Throne of Glass · Book 3
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.
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