Throne of Glass
After a year of hard labor in the salt mines, assassin Celaena Sardothien is brought before the Crown Prince to compete in a tournament for her freedom and the chance to become the King's Champion.
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Eighteen-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien has been a year in the Endovier salt mines when Crown Prince Dorian Havilliard pulls her out to compete in a brutal tournament for the King of Adarlan.
The Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas has eight books: Throne of Glass, Crown of Midnight, Heir of Fire, Queen of Shadows, Empire of Storms, Tower of Dawn, Kingdom of Ash, plus the prequel novella collection The Assassin's Blade. The main series is complete.
The two series are set in different worlds, but Sarah J. Maas has stated they exist within a connected multiverse. Subtle references and a confirmed crossover in Crescent City suggest the worlds touch. Each series can be read on its own.
The first book is fairly tame, with romance but no explicit scenes. The series gets steamier in later books, particularly Empire of Storms and Kingdom of Ash, which most readers rate 3 to 4 out of 5 on the spice scale.
The first book is fairly tame, with romance but no explicit scenes. The series gets steamier in later books, particularly Empire of Storms and Kingdom of Ash, which most readers rate 3 to 4 out of 5 on the spice scale.
Two reading orders are popular. Publication order follows the books as written. The expanded order inserts The Assassin's Blade between Crown of Midnight and Heir of Fire, and reads Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn concurrently. New readers usually start with publication order.
Throne of Glass was written by Sarah J. Maas, published in 2012 by Bloomsbury Publishing USA.
Throne of Glass is 434 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Throne of Glass takes most readers 7 to 9 hours to finish.
Throne of Glass is a standalone novel by Sarah J. Maas, not part of a series.
Throne of Glass is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.