Grave Mercy

By Robin LaFevers

Subjects: Robin LaFevers, History, France, history, house of valois, 1328-1589, fiction, Courts and courtiers, fiction, Juvenile fiction, Assassins, Fiction, Grave mercy, Courts and courtiers, Gods, Children's fiction, France, Gods, fiction, Death, Brittany (france), fiction, Criminals, fiction, France, history, fiction, Death, fiction

Description: 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.