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Sarah J. Maas

Throne of Glass #0.2

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Celaena Sardothien pays the price for defiance on a dangerous journey through the Red Desert.

Content Warnings
violence/gore

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Meet the beautiful, defiant, destined for greatness. Celaena Sardothien has challenged her master. Now she must pay the price. Her journey to the Red Desert will be an arduous one, but it may change the fate of her cursed world forever...

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