Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas
2012
Books with the “Assassin Protagonist” trope
A trained killer is the protagonist, and the story weighs the cost of the work against the person doing it.
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Characters and archetypes · Assassin Protagonist
Books with this trope
Nevernight
Jay Kristoff
2016
Assassin's Apprentice
Robin Hobb
1995
Scythe
Neal Shusterman
2016
The Unspoken Name
A. K. Larkwood
2020
The Way of Shadows
Brent Weeks
2008
Jhereg
Steven Brust
1983
Red Sister
Mark Lawrence
2017
The Sisters Brothers
Patrick deWitt
2011
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