Introduction: The Silent Assassins of the Red Desert aren鈥檛 much for conversation, and Celaena Sardothien wouldn鈥檛 have it any other way. She鈥檚 not there to chatter, she鈥檚 there to hone her craft as the world鈥檚 most feared killer for hire. When the quiet is shattered by forces who want to destroy the Silent Assassins, Celaena must find a way to stop them, or she鈥檒l be lucky to leave the desert alive....