Du roi je serai l'assassin
core novel 2021 Royaume de vent et de colères
Record
| First published | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  FR |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.85 (96 ratings, collected 2026-11-01) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9782376863519 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
In sixteenth-century Andalusia, after the Reconquista, Sinan grows up in Granada with his twin sister Rufaida. Their family are Muslims who converted to Catholicism out of necessity, and their father is violent toward the children. To escape the Inquisition, the family sends the twins to Montpellier. They arrive in a France torn apart by the Wars of Religion, where they meet Calvinists fighting for the right to worship freely. Rufaida wants to become a doctor but, as a woman, can only train as a surgeon-barber. Sinan, who will later be known as the assassin Silas, tells his story in short chapters. Their tutor also speaks of a magical stone, and the siblings begin to search for it, in a world where magic exacts a heavy price.
Where it sits
- Universe: Royaume de vent et de colères
- Series: Royaume de vent et de colères core; position 2 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Jean-Laurent Del Socorro
Awards (verified)
- Prix des Pages de l'étrange, 2022: won
Notes
- From the series record (Royaume de vent et de colères): Two historical fantasy novels set in the French Wars of Religion, linked by a shared cast and a magical stone.
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 Royaume de vent et de colères: position 2 of 2: previous Royaume de vent et de colères (2015)
Sources
- Ombre Bones review of Du roi je serai l'assassin
- Bibliotheques de Paris catalogue - Du roi je serai l'assassin
- ActuSF - Du roi je serai l'assassin
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