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Violence
A lot
Combat training and real violence; deaths in battles and among the students
Language
Some
Moderate language in a dark fantasy register
Sexual Content
Barely any
No romantic or sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
A child growing up in an institution that trains killers; the weight of violence as a vocation; political scheming that endangers the students
What this book is about
Nona Grey is nine years old and about to be hanged for killing a boy when a nun from the Convent of Sweet Mercy saves her at the last moment. At the convent, she trains with other girls to become a warrior nun — learning to fight, to use magic, and to survive the political scheming of an empire on the edge of collapse. Mark Lawrence's fantasy is set in a dying world where the sun is fading and a corridor of warmth is the last place humans can live. The school scenes are vivid and sharp, the magic system is inventive, and Nona herself is a protagonist with genuine menace and heart.
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fantasy combat violence and deaths
dark themes of a dying world
first book of a series
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