Blood of Assassins

core novel 2017 The Wounded Kingdom

Record

First published	2017
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	4.08 (3,617 ratings, collected 2026-09-14)
Page count	401
First-edition ISBN	9780316466547
Internal chronology	2

Synopsis

The second book in The Wounded Kingdom trilogy follows Girton Club-Foot as he returns to Maniyadoc after fleeing a bounty placed on his head, only to find the kingdom transformed by civil war, with three rival claimants now vying for the crown. Girton reconnects with his former friend Rufra, one of the contenders, and works within Rufra's war encampment to root out a traitor plotting an assassination, all while struggling to keep his own increasingly difficult to suppress magical abilities a secret. Surrounded by rival assassins competing for the life of a king and threats from both outside enemies and those closer to home, Girton finds his loyalties and his skills tested as never before.

Where it sits

• Universe: The Wounded Kingdom
• Series: The Wounded Kingdom core; position 2 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 2 of 3: previous Age of Assassins (2017) · next King of Assassins (2018)

Sources

• Reader-rating platform: The Wounded Kingdom series listing
• Hachette Book Group: Age of Assassins
• https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rj-barker/blood-of-assassins/9780316466547/

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