'I was born for killing - the gods made me to ruin'. At the Convent of Sweet Mercy girls are raised to be killers. Some have inherited old bloods, which bestow upon them special talents. Sweet Mercy hones it's novices' skills with care: it takes ten years to educate a Red Sister in the deadly arts of blade and fist. But even the mistresses of sword and shadow don't fully understand what they have purchased when Nona Grey is brought to their halls as a child of eight, accused of murder but guilty of worse. In her short life, Nona has made powerful enemies, and despite the security and isolation of the convent, her violent past will one day find her out. Nona must face her demons and become a deadly assassin if she is to survive... - Publishers description.
Le Livre de l'Ancêtre Séries
Cette série plonge les lecteurs dans un royaume où de jeunes filles sont façonnées en guerrières mortelles dans les confins d'un couvent strict. Suivez leur parcours ardu de novices à assassins d'élite, naviguant dans des paysages politiques traîtres et affrontant de redoutables menaces mystiques. Elle explore magistralement les thèmes de la sororité, de la loyauté et de la résilience de l'esprit humain face à des obstacles insurmontables. Préparez-vous à des scènes d'action viscérales et à de profondes connexions émotionnelles forgées dans le creuset de la survie.
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The second novel in a brilliant fantasy trilogy from the international bestselling author of Prince of Thorns. Behind its walls, the Convent of Sweet Mercy has trained young girls to hone their skills for centuries. In Mystic Class, Novice Nona Grey has begun to learn the secrets of the universe. But so often even the deepest truths just make our choices harder. Before she leaves the convent, Nona must choose which order to dedicate herself to—and whether her path will lead to a life of prayer and service or one of the blade and the fist. All that stands between her and these choices are the pride of a thwarted assassin, the designs of a would-be empress wielding the Inquisition like a knife, and the vengeance of the empire's richest lord. As the world narrows around her, and her enemies attack her through the system she is sworn to, Nona must find her own path despite the competing pulls of friendship, revenge, ambition, and loyalty. And in all this only one thing is certain: there will be blood.
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