King of Assassins
core novel 2018 The Wounded Kingdom
Record
| First published | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.34 (2,787 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 547 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316466585 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
King of Assassins is the final installment in The Wounded Kingdom trilogy, set fifteen years after the previous novel. It follows Girton Club-Foot, now 35 and serving as Death's Jester, at Castle Ceadoc: when a plague devastates the Tired Lands and kills the High King, King Rufra decides to contend for the throne, and his ambitions draw out assassins, betrayals, and old enemies, plunging Girton into a murder-mystery investigation. Now older and carrying the weight of years spent at Rufra's side, Girton must draw on skills and instincts honed since his apprenticeship while trying to protect a friend and king whose claim to the crown makes him a target for every enemy the realm still harbors.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Wounded Kingdom
- Series: The Wounded Kingdom core; position 3 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 3 of 3: previous 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/King-of-Assassins.html
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