Katherine Harbour's Blog - Posts Tagged "assassin"

Throne of Glass
Celaena is seventeen years old and already a notorious assassin. When she's freed from a prison camp by a young captain who serves a decadent prince, she's skeptical--she's to take part in a competition with others to become king's champion. and the crown prince Dorian chose her to compete.
It becomes a murder mystery, as someone or something begins gruesomely killing off the competitors. Celaena begins to suspect an ancient magic at work. As she befriends the foreign princess and her captor, Captain Chaol, and hates on the vicious tyrant king, she finds herself drawn to prince Dorian, who is isn't who he seems.
The complex Celaena and her unraveling history makes the narrative, and who doesn't love a great mystery set in a fantasy world?