Sometimes, death is only the beginning . . . Llorin has spent the last ten years dedicating her life to the ruthless Assassins’ Guild, killing her way through the kingdom’s backstabbing nobles and courtiers. After the murder of the leader of a budding slave rebellion, Llorin is sent to the capital with one more name to add to her list of the dead. It’s an easy job—one she has done a dozen times. Everything changes when a slave discovers her standing over the body of her mark. The Guild demands secrecy, and she’s poised to eliminate the witness until he offers her a life in exchange for his own—one which, if she accepts, could change the future of the Assassins’ Guild forever.

They taught her to kill. She'll teach them to regret it. After being taken by the illustrious Assassins' Guild when she was one week old, Mercy has endured seventeen years of grueling training in the art of killing. She is covered in more scars than she can count—gifts from her cruel tutors and the human apprentices who do not tolerate being bested by an elf—and she's more than ready to prove her worth to the head of the Guild. In the capital city of Sandori, elf-human violence runs rampant and a king mad with grief rules with an iron fist. All that stands between Mercy and the completion of her contract is the cold, brooding Prince Tamriel. If she succeeds in killing him before the cutthroat courtiers discover her true identity, she'll earn her place as the greatest Assassin the Guild has ever trained. If not, it'll be more than her pride on the chopping block.

Cure the plague. Save the kingdom. But first, survive each other. Mercy betrayed the Guild to save Prince Tamriel’s life, and now the Assassins will never stop hunting them both. She’s desperate to keep him alive, but how can she do that when he can’t even stand the sight of her? Calum ’s plans to avenge his father’s murder were thwarted when Mercy broke her sacred oath. He’s terrified she will tell Tamriel about his betrayal—and he’ll kill to keep his secret safe. Tamriel must accompany them to the wild and war-torn Cirisor Islands if he wants to cure the deadly plague sweeping his country. With Mercy and Calum constantly at each other’s throats, it doesn’t take long before their group begins to crumble. They’ll do anything to save Tamriel’s people and right the mad king’s wrongs, but first they have to survive the Islands—and each other.

Defy the court. Find the cure. Win the war. After their grueling, death-filled journey to the land of the bloodthirsty Cirisian elves, Mercy and Tamriel have returned to the capital with their two desperate hopes for curing the plague: Niamh, an immortal with ties to the Old Gods; and the Cedikra, a rare medicinal flower which could save Tamriel’s people—if they can figure out how to use it before the king’s court tears them apart. Meanwhile, war is brewing in the Cirisor Islands. Under the thrall of his cruel, cunning father, Calum can do nothing but watch as Firesse assembles an army unlike any before. Armed with unnatural magic, deadly Assassins, and world-class weaponry, the Cirisians will stop at nothing to make the humans pay for the mistreatment of their ancestors. Unable to speak, unable to act, Calum must find a way to break free of his captors’ grasp before Firesse destroys everyone and everything he loves.

Beltharos may have won the battle against the Cirisians, but the true war is yet to come. For the first time since breaking the Guild’s sacred oath, Mercy is under the control of the woman who has manipulated and tormented her all her life—and Illynor has no shortage of punishments awaiting Mercy for her crimes. All will be forgiven if she repents and dedicates herself to the Guild, but doing so means losing the family and life she left behind. Chained and half-starved, she vows to never give Illynor the satisfaction of seeing her break, but her resolve weakens every day she must endure the Guildmother’s torture. She can only hope Tamriel finds a way to free her before it gives out entirely.

The war for a kingdom has just begun. Battered and battle weary, after dismantling the ruthless Assassins’ Guild, Mercy and Tamriel triumphantly return to Sandori. It is well past time to free the slaves and bring justice to the elves. When their trusted general unexpectedly betrays them and usurps the throne, Mercy, Tamriel and their most loyal allies are forced to flee the capital with little more than the clothes on their backs. Branded enemies of the crown and hunted across the country, Mercy and Tamriel must venture beyond the borders of Beltharos, if they are to have any chance of overthrowing the traitor and reclaiming the throne. Against impossible odds, they must find the strength to raise an army of their own…or lose the kingdom they love forever.