Robin LaFevers
1) Grave mercy
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His fair assassin volume 1
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English
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In the fifteenth-century kingdom of Brittany, seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where she learns that the god of Death has blessed her with dangerous gifts--and a violent destiny.
2) Dark triumph
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His fair assassin volume 2
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English
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"Sybella's duty as Death's assassin in 15th-century France forces her return home to the personal hell that she had finally escaped. Love and romance, history and magic, vengeance and salvation converge in this sequel to Grave Mercy"--
3) Mortal heart
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His fair assassin volume 3
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English
Description
Annith's worst fears are realized when she discovers that, despite her lifelong training to be an assassin, she is being groomed by the abbess as a Seeress, to be forever shut up in the convent of Saint Mortain.
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When Sybella accompanies the Duchess to France, she expects trouble, but she isn't expecting a deadly trap. Surrounded by enemies both known and unknown, Sybella searches for the undercover assassins from the convent of St. Mortain who were placed in the French court years ago. Genevieve has been undercover for so many years, she no longer knows who she is or what she's supposed to be fighting for. When she discovers a hidden prisoner who may be of...
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Sybella locates her fellow assassin and novitiate of the convent of Saint Mortain, only to discover that Genevieve has made a lethal mistake, and there are far-reaching consequences for loved ones entanged in French court intrigues.
Hoping to find an ally from the convent of Saint Mortain and Death's Vengeance on Earth, Sybella instead discovers Genevieve has also been misled and misused by the former abbess. They form an uneasy trust born of desperation...
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Français
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À 17 ans, Ismae échappe à la brutalité d'un mariage arrangé et trouve refuge dans le couvent de Saint-Mortain, o les religieuses vénèrent encore les anciens dieux. Elle y apprend que le dieu de la Mort lui-même lui a accordé de dangereux talents et un destin violent. Si elle décide de rester, elle sera formée dans l'art de l'assassinat en tant que servante de la Mort. Pour revendiquer sa nouvelle vie, elle devra détruire celle des autres.
La...
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In fifteenth-century France, the convent of Saint Mortain provides sanctuary to girls seeking refuge from the cruelty of the outside world. But sanctuary comes at a price-and each of Death's handmaidens pays it in blood.
Grave Mercy is where the story begins, when seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes the brutality of an arranged marriage by joining the convent. An assignment brings her to the high court of Brittany, where she must navigate treason and...
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Français
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Sybella arrive au couvent à demi folle de chagrin et de désespoir. Les servantes de la Mort ne sont que trop heureuses de lui donner refuge, mais il y aura un prix à payer. Sybella est naturellement douée dans l'art de tuer et dans celui de séduire, et le couvent la considère comme une de ses armes les plus dangereuses. Mais ses talents d'assassin lui sont d'un piètre réconfort quand le couvent la renvoie à une vie qui a failli la rendre...
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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From an impressive sisterhood of YA writers comes an edge-of-your-seat anthology of historical fiction and fantasy featuring a diverse array of daring heroines.
Crisscross America — on dogsleds and ships, stagecoaches and trains — from pirate ships off the coast of the Carolinas to the peace, love, and protests of 1960s Chicago. Join fifteen of today's most talented writers of young adult literature on a thrill ride through