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Nevernight
Jay Kristoff
2016
The Way of Shadows
Brent Weeks · 2008
688 pages
Azoth survives as a guild rat in the slums of Cenaria, where life is cheap. To escape he apprentices himself to Durzo Blint, the city's most feared assassin, and must abandon his old name and life to become Kylar Stern, a killer schooled in dangerous magic and politics.
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Dark Fantasy, Outcast Hero, Morally Grey Character, Coming of Age, Wise Mentor, Assassin Protagonist
