Death Marked

A young sorceress''entire life has been shaped to destroy the empire controlling her world. Shecould change history. But everything she thinks she knows is a lie.

At seventeen, Ilenilost her magical power and was exiled to the hidden caves of the assassins. Shenever thought she would survive long. But she discovered she was always meantto end up, powerless, in the caves as part of an elder sorcerer''s plan to destroythe evil Empire they''d battled so long. Except that Ileni is not an assassin,and she doesn''t want to be a weapon. And, after everything, she''s not even sureshe knows the truth. Now, at the very heart of the Empire-its academy forsorcerers-the truth is what she seeks. What she finds challenges every beliefshe holds dear-and it threatens her fledgling romance with the young master ofassassins. Leah Cypess spins an intricate and beautiful conclusion to Ileni''sstory that started in Death Sworn. In the end, it may not be the epic decisions that bring down an empire,but the small ones that pierce the heart.