Assistant to the Villain

Hunter, a soldier-turned-monk, has sworn to dismantle the tyrannical Kistrill Empire. His weapon? Kingmaker, the royal family's enchanted sword and most potent symbol of power, stolen right from under their noses. With his loyal, battle-hardened friend Chekwe at his side, Hunter seeks refuge in the treacherous mountain jungles of Orzan.

But sanctuary is a distant dream. Two determined women are on his trail: Tennea, Hunter's own sister and the Emperor's elite manhunter, is bound by duty to retrieve Kingmaker and bring her brother to justice. Armed with a company of crack cavalry and a trove of enchanted artifacts, she exploits Hunter's deepest vulnerability – his yearning heart. Then there's Dahlia, a fierce widow who will do anything to protect her son and salvage her ranch from relentless goblin raids. She needs Hunter's help, whether he's willing to give it or not.

As rum-fueled goblin skirmishes escalate into a full-blown war, and Orzan's petty warlords scramble for control of Kingmaker's power, Hunter faces impossible odds. Can he uphold his oath and safeguard the enchanted blade? Or will Chekwe's uncontrollable desire to wield Kingmaker's mysterious power doom them all?

Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar have made a pact: a platonic relationship until the Winter Solstice. But with a bond forged in blood and fire, the simmering tension between them threatens to ignite all of Crescent City.

They saved the city, but now, with the Asteri's iron grip loosening, a new rebellion rises. Bryce and Hunt, dragged into the heart of it, face a terrifying choice: stand silent while others are crushed, or fight for a world where everyone is free. They've never been good at staying silent.

In this exhilarating and sexy sequel to House of Earth and Blood, Sarah J. Maas plunges you back into a world on the brink of war, where passion can be the deadliest weapon, and the cruelest fate might be the only way to save them all.

The Lord Ruler is dead. But victory came at a cost. Kelsier, the mastermind behind the revolution, is gone, leaving Vin, the former street urchin turned powerful Mistborn, and young Emperor Elend Venture to forge a new world from the ashes of a thousand-year empire.

But their struggle has only just begun. As Vin battles assassins and grapples with her growing status as a religious icon, Luthadel faces threats from within and without. Three armies converge to lay siege to the city, while whispers of an ancient power, the Well of Ascension, offer a tempting, yet uncertain, path to salvation. With the city teetering on the brink of chaos and the very mists behaving in terrifying new ways, Vin and Elend must unravel the secrets of the past to secure a future that may already be lost. Was overthrowing the Lord Ruler truly a victory, or merely the beginning of the end?

Enter a world of ambition, secrets, and forbidden power. In the Hierarchy, where social order is dictated by the arcane ability to transfer one's very will, the elite Catenan Academy stands as both a training ground and a battleground. Vis, the adopted son of a powerful senator, infiltrates the Academy under orders to uncover its hidden agenda and the truth behind his brother's mysterious death.

But within the Academy's walls, Vis finds himself caught in a web of deadly rivalries and perilous training. The key to success lies in mastering the art of Will—ceding one's energy and ambition to another, creating individuals of terrifying power. As Vis delves deeper into the Academy's secrets, he discovers a conspiracy that threatens to shatter the foundations of the Hierarchy itself. With enemies closing in and the lines between loyalty and betrayal blurring, Vis must decide how far he's willing to go to expose the truth and challenge a system built on the backs of the powerless.