Celaena Sardothien is an assassin. She is spirited away from the Endovier salt mines, a prison where she has the last of her eighteen years rotting, to compete against twenty-three other assassins for the post of King's Champion. If Celaena survives and becomes the Champion she will be free from imprisonment. And beholden to the king.
The king she will serve rules with an iron fist, and would not be her first choice of employer. Celaena was once the Assassin of Adarlan and has the chance to serve the position again, with a catch: Celaena must compete against men sponsored by the king's council to be the last assassin standing and become the King's Champion.
When Celaena agrees Crown Prince Dorian transports her to the Glass Castle at Rifthold. There she is placed under house arrest and the supervision of Captain Chaol Westfall. As one of the Empire's most talented assassins Celaena doesn't worry about losing in the competition. It is when assassins start dropping dead outside the competition that she begins to worry. Celaena must find the culprit before they get to her, or her new friends in the castle.
Celaena was an orphan raised to her talents by an infamous assassin, while she is morally ambiguous she does have a strong sense of right and where she wants to be in her life. The friendships Celaena develops give her something beyond the thrill of the next challenge. The danger is more than the usual risks of such a competition, and Celaena has more to lose than most.
Celaena's adventures are more suited to high school and older readers with violence and mature tension. Readers who enjoyed A Girl of Fire and Thorns, the Grisha series, and the Lunar Chronicles will find a similar style in Maas's Throne of Glass.
No comments:
Post a Comment