Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf?
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?
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This is a historical fiction book set in the 1400s in Rennes and Nantes in Brittany (now France). The religion from the story, and some characters are purely fictional, but some characters (like Anne of Brittany, duchess) once lived and breathed.
Grave Mercy is the first book in the His Fair Assassin Trilogy by Robin LaFevers. The second book is Dark Triumph and the third book is Mortal Heart.
Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9565548-grave-mercy?from_search=true
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