Heart of Venom
core novel 2013 Elemental Assassin
Record
| First published | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.19 (8,718 ratings, collected 2026-11-06) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781451689044 |
| Internal chronology | 9 |
Synopsis
Gin Blanco runs a restaurant by day and works as the assassin known as the Spider by night. Her latest job turned violent when a Fire elemental and his men kidnapped her close friend Sophia Deveraux and nearly killed Sophia's sister, Jo-Jo. Gin vows to track the kidnappers through Ashland's dangerous mountains and dark woods, using her Ice and Stone magic, and to bring Sophia home. She warns that anyone who hurts her family will end up dead. The pursuit pushes her through hostile terrain where the men holding Sophia have the advantage of knowing the land. The novel is the ninth book in Jennifer Estep's Elemental Assassin series, set in the city of Ashland.
Where it sits
- Universe: Elemental Assassin
- Series: Elemental Assassin core; position 9 of 19 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Jennifer Estep
Notes
- From the series record (Elemental Assassin): Nineteen novels following the assassin Gin Blanco in the city of Ashland.
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 Elemental Assassin: position 9 of 19: previous Deadly Sting (2013) · next The Spider (2013)
Sources
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