Crown of Midnight

by Sarah J. Maas · 2013

Celaena Sardothien has won a brutal competition to become the King's Champion, but her loyalty to the crown is a deadly lie. Serving a king bent on evil, she carries out his orders by day while working in secret to uncover the mysteries buried within the glass castle—and to bring justice to a kingdom destroyed by liars. But her charade grows more perilous when she discovers she is not the only one seeking answers, and no one is safe from suspicion: not Crown Prince Dorian, not Chaol, the Captain of the Guard, and not even her best friend Nehemia, a princess with a rebel heart. Then one terrible night, the secrets they have all been keeping lead to an unspeakable tragedy that shatters Celaena's world. Forced to decide once and for all where her true loyalties lie—and what she is willing to fight for—Celaena faces her darkest reckoning yet. The second book in Sarah J. Maas's #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series is an action-packed, romantic adventure that raises the stakes and sets the stage for an explosive continuation.