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Author
Series
Throne of glass novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
From the throne of glass rules a king with a fist of iron and a soul as black as pitch. Assassin Celaena Sardothien won a brutal contest to become his Champion. Yet Celaena is far from loyal to the crown. She hides her secret vigilantly; she knows that the man she serves is bent on evil. Keeping up the deadly charade becomes increasingly difficult when Celaena realizes she is not the only one seeking justice. As she tries to untangle the mysteries...
2) Grave mercy
Author
Series
His fair assassin volume 1
Language
English
Description
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.
3) Dark triumph
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"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"--
4) Nobody
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fifteen-year-old Claire Ryan has always felt invisible, always lived beyond people's notice, which causes trouble when she instantly connects with seventeen-year-old Nix, who really can become invisible and has been sent to assassinate her.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
After she has served a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, Crown Prince Dorian offers eighteen-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien her freedom on the condition that she act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin.
Author
Series
Last apprentice volume 10
Language
English
Description
As creatures of the dark hunt for the witch assassin Grimalkin, who carries the captured Fiend's head, Spook's apprentice Tom tries to find a way to finish this terrifying evil once and for all.
Author
Series
Assassin's heart volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Lea Saldana, a trained assassin, falls in love with Val Da Via, a boy from a rival clan, until tragedy intervenes and sets her on a course of revenge against the Da Vias family.
Author
Series
Midnight thief novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Kyra, a highly skilled seventeen-year-old thief, joins a guild of assassins with questionable motives. Tristam, a young knight, fights against the vicious Demon Riders that are ravaging the city"--
Author
Series
Allies & assassins novels volume 1
Enemies of the prince volume 1
Allies and assassins novels volume 1
Allies and Assassins
Enemies of the prince volume 1
Allies and assassins novels volume 1
Allies and Assassins
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Jared inherits the throne of Archenfield after his older brother, Prince Anders, is murdered. He relies on the twelve officers of the court to advise him but soon suspects one of them could be responsible for his brother's death and vows to hunt down the killer, who may be after Jared as well"--
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"At Cate's isolated boarding school, Killer Game is a tradition. Only a select few are invited to play. They must avoid being killed by a series of thrilling pranks, and identify the murderer. But this time, it's different: the game stops feeling fake and starts getting dangerous and Cate's the next target. Can they find the culprit ... before it's too late?"--
11) Firebug
Author
Series
Firebug volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ava, a contract killer who can start fires with her mind, hits the road with her friends, desperately trying to escape the Coterie, a magical mafia, while keeping the murder to a minimum after she's asked to kill a family friend by Venus, who killed Ava's mother.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"This is the tale of an exciting journey along the Silk Road with a young Monk and his newfound guardian, Samir, a larger than life character and the so-called "Seller of Dreams." The man is a scammer; his biggest skill being the ability to talk his way into getting what he wants. While that talking did save Monkey's life, it has left a lot of people furious with Samir--furious enough to hire assassins. Monkey decides to try and save Samir from the...
13) Boy Nobody
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
337 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Boy Nobody, an assassin controlled by a shadowy government organization, The Program, considers sabotaging his latest mission because his target reminds him of the normal life he craves.
Author
Series
Spy school volume 10
Language
English
Description
"Superspy middle schooler Ben Ripley races against time and across state lines - traveling by car, train, boat and plane - to track Murray Hill down before Ben's cyber enemies can find him"--Provided by publisher
Author
Series
Genius Files volume 2
Language
English
Description
As their cross-country journey with their parents continues through the midwest, twins Coke and Pepsi, now thirteen, again face strange assassins at such places as the first McDonald's restaurant and Cedar Point amusement park.
16) Money run
Author
Series
Ashley Arthur books volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
245 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-olds Ashley and Benjamin are planning the heist of a lifetime, but they are not counting on a hit man who has plans of his own.
17) Death sworn
Author
Series
Death sworn volume 1
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When a young sorceress is exiled to teach magic to a clan of assassins, she will find that secrets can be even deadlier than swords"--
18) Mortal heart
Author
Series
Language
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.
Author
Series
Genius Files volume 1
Language
English
Description
On a cross-country vacation with their parents, twins Coke and Pepsi, soon to be thirteen, fend off strange assassins as they try to come to terms with their being part of a top-secret government organization known as The Genius Files.
Author
Series
Brotherband chronicles volume 5
Publisher
Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
451 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Princess Cassandra of Araluen has already survived one assassination attempt, but when a second attempt proves that the deadly Scorpion Cult is involved, Hal, his Heron Brotherband crew, and the Ranger Gilan are dispatched to ensure her safety by launching a preemptive strike against Scorpion Mountain and its cult of assassins.
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