Throne of Glass'One of the best fantasy book series of the past decade' TIME Enter the realm. Unleash the darkness. Live the legend. In a land without magic, an assassin is summoned to the castle. Celaena Sardothien has no love for the vicious king who rules from his throne of glass, but she has not come to kill him. She has come to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty three murderers, thieves, and warriors in a deadly competition, she will be released from prison

But when I introduce myself

and their lives

Isla finds herself struggling to win respect as the newly crowned leader of two separate realms

He’s satisfied simply serving as the royal cook

If he exists at all and isn't just some illusion of her own

The person who ignites her temper more than any other is Cassian

The first of her kind to tread the frozen mountains of Yvelia in over a thousand years

a dragon-ruined city still haunted by restless spirits centuries after the attack

Gone is the warm

Maxi receives a surprise visit from Princess Agnes

memories follow his every move

This book can be read on its own