Grave Mercy

Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
549 Pages



Ismae is about to be married to a brute of a man when he discovers that she was marked as the spawn of the Death God Mortain, now demoted to Saint.  She escapes to the sanctuary of a convent where the sisters study all aspects of death and become agent assassins for the god.

Soon Ismae is called upon to travel to the court of Brittany and help discover who is trying to overthrow the duchess and let the province come under the control of France. Ismae discovers that all of her preconceptions will be challenged and she may be made to assassinate the very person she has come to love.  An okay book, probably more suited for a teen age girl.