Robin LaFevers

Death wasn’t the end, it was only the beginning… Sybella has always been the darkest of Death’s daughters, trained at the convent of Saint Mortain to serve as his justice. But she has a new mission now. In a desperate bid to keep her two youngest sisters safe from the family that nearly destroyed them all, she agrees to accompany the duchess to France, where they quickly find themselves surrounded by enemies. Their one ray of hope is Sybella’s fellow novitiates, disguised and hidden deep in the French court years ago by the convent—provided Sybella can find them. Genevieve has been undercover for so many years, she struggles to remember who she is or what she’s supposed to be fighting for. Her only solace is a hidden prisoner who appears all but forgotten by his guards. When tragedy strikes, she has no choice but to take matters into her own hands—even if it means ignoring the long awaited orders from the convent. As Sybella and Gen’s paths draw ever closer, the fate of everything they hold sacred rests on a knife’s edge. Will they find each other in time, or will their worlds collide, destroying everything they care about?

I lean forward, pushing my body out past the battlements. The wind plucks at my cloak, buffets against me, as if it would carry me off in flight, just like the birds or the knight's soul. Let go, it cries, I will take you far, far away. I want to laugh at the exhilarating feeling, I will catch you, it whistles seductively. The convent has returned Sybella to a life that nearly drove her mad. Her father's rage and brutality are terrifying, and her brother's love is equally monstrous. When she discovers an unexpected ally imprisoned in the dungeons, will a a daughter of Death find something other than vengeance to live for?

Sybella nunca soube ao certo o que era amor. Não sem segunda intenções. Desde sua infância, ela teve de confiar em si mesma para conseguir sobreviver. Ao chegar no convento de Saint Mortain, Sybella recebe o refúgio de que tanto precisava, porém isso terá o seu preço. As irmãs, que servem ao deus da Morte, percebem que a garota tem atributos e que ela pode se tornar uma arma poderosa. Ela vive durante três anos no convento e é treinada para enfrentar quem quer seja. Sybella já não é mais uma garotinha inocente, e sabe disso. Agora é uma mulher madura e totalmente preparada, uma assassina experiente, que mata a quem merece e o faz por gosto e sem piedade. Nunca se arrepende de suas decisões. Pelo contrário, ela sabe onde se encontram seus pontos fortes e como usá-los para cumprir sua missão. Porém, ela é enviada de volta para o lugar onde passou sua infância, para espionar seu pai, o cruel D'Albret. Ela começa a se lembrar de coisas horríveis que aconteceram enquanto estava sob o domínio dele e decide compartilhar com Fera, quem, fora do convento, torna-se seu companheiro. Juntos eles redescobrem a confiança e o amor. Assim, Sybella caminha por uma teia complexa de vingança e ódio, em busca de seus traidores, que levam a marca do deus da Morte. Ambientado da França medieval, Divina Vingança é o segundo livro de O clã das freiras assassinas, uma trilogia de mulheres fortes em busca de seu próprio destino.

Die 17-jährige Ismae flüchtet vor einer Zwangsheirat und findet Zuflucht im Kloster von St. Mortain, wo die Schwestern noch den alten Gottheiten dienen. Doch um selbst ein neues Leben beginnen zu können, muss sie das Leben anderer zerstören: Der Gott des Todes hat ein Schicksal als Auftragsmörderin für sie vorgesehen … Ismaes erster Auftrag führt sie an den Hof der bretonischen Herzogin, wo sie mit einem unlösbaren Gewissenskonflikt konfrontiert wird: Wie kann sie den Auftrag des Todes ausführen, wenn das Opfer ihr Herz gestohlen hat?

Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf? Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others. Ismae’s most important assignment takes her straight into the high court of Brittany—where she finds herself woefully under prepared—not only for the deadly games of intrigue and treason, but for the impossible choices she must make. For how can she deliver Death’s vengeance upon a target who, against her will, has stolen her heart?

In fifteenth-century France, the convent of Saint Mortain provides sanctuary to girls seeking refuge from the cruelty of the outside world. But sanctuary comes at a price—and each of Death’s handmaidens pays it in blood.  Grave Mercy is where the story begins, when seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes the brutality of an arranged marriage by joining the convent. An assignment brings her to the high court of Brittany, where she must navigate treason and temptation—especially when the master she serves demands the life of the man she loves.   In Dark Triumph, after training as an elite killer to escape her past, Sybella must return to the home she thought she’d never see again. Her quest for justice against her violent family will bring nothing but destruction—until she meets a prisoner who gives her a reason to live.   Annith yearns to serve Saint Mortain, but has spent her life watching her far more gifted sisters dole out Death’s vengeance from the safety of the convent. In Mortal Heart, her destiny is finally revealed, and it is the one she feared most: a life as a seeress, not an assassin. But Annith refuses to give up on her dream and decides that nothing will stand in the way of her ambitions . . . not even the convent itself.   Together, these three novels make up the New York Times best-selling His Fair Assassin trilogy, where romance, magic, and political intrigue collide. Fans of Marie Lu’s The Young Elites and Kiersten White’s And I Darken will love this seductive dark fantasy collection.  

From New York Times best-selling author Robin LaFevers comes the follow up to “sharp and breathless” (Kirkus Reviews) historical fantasy Courting Darkness. Set in the world of the beloved His Fair Assassin series, this is perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Game of Thrones. When you count Death as a friend, who can stand as your enemy? Sybella, novitiate of the convent of Saint Mortain and Death’s vengeance on earth, is still reeling from her God’s own passing, and along with him a guiding hand in her bloody work. But with her sisters on the run from their evil brother and under the watchful eye of her one true friend (and love) at court, the soldier known as Beast, Sybella stands alone as the Duchess of Brittany’s protector. After months of seeking her out, Sybella has finally made contact with a fellow novitiate of the convent, Genevieve, a mole in the French court. But when Genevieve mistakenly draws the attention of the French king to the convent of Saint Mortain and its deadly arts, she may do her sisters (and herself) more harm than good. Sybella, having already drawn the ire of the French regent, may not be able to depend on her sister and ally as much as she hoped. Still, Death always finds a way, even if it’s not what one expects. No one can be trusted and the wolves are always waiting in this thrilling conclusion to the Courting Darkness duology, set in the world of Robin’s beloved His Fair Assassins trilogy.

Annith has watched her gifted sisters at the convent come and go, carrying out their dark dealings in the name of St. Mortain, patiently awaiting her own turn to serve Death. But her worst fears are realized when she discovers she is being groomed by the abbess as a Seeress, to be forever sequestered in the rock and stone womb of the convent. Feeling sorely betrayed, Annith decides to strike out on her own. She has spent her whole life training to be an assassin. Just because the convent has changed its mind doesn't mean she has...

Por que ser uma ovelha, quando você pode ser o lobo? Ismae, dezessete anos, escapa da brutalidade de um casamento arranjado no santuário do convento de São Mortain, onde as irmãs ainda servem deuses antigos. Lá ela aprende que o deus da Morte abençoou-a com perigosos dons e um violento destino. Se ela optar por ficar no convento, será treinada como uma assassina e servirá a Morte. Para reclamar sua nova vida, deve destruir a vida de outros. A mais importante atribuição de Ismae leva-a direto para o tribunal superior da Bretanha—onde se encontra terrivelmente sob preparada não só para os jogos mortais de intriga e traição, mas pelas impossíveis escolhas que deve fazer. Como entregar a vingança da Morte em cima de um alvo que, contra sua vontade, roubou seu coração?