The Assassin's Blade
- Published
- 4 March 2014
- Pages
- 435
- ISBN-13
- 9781637993286
- Type
- omnibus
About this book
The Assassin's Blade (2014) collects five prequel novellas chronicling Celaena Sardothien's life before Throne of Glass, published third but most often recommended between Heir of Fire and Queen of Shadows for maximum emotional impact. It runs 435 pages and fills in the assassin's backstory that the main series builds on.
Key facts about The Assassin's Blade
The Assassin's Blade is an omnibus by Sarah J. Maas. Readers have had it since 4 March 2014. It runs to 435 pages.
Our list holds 2 editions of The Assassin's Blade. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781637993286 to find the main one.
The Assassin's Blade is book 3 of 8 in the Throne of Glass series. The series has 8 published books. However, the series starts with Throne of Glass (2012). Kingdom of Ash is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 23 October 2018.
Additionally, Sarah J. Maas writes A Court of Thorns and Roses and Crescent City as separate series. Those series sit on our fantasy and romantic fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, House of Flame and Shadow is the latest published Sarah J. Maas book on file, from 30 January 2024.
About Sarah J. Maas
Sarah J. Maas is one of the authors most responsible for romantasy's rise from niche to mainstream shelf staple. She debuted with Throne of Glass, begun as a teenage writing project posted online before it became a bestselling series following Celaena Sardothien, an assassin navigating court intrigue and her own hidden past across an eight-book arc that grows steadily darker and more political as it goes. See every Sarah J. Maas book in order.
Its place in Throne of Glass
The Assassin's Blade is book 3 in the Throne of Glass series. It follows Crown of Midnight. It is followed by Heir of Fire. See the full Throne of Glass reading order.
Throne of Glass follows Celaena Sardothien, an eighteen-year-old assassin dragged out of a brutal labor camp and offered a single, dangerous chance at freedom: win a competition to become the king's personal killer. What begins as a palace intrigue about a sharp-tongued prisoner in glittering court dress steadily widens into an epic about buried magic, ancient wars, and a young woman deciding what she owes a broken world. Across seven novels and a collection of prequel novellas, Sarah J. Maas expands the cast…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781526613899
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781637993286