![]() Agent: Erin Murphy, Erin Murphy Literary Agency. Such high-level political machinations are far above the heads of most inhabitants, who are busy with. This powerful first volume of the His Fair Assassin series should attract many readers. This works rather better as historical fiction than an action novel, and is set in the late 15th century, when the province of Brittany was fighting to remain independent from France. Rich in historical detail, well-realized characters, political machinations, and enticingly prickly scenes between Ismae and Duval, LaFevers’s complex tale incorporates magic both sparingly and subtly. Reluctantly, she falls in love with him, knowing full well that she may someday be called upon to end his life. After two successful missions, she is dispatched to the court of Anne of Brittany to keep track of Duval, the duchess’s handsome and tempestuous illegitimate older brother. In Grave Mercy, LaFevers crafts a fantastical tale sure to win her a new fan base among young adults. Believed to be Death’s literal daughter, blessed (or cursed) with powerful gifts, Ismae is trained as an assassin, highly competent with all weapons and poisons. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mortain, whose patron saint is the ancient, pre-Christian god of death. At its center is 17-year-old Ismae, a badly scarred peasant girl who, fleeing her thuggish husband, is taken in by the convent of St. Middle-grade author LaFevers (the Theodosia books) makes an outstanding foray into historical romance with anĮnthralling recreation of 15th-century Brittany. ![]()
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