Brother Death

Matador #8

by Steve Perry

The ruling elite summons Bork, strongman of the Matadors, to save them from a secret brotherhood armed with the powers of an alien civilization.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Space Opera, Martial Arts

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Librarians note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Steven Carl Perry has written over fifty novels and numerous short stories, which have appeared in various magazines and anthologies. Perry is perhaps best known for the Matador series. He has written books in the Star Wars, Alien and Conan universes. He was a collaborator on all of the Tom Clancy's Net Force series, seven of which have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller list. Two of his novelizations, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire and Men in Black have also been bestsellers. Other writing credits include articles, reviews, and essays, animated teleplays, and some unproduced movie scripts. One of his scripts for Batman: The Animated Series was an Emmy Award nominee for Outstanding Writing.

Perry is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, The Animation Guild, and the Writers Guild of America, West

Reviews

[Alton Motobu · Rating 2 out of 5]

Series is going downhill fast. In this one people are being murdered (decapitated) even though they are in secured rooms surrounded by bodyguards. Bork and Taz are sent to find the killer. They uncover the technology that was used in #4 in the series (The Omega Cage) where time travel and inter-dimension transport allow you to walk through solid matter, commit murders, then return at a different time. This is the Matador universe, like it or not. Motives for the murders are not revealed although it involves a religious cult.

Author digresses often into irrelevant, distracting, and unusual subjects, such as a detailed description of exercise stations at a gym, target practice at a shooting range which is more like a video game, a young girl's experience with her first menstrual period, and a detailed description of an antique dresser which Bork purchases. Also the cure for spinal cord injuries has been found, so the paralyzed person is fully restored in a few months.

[Paps · Rating 4 out of 5]

The final entry on the series, a good book for Bork, not so much to end the series as a whole, still a wonderful addition to the whole. I never though when I was readin 'The man who never missed' that this charatcers would have enough weight to continue the series with their own storys, but they did and it has been magnificent.

[Hans van der Veeke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another one in the Matador series. This one revolves around Saval Bork. In what basically is a high-tech sci-if who-dunnit we get to know him and his sister better. Good story, interesting concepts and just a great read makes me give no less than five stars.

[Bryan457 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Saval Bork, matador, one of the top 10 strongest men in the galaxy helps his sister, a police officer, as she investigates a series of impossible murders, Behind it all is an insane religious cult devoted to the artifacts of an ancient alien race, who have seemingly attained the power to walk through walls. Bork meets up with an antagonist who is stronger than he is.

Between Bork's angst and his crisis over losing a fight to someone with more strength and the murder mystery, this ended up being the weakest of the series for me.

[Eric Moreno · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad, probably my least favorite of the series but still entertaining. I love Bork, but this story wasn't great on the whole. I have enjoyed the whole of this series, and plan to read some more of his books but I am a little tired of the rushed ending. Steve Perry does a great job telling a story, but his endings are always a little rushed. It's like climax/end. I like a little wrap up, perhaps even and short epilogue.

[Jim Heivilin · Rating 4 out of 5]

How big a heart?

Another of the 'ever after' stories, this one about Bork and his sister. Some of his background and a tale of achieving your dreams, but not necessarily in a good way.

[Tom · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the matador books but I think this is the weakest one.