sure if I can put into words, but basically, it seemed a tad anticlimactic. All the dueling and the attempts on his life just to find out that.
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