Throne of Glass
My name is Celaena Sardothien. But it makes no difference if my name's Celaena or Lillian or Bitch, because I'd still beat you, no matter what you call me.
Why read it
An eighteen-year-old assassin, the most feared killer in her kingdom, is dragged out of a brutal salt-mine death camp and offered a deal: win a royal contest to become the King's Champion, and buy back her freedom.
Celaena Sardothien has spent a year as slave labor in the mines of Endovier for crimes she is famous for. When the Crown Prince pulls her out to compete against thieves, soldiers, and murderers for the position of the King's personal assassin, she sees a path to freedom, until competitors start turning up gruesomely dead and Celaena realizes something far older and darker is stalking the glass castle.
Sarah J. Maas began writing the story as a teenager and posted early versions on the writing site FictionPress under the title Queen of Glass, where it drew millions of reads before Bloomsbury acquired it. Published in 2012, it launched a seven-book series that has sold tens of millions of copies worldwide and made Maas a defining name in modern fantasy.
- 01
The deadly contest
What awaits is a locked-castle competition where the other champions begin dying in ways no ordinary killer could manage.
- 02
A hidden history
The kingdom's magic has been outlawed and erased, and Celaena stumbles onto ruins, riddles, and a Wyrdmark that hint at what was destroyed.
- 03
Two men, one choice
The brooding Captain of the Guard and the charming Crown Prince both circle Celaena, complicating a mission that demands she trust no one.
- 04
The mask of a name
Celaena guards a secret about who she truly is, one the series slowly unwraps into something far larger than an assassin's reputation.
Celaena's first appearance chained and filthy in Endovier, sizing up how quickly she could kill the prince's man before the guards reach her.
The midnight discovery of a mutilated champion's body, launching her secret hunt for the creature loose in the castle.
