In this lush historical fantasy by Robin LaFevers, two assassins risk everything to protect their loved ones. Sybella, a novitiate of Death, grapples with loss while guarding the Duchess of Brittany. As she connects with a fellow novitiate in the French court, trust becomes elusive in this thrilling conclusion to the Courting Darkness duology.
Robin LaFevers Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)
R.L. LaFevers creëert duistere, gotische verhalen die de complexiteit van de menselijke ziel en de mysteries van de wereld onderzoeken. Haar werken worden geprezen om hun intense sfeer, poëtische taal en diepgaande verkenningen van thema's als liefde, verlies en geloof. De auteur speelt meesterlijk met de grenzen tussen goed en kwaad en trekt lezers mee naar werelden vol geheimen en morele dilemma's. Haar kenmerkende stijl en meeslepende personages laten een blijvende indruk achter op de lezer.






Courting darkness
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- 20 uur lezen
When Sybella accompanies the Duchess of Brittany to France, she expects trouble, but she isn't expecting a deadly trap. Surrounded by enemies both known and unknown, Sybella searches for the undercover assassins from the convent of St. Mortain who were placed in the French court years ago. Genevieve has been undercover for so many years, she no longer knows who she is or what she's supposed to be fighting for. When she discovers a hidden prisoner who may be of importance, she takes matters into her own hands. As these two worlds collide, the fate of the Duchess, Brittany, and everything Sybella and Genevieve have come to love hangs in the balance.
Mortal Heart
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- 21 uur lezen
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.
Dark Triumph
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- 14 uur lezen
Sybella's duty as Death's assassin in 15th-century France forces her return home to the personal hell that she had finally escaped. Love and romance, history and magic, vengeance and salvation converge in this thrilling sequel to Grave Mercy.
Grave Mercy
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- 20 uur lezen
In the fifteenth-century kingdom of Brittany, seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where she learns that the god of Death has blessed her with dangerous gifts--and a violent destiny.
In 1928, when timid ten-year-old Nate learns that his parents have been lost at sea, he joins his father's cousin on a flight to Arabia where they must oversee the death and rebirth of the phoenix, thus beginning his training as a "beastologist."
Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos
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- 11 uur lezen
Theodosia Throckmorton has an extraordinary ability: she can sense ancient magic. This is most useful, as she spends her life fighting curses in the London Museum of Legends and Antiquities, where her father is head curator of a vast collection of Egyptian artefacts and mummies. When Theo's mother returns from an archaeological dig bearing the Heart of Egypt, a legendary amulet from a long-lost tomb, Theo soon realises it holds a powerful curse which could threaten all of Britain with war. Worse, there are sinister forces who wish to capture the amulet's power for themselves. Theo must summon all her courage and cunning to fight the rising chaos and restore the amulet to its rightful place..
