SO after this I’ll be returning to where it all began so I can provide a review for the beginning of the Chronicles. I’ve just realised that despite having read Nevernight (book one in the series), I haven’t yet reviewed it for this blog. She deliberately sells her freedom so that she can compete in the gladiatorial games and kill the two men who were responsible for her father’s death - Scaevo and Duomo. Godsgrave is the second book in the Nevernight Chronicles, an epic fantasy series about a young assassin and her desire for revenge. But as conspiracies unfold within the collegium walls, and the body count rises, Mia will be forced to choose between loyalty and revenge, and uncover a secret that could change the very face of her world. Upon the sands of the arena, Mia finds new allies, bitter rivals, and more questions about her strange affinity for the shadows. When it’s announced that Scaeva and Duomo will be making a rare public appearance at the conclusion of the grand games in Godsgrave, Mia defies the Church and sells herself to a gladiatorial collegium for a chance to finally end them. And after a deadly confrontation with an old enemy, Mia begins to suspect the motives of the Red Church itself.

Plying her bloody trade in a backwater of the Republic, she’s no closer to ending Consul Scaeva and Cardinal Duomo, or avenging her familia. The sequel to Nevernight.Īssassin Mia Corvere has found her place among the Blades of Our Lady of Blessed Murder, but many in the Red Church ministry think she’s far from earned it. (Sept.A ruthless young assassin continues her journey for revenge. Through tragedy, betrayal, and victory, this glorious adventure thrills and satisfies with cold violence, terrifying monsters, roaring crowds, and bloody honor. The thrilling first section of interwoven timelines proceeds at a breakneck pace later sections are more linear and tense with anticipation, leavened with witty footnotes. Her brutal world is populated with a fascinating array of characters who often meet dismal and bloody fates. Kristoff again graces his story with hilarious asides, vicious competition, and a protagonist as relentless as she is fearless. She sells her sword and her freedom to participate in gladiatorial games, and now she must prevail over the enslaved gladiatii to take her shot at Scaeva and Duomo, who will be appearing at the conclusion of the games, even though that means killing them in front of the entire republic.

In Kristoff’s triumphant second Nevernight Chronicle fantasy epic (after Nevernight), assassin Mia Corvere continues on her blood-soaked path to revenge for the destruction of her family, which was orchestrated by two of the most powerful men in the land, Consul Scaeva and Cardinal Duomo.

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