Jandh's Bookshelf

___In a world where people born with an exceptional skill, known as___ ___a Grace, are both feared and exploited, Katsa carries the burden of___ ___a skill even she despises: the Grace of killing.

___Feared by the court and shunned by those her own age, the dark-___ ___ness of her Grace casts a heavy shadow over Katsa's life. Yet she___ ___remains defiant: when the King of Lienid's father is kidnapped___ ___she investigates, and stumbles across a mystery. Who would___ ___want to kidnap the old man, and why? And who was the extraordi-___ ___nary Graced man whose fighting abilities rivalled her own?

___The only thing Katsa is sure of is that she no longer wants to kill.___ ___The intrigue around this kidnapping offers her a way out – but___ ___little does she realise, when she takes it, that something insi-___ ___dious and dark lurks behind the mystery. Something sprea-___ ___ding from the shadowy figure of a one-eyed king...