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Çeda est désormais une Vierge du Sabre, une guerrière d’élite. Tandis que les Rois de Sharakhaï lui confient des missions secrètes afin de consolider leur pouvoir, la jeune fille s’efforce de découvrir leurs secrets. Elle connaît déjà la terrible histoire des asirim, mais lorsqu’un lien se crée entre elle et ces pitoyables créatures, leur douleur devient la sienne. Les asirim ont soif de liberté et veulent briser leurs chaînes, mais ils sont soumis à la volonté des dieux et n’ont d’autre choix que d’obéir.

Et l’atmosphère de Sharakhaï est plus délétère que jamais. Les Douze Rois écument la cité pour satisfaire leur impitoyable quête de vengeance. Emre, l’ami de Çeda, a rejoint de nouveaux alliés, espérant tirer parti des troubles qui agitent la ville. Mais malheur à ceux qui s’opposent aux Rois immortels et aux Vierges aux sabres d’ébène...

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In Book 2, The Inverted Thorn, Çeda continues to uncover the riddle of her mother’s book. She finds more clues left to her by her mother, but they are incomplete. She must go to the desert to find the answers to the riddles. In doing so, she comes across the few members of the Thirteenth Tribe, and though they doubt she can make a difference against the Kings, they help her in her quest. The Kings, however, have not been idle. They know that one of their own has been murdered, and the hunt is on to find the culprit. As their hunt comes closer and closer, Çeda unlocks more secrets and kills more of the kings. She also learns that the asirim are tools that have been used by the Kings ever since that dark pact so long ago. Though it sickens Çeda to do so, she uses this same power to thwart Sharakhai’s aggressive northern neighbor in their attempt to take her city for their own.