Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others.
Ismae’s most important assignment takes her straight into the high court of Brittany—where she finds herself woefully under prepared—not only for the deadly games of intrigue and treason, but for the impossible choices she must make. For how can she deliver Death’s vengeance upon a target who, against her will, has stolen her heart?
十七歲的伊斯梅逃離了殘暴的包辦婚姻,進入聖莫爾坦修道院的庇護之家,修女們在此服侍遠古眾神。她在這裡認識了死神親賜的危險天賦--以及她暴力的宿命。如果她選擇留在修道院,她將被訓練成一名刺客,並擔任死神的侍女。為了獲取新生,她必須摧毀別人的生命。
伊斯梅身懷重要使命來到布列塔尼的高等法院--她發現自己的準備不足--不僅是對於致命的陰謀和背叛行動,或者是對於她面臨的艱難決定。對於一個她情不自禁愛上的人,她要如何去執行死神的復仇指令?
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