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Throne of Glass

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An assassin is pulled from the salt mines to compete to become the King's Champion, and the competitors start dying

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Eighteen-year-old Celaena Sardothien, Adarlan's most notorious assassin, has spent a year as a slave in the salt mines of Endovier. Prince Dorian offers her a deal: win a competition among thieves and killers, become the King's Champion, and earn her freedom after a few years of service. Trained by Captain Chaol Westfall, she watches the competitors die one by one, attacked by some creature. The ghost of Queen Elena asks her to face an evil hidden in the castle. Celaena befriends Princess Nehemia and finds out that Cain uses Wyrdmarks to summon the monster. In the final duel, poisoned by Kaltain, she still beats Cain and becomes the King's Champion.

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  1. Behind the scenesBorn from the Cinderella soundtrack

    The idea came when Maas was 15, listening to the soundtrack of Disney's Cinderella. The music for the escape from the ball felt way too intense. She wondered: what if Cinderella were an assassin fleeing the palace?

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  2. Behind the scenesQueen of Glass online

    In 2002, Maas started posting chapters on FictionPress under the title Queen of Glass. It became the most popular story on the site, with fans worldwide. In 2008 she took it down to pursue publication.

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  3. Behind the scenesSix years to the bookstore

    Maas sent the book to agents in 2008 and signed with Tamar Rydzinski in 2009. Bloomsbury bought the novel in March 2010. It came out on August 2, 2012, ten years after the first chapters went online.

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  4. ReferenceÉowyn and Velma Kelly

    Maas named two influences on Celaena's personality: Éowyn from The Lord of the Rings and Velma Kelly from Chicago. She also gave her heroine flaws on purpose, like impatience and vanity.

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  5. SetupWatch the clock tower

    Keep an eye on the castle's clock tower and its gargoyles, which unsettle Celaena. It looks like set dressing, but it matters again later in the series.

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