The assassin's curse

Format:

Book

Title:

The assassin's curse

Author:

Clarke, Cassandra Rose, 1983-

ISBN:

9781908844019

9781908844026

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

298 pages ; 20 cm

Number in series:

BK. 1

General Note:

"A Strange Chemistry paperback original 2012"--Title page verso.

Summary:

"Ananna of the Tanarau abandons ship when her parents try to marry her off to another pirate clan. But that only prompts the scorned clan to send an assassin after her. When Ananna faces him down one night, armed with magic she doesn't really know how to use, she accidentally activates a curse binding them together. To break the spell, Ananna and the assassin must complete three impossible tasks all while grappling with evil wizards, floating islands, haughty manticores, runaway nobility, strange magic ... and the growing romantic tension between them"--Page 4 of cover.

Subject(s):

Magic -- Juvenile fiction.

Wizards -- Juvenile fiction.

Imaginary places -- Juvenile fiction.

Magic -- Fiction.

Wizards -- Fiction.

Imaginary places -- Fiction.

Fantasy.

Genre:

Romantic suspense fiction.

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Fantasy fiction.

Holds:

Available:*

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Summary

Ananna of the Tanarau abandons ship when her parents try to marry her off to an allying pirate clan: she wants to captain her own boat, not serve as second-in-command to her handsome yet clueless fiance. But her escape has dire consequences when she learns the scorned clan has sent an assassin after her.

And when the assassin, Naji, finally catches up with her, things get even worse. Ananna inadvertently triggers a nasty curse -- with a life-altering result. Now Ananna and Naji are forced to become uneasy allies as they work together to break the curse and return their lives back to normal. Or at least as normal as the lives of a pirate and an assassin can be.

Author Notes

Cassandra Rose Clarke is a speculative fiction writer living amongst the beige stucco and overgrown pecan trees of Houston, Texas. She graduated in 2006 from The University of St. Thomas with a bachelor's degree in English, and in 2008 she completed her master's degree in creative writing at The University of Texas at Austin. Both of these degrees have served her surprisingly well.

During the summer of 2010, she attended the Clarion West Writers Workshop in Seattle, where she enjoyed sixty-degree summer days. Having been born and raised in Texas, this was something of a big deal. She was also a recipient of the 2010 Susan C. Petrey Clarion Scholarship Fund.

Unlike many authors, Cassandra does not have a resume of peculiar careers. In her spare time she enjoys drawing, painting, crocheting, cooking, and quilting, because she is secretly an old lady. She will see literally any movie as long as it's in a theater. She watches television. She doesn't play many video games, though.

Reviews (1)

Kirkus Review

A kick-ass pirate heroine gets into and out of (mostly into) trouble in this invigorating fantasy. Within the first five pages of this debut, Ananna of the Tanarau ditches her wedding, meant to ally her pirate clan to the Hariri. She may escape this unwanted bond, but she finds herself in another, far more powerful one when she saves the life of Naji, the assassin hired by the Hariri to bring her back or kill her. Now magically connected to the scarred blood magician, she attracts the collateral attention of malignant Otherworldly powers. If she wants any chance at a future that includes her own shiphell, any future at allshe must quest with Naji for a cure to the curse that binds them together. Clarke's debut harkens back to the best in fantasy/adventure, offering rock-solid worldbuilding, satisfyingly perilous obstacles and a protagonist whose charismatic 'tude goes way beyond spunk. Ananna's voice grabs readers from the beginning ("I ain't never been one to trust beautiful people, and Tarrin of the Hariri was the most beautiful man I ever saw") and doesn't let go. Her wry, agreeably foulmouthed ("Fuck me, they're machines") narration is equally smart and funny, incorporating both trenchant observations and frankly beautiful phrasing that never misses a step ("I hadn't even recognized the hope for what it was until it got dragged away from me"). A ripsnorting series opener; may the sequels arrive soon. (Fantasy. 13 up)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.