Celaena Sardothien, feared assassin, has come for retribution.
Celaena Sardothien has been sent by the Assassin's Guild to a remote island in a tropical sea in order to collect on a debt owed by the Lord of the Pirates. But when Celaena learns that the agreed payment is not in money, but in slaves, her mission suddenly changes-and she will risk everything to right the wrong she's been sent to bring about.
This was supposed to be our first glance at Celaena, and what a great introduction it is! We get to know a little bit about Arobynn and the way Celaena was raised. I have to say that it was a very hard childhood, full of violence, and competition that very few people would have survived. Regardless of this fact, Celaena remains a beacon of light, she is stubborn, compassionate, loyal, and all the way awesome! Sam is a great character that cares for Celaena a lot, he was raised also by Arobynn and fierce competition between him and Celaena was encouraged and expected. I love the way that both her and Sam where on the same page regarding slavery and how they worked together to free the prisoners of war and intimidate the Pirate Lord into letting them go unharmed. Of course now they have to go home and deal with the fact that they didn’t obey Arobynn’s orders…
