Catalog Search Results
41) Killing November
Author
Physical Desc
406 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"November is trapped. At the mysterious Academy Absconditi, a school that's completely off the grid, there's no electricity, no internet, and a brutal eye-for-an-eye punishment system. Classes include everything from knife-throwing and poisons to the art of deception. And the other students? All children of the world's most elite strategists, in training to become assassins, spies, and master manipulators. November Adley doesn't know why she's been...
42) Thief's cunning
Author
Physical Desc
407 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
All her life, Allegra, niece of the infamous assassin Lea Saldana, has had to keep her identity hidden. She and her family are constantly watching their backs for an attack from the Da Vias, a rival family whose thirst for retaliation has lasted for almost two decades. But what really happened the night Lea made the Da Vias pay for murdering her family? Allegra wants to know--just like she wants to know her parents' identity, another secret Lea and...
Author
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After unwittingly helping her mother poison King Louis XIV, seventeen-year-old alchemist Mirabelle Monvoisin is forced to see her mother's Shadow Society in a horrifying new light: they're not heroes of the people, as they've always claimed to be, but murderers. Herself included. Mira tries to ease her guilt by brewing helpful curatives, but her hunger tonics and headache remedies cannot right past wrongs or save the dissenters her mother vows to...
44) Cruel beauty
Author
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom -- all because of a foolish bargain struck by her father. And since birth, she has been in training to kill him. With no choice but to fulfill her duty, Nyx resents her family for never trying to save her and hates herself for wanting to escape her fate. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, Nyx abandons everything she's ever known to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. Her plan?...
Author
Series
Age of darkness novel volume 2
Physical Desc
488 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Kingdoms have begun to fall to a doomsday cult, the magical Graced are being persecuted, and an ancient power threatens to break free. But with the world hurtling toward its prophesized end, Anton's haunting vision reveals the dangerous beginnings of a plan to stop the Age of Darkness"--Provided by publisher.
Kingdoms have begun to fall to a doomsday cult, the magical Graced are being persecuted, and an ancient power threatens to break free. But...
46) Mortal heart
Author
Series
His fair assassin volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Annith's worst fears are realized when she discovers that, despite her lifelong training to be an assassin, she is being groomed by the abbess as a Seeress, to be forever shut up in the convent of Saint Mortain.
Author
Series
Foul Lady Fortune volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
1931, Shanghai. Four years ago Rosalind Lang was brought back from the brink of death, but the experiment that saved her also stopped her from sleeping and aging -- and allows her to heal from any wound. Desperate for redemption from her traitorous past, she uses her abilities as an assassin for her country. Code name: Fortune.When the Japanese Imperial Army begins its invasion march, Rosalind's mission pivots. A series of murders is causing unrest...
48) Legacy of kings
Author
Series
Blood of gods and royals volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Katerina, on a mission to kill the queen, falls in love with Alexander, Prince of Macedonia. Jacob will go to unthinkable lengths to win Katerina, even if it means having to compete with Hephaestion, a murderer sheltered by the prince. And far across the sea, Zofia, a Persian princess and Alexander's unmet betrothed, wants to alter her destiny by seeking the famed and deadly Spirit Eaters.
Author
Series
Courting Darkness duology volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Sybella accompanies the Duchess to France, she expects trouble, but she isn't expecting a deadly trap. Surrounded by enemies both known and unknown, Sybella searches for the undercover assassins from the convent of St. Mortain who were placed in the French court years ago. Genevieve has been undercover for so many years, she no longer knows who she is or what she's supposed to be fighting for. When she discovers a hidden prisoner who may be of...
Author
Series
Physical Desc
435 pages : illustration ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In these five prequel novellas to "Throne of Glass," feared assassin Celaena embarks on daring missions that take her from remote islands to hostile deserts, where she fights to liberate slaves and avenge tyranny.
Author
Series
Wings of fire.Winglets volume 1
Physical Desc
171 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Fiercetooth, a NightWing obsessed with what could have -- and should have -- been. Deathbringer, desperate to prove himself as the next great NightWing assassin. Six-Claws, a loyal SandWing, who will soon find that loyalty comes with a price. Foeslayer the NightWing, a dragon in love turned kidnapper, and Prince Arctic of the IceWings, a runaway turned captive. In these four short stories, dig deeper into the world of Pyrrhia to discover what really...
52) Spy x family: 4
Series
Spy x family volume vol 4
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world. But when he receives the ultimate assignment -- to get married and have a kid -- he may finally be in over his head! ... The Forgers look into adding a dog to their family, but this is no easy task -- especially when Twilight has to simultaneously foil an assassination plot against a foreign minister! The perpetrators plan...
Looking for an older book we don’t have?
Printed books not owned by Santa Fe Public Library that were released more than 6 months ago can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup. Limit: 3 per calendar month.
Looking for a newer item we don’t have?
Suggest the library purchase a new book, DVD, audiobook, or music CD through your account. Limit: 30 active requests at a time. Submit Purchase Suggestion