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Throne of Glass
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Overview
Throne of Glass is the first novel in the eight-book young adult (YA) fantasy series of the same name by author Sarah J. Maas. First published in 2012, the novel is loosely based on the Cinderella story. Throne of Glass was critically well-received. In 2016, Disney purchased the rights to a television adaptation. In addition to the Throne of Glass series, Sarah J. Maas is the author of a second High Fantasy series, A Court of Thorns and Roses, intended for adult readers.
Plot Summary
After a year enslaved in the Endovier Salt Mines, teenage assassin Celaena Sardothien is brought before Dorian Havilliard, the Crown Prince of the country of Adarlan. The King of Adarlan is holding a tournament to determine his Champion--really a personal assassin on retainer—and members of the court have been invited to sponsor competitors. Dorian proposes to sponsor Celaena, notorious for assassinating many members of the King’s court before her imprisonment, in order to annoy his father. In return, Celaena will be free after four years of service. Celaena agrees and journeys to the glass castle at Rifthold, Adarlan’s capital, to compete.
Celaena despises the royal family because the tyrannical King of Adarlan murdered her family.
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