Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2) by Sarah J. Maas
Title: Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2) Author: Sarah J. Maas Pages: 420 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens/Razorbill Canada Release Date: August 27, 2013 *Read in 2013* Buy: Amazon | Kobo | Chapters Indigo | B&N | Book Depository Summary: ( Goodreads ) An assassin’s loyalties are always in doubt. But her heart never wavers. After a year of hard labor in the Salt Mines of Endovier, eighteen-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien has won the king's contest to become the new royal assassin. Yet Celaena is far from loyal to the crown – a secret she hides from even her most intimate confidantes. Keeping up the deadly charade—while pretending to do the king's bidding—will test her in frightening new ways, especially when she's given a task that could jeopardize everything she's come to care for. And there are far more dangerous forces gathering on the horizon -- forces that threaten to destroy her entire world, and will surely force Celaena to make ...