Then one of the other contestants turns up dead… quickly followed by another.
Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her… but it’s the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best.
Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilirating. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she’ll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom. Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king’s council. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Once I read the synopsis, I had to get my hands on it.Īfter serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince.
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