Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, 2)

She is the greatest assassin her world has ever known. But where will her conscience and her heart lead her? After a year of hard labor in the Salt Mines of Endovier eighteen-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien has won the kings contest to become the new royal assassin. Yet Celaena is far from loyal to the crown a secret she hides from even her most intimate confidantes.Keeping up the deadly charade-while pretending to do the kings bidding-will test her in frightening new ways especially when shes given a task that could jeopardize everything shes come to care for. And there are far more dangerous forces gathering on the horizon -- forces that threaten to destroy her entire world and will surely force Celaena to make a choice. Where do the assassins loyalties lie and who is she willing to fight for?