The world's most feared assassin hones her craft...and her blade.
The Silent Assassins of the Red Desert aren't much for conversation, and Celeana Sardothien wouldn't have it any other way. She's not there to chatter, she's there to learn their ways. Quiet suits her just fine-until she begins to suspect there's a traitor in the fortress, and she must determine which of the mute and mysterious assassins is her deadly adversary.
This novella starts about a month after Sam and Celaena return to the Assassin’s Keep and face Arobynn and the fact that they spoilt his business deal with the Pirate Lord. To say the least, Arobynn didn’t take it well and both Sam and Celaena were severely punished for their interference. Celaena is send to the middle of the desert to train with the Silent Assassins and here she makes one special friend. She faces some tribulations and a lot of pain in the process, but as expected she triumphs at the end. It is so difficult to understand how Ms. Maas creates characters that are so compelling in such a short number of pages; she is one talented author! The setting of this book was so rich and the differences between the desert and Adarlan so marked. I missed Sam and so did Celaena. Oh, and Arobynn is a bastard (I don’t want to curse, so that word will have to do for now ;)
