After 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. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom. Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilirating. But she's bored stiff by court life. 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.Then one of the other contestants turns up dead... quickly followed by another. Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined.
Sarah J. Maas conquistó el ranking de ventas de The New York Times y de USA Today y a miles de fans con la serie de su autoría Trono de Cristal, traducida ya a veintitrés idiomas. Ahora ha cautivado a todos los lectores con esta nueva serie, cuyo primer título es Una corte de rosas y espinas. Se graduó Magna Cum Laude de la facultad Hamilton College en 2008 con el diploma de Escritura Creativa.
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