Sarah J. Maas is a #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author known for her epic fantasy novels and their devoted global readership. She began writing what would become the Throne of Glass series as a teenager, posting early chapters online before the series was acquired by Bloomsbury. Her three interconnected fantasy universes — Throne of Glass, A Court of Thorns and Roses, and Crescent City — have sold tens of millions of copies worldwide and been translated into dozens of langua...
The Assassin and the Healer
The Assassin and the Healer
Synopsis
Pausing at a remote inn in the harbour town of Innish on her way to a punishment assignment in the Red Desert, Celaena Sardothien witnesses a young barmaid being harassed by a group of sailors. The barmaid is Yrene Towers — a healer in training, desperate to reach the Torre Cesme in Antica to study her craft properly but unable to afford the journey. In the brief hours they spend together, Celaena recognises in Yrene both a talent that deserves better than Innish and a resilience that needs only the means to act. The shortest of the five novellas, The Assassin and the Healer is a quiet character study about what it means to do something good for no strategic reason. The encounter leaves Yrene with the resources to pursue her dream — a decision whose consequences, years later, will shape the fate of an entire continent.
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Characters
Celaena SardothienProtagonist
Travelling alone to a punishment assignment, Celaena's act of generosity toward Yrene reveals a compassionate side at odds with her reputation as Adarlan's most notorious assassin.
Yrene TowersSupporting
A gifted but impoverished healer stranded at a harbour-town inn; her encounter with Celaena sets her on the path to the Torre Cesme in Antica, where she will train and eventually become one of the most important characters in Tower of Dawn.
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The Assassin and the HealereBook, 2012
432 pages
BloomsburyLanguage: English
