Daughter of Crows

Daughter of Crows

Author: Mark Lawrence Listening Length: 14h 30m

The survivor of a brutal academy must exhume her own past in the first book in a new series from the international bestselling author of the Library Trilogy and the Broken Empire series. Set a thief to catch a thief. Set a monster to punish monsters. The Academy of Kindness exists to create agents of retribution, cast ...

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Molly Plight

The signs that someone is about to commit an act of violence vary wildly. Those without the proclivity will need to build themselves up to it, like a horse galloping towards a high fence. They become loud, angry; their complexion may darken. Sweat and trembling herald the storm.

In those familiar with such acts, the indicators are smaller but just as certain for one with eyes to see.

Only the broken-minded, in whom compassion, fear, and excitement itself are flattened to almost nothing, can surprise the wary.