Daughter of Crows

Daughter of Crows

Author: Mark Lawrence Listening Length: 14h 30m
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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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Rue

Rue had fallen beneath the mercenaries’ blows. Instead of hardpacked earth, what received her had felt like rotten sailcloth, barely holding her weight.

The thudding of kicks became a dull, distant thing, save for one bony heel pressing impossibly hard between her shoulders. The weak fabric that had held her up now tore beneath the increased pressure, and without a scream she tipped into a second, far longer fall.

Silence and the darkness of her pain held her. Time passed without a heart to beat away the moments.