Age of Assassins
core novel 2017 The Wounded Kingdom
Record
| First published | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.94 (6,511 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 408 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316466493 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Girton Club-foot, apprenticed to the best assassin in the land, is trained in the art of taking lives -- but his newest assignment requires him to save one instead. Someone is trying to murder the heir to the throne, and in a kingdom teetering on civil war and a castle thick with lies, Girton must uncover the traitor before the prince is killed. Working alongside his master, Merela Karn, Girton must move through a court riddled with rival claimants and old grudges, using skills meant for killing to instead protect a boy he does not even particularly like, all while keeping his own identity and methods hidden from those who would see an assassin's apprentice hanged on sight.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Wounded Kingdom
- Series: The Wounded Kingdom core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: RJ Barker
Notes
- From the series record (The Wounded Kingdom): Completed assassin's-apprentice epic fantasy trilogy, a separate universe from RJ Barker's already-admitted The Tide Child Trilogy.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Wounded Kingdom: position 1 of 3: next Blood of Assassins (2017)
Sources
- Reader-rating platform: The Wounded Kingdom series listing
- Hachette Book Group: Age of Assassins
- https://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/RJ-Barker/Age-of-Assassins.html
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