The perfect killer has no friends Only targets For Durzo Blint assassination is an art & he is the city's most accomplished artist his talents required from alleyway to courtly boudoir For Azoth survival is precarious Something you never take for granted As a guild rat he's grown up in the slums & learned the hard way to judge people quickly
- & to take risks Risks like apprenticing himself to Durzo Blint But to be accepted Azoth must turn his back on his old life & embrace a new identity & name As Kylar Stern he must learn to navigate the assassins' world of dangerous politics & strange magics
- & cultivate a flair for death Also available as a graphic novel adaptation coming April 2014