Crown of Midnight

Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 1619630621 ISBN13: 9781619630628 Release Date: August 2013 Publisher: Bloomsbury YA Length: 432 Pages Weight: 1.05 lbs. Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.6" Age Range: 14 years and up Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher She is the greatest assassin her world has ever known.But where will her conscience, and her heart, lead her? After a year of hard labor in the Salt Mines of Endovier, eighteen-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien has won the king's contest to become the new royal assassin. Yet Celaena is far from loyal to the crown - a secret she hides from even her most intimate confidantes.Keeping up the deadly charade-while pretending to do the king's bidding-will test her in frightening new ways, especially when she's given a task that could jeopardize everything she's come to care for. And there are far more dangerous forces gathering on the horizon -- forces that threaten to destroy her entire world, and will surely force