From New York Times bestselling author, Jay Kristoff, comes an unhealthy new fantasy world and a heroine edged in darkness.

Mia Corvere is ten years old when she is specific her first lesson in loss of life.

Destined to kill empires, the kid raised in shadows made a promise about the day she lost everything: to avenge herself on those that shattered her world.

But the prospect to hit against such powerful enemies will be fleeting, and Mia must turn into a weapon without equal. Before she looks for vengeance, she must look for teaching among the infamous assassins of the Red Chapel of Itreya.

Inside the Church’s halls, Mia need to prove herself against the deadliest of competitors and survive the tutelage of murderers, liars and daemons in the centre of the murder cult.

The Church is no ordinary school. But Mia is usually no ordinary college student.