History Literature / ThroneOfGlass

Amidst this chaos, Celaena Sardothien, a master assassin trained by the King of Assassins himself, seemed to be the only one the nobility of Adarlan feared. However, her reign of terror came to an abrupt end when she was captured and sentenced to spend the rest of her life as a slave in Adarlan's salt mines. A year later, Adarlan's crown prince Dorian offers her a path to freedom: If she defeats twenty-three fellow warriors and criminals, she shall become the King's Champion and live the rest of her life in luxury. However, something dark hides within the walls of the Palace of Glass - something evil, which seems to only want to murder the Champions before they have a chance to shine.

* TheArcher: Nesryn Faliq's aim is so infamously good that even people in the Southern Continent have heard of her and started calling her Neith's Arrow.

* TheArcher: Cain and Celaena do the best in the archery competition. Celaena is the only one able to hit all the targets dead center. Nesryn Faliq is the crowning example, however. Her aim is so infamously good that even people in the Southern Continent have heard of her and started calling her [[RedBaron Neith's Arrow]].

Amidst this chaos, Celaena Sardothien, a master assassin trained by the King of Assassins himself, seemed to be the only one the nobility of Adarlan feared. However, her reign of terror came to an abrupt end when she was captured and sentenced to spend the rest of her life as a slave in Adarlan's salt mines. A year later, Adarlan's crown prince Dorian offers her a path to freedom: If she defeats twenty-three fellow warriors and criminals, she shall become the King's Champion and live the rest of her life in luxury. However, something dark hides within the walls of the Palace of Glass- something evil, which seems to only want to murder the Champions before they have a chance to shine.

''Throne of Glass'' is a series of [[YoungAdultLiterature young adult]] {{fantasy}} novels by Creator/SarahJMaas.

The series consists of:

* AnachronismStew: Not obviously so, but it's there. The government and society are medieval (feudalism, guilds, absolute monarchy), while the clothes, cities, weapons and [[DecadentCourt court]] are 18th Century -- although there doesn't appear to be any [[FantasyGunControl gunpowder]], which is what provided the impetus to move away from [[ArmorIsUseless wearing armour]] in the first place, which in turn allowed people to carry lighter weapons; and with guilds in a feudal society, there is no merchant middle class to support the extensive commerce and communications that would be needed by the extensive upper class and nobility that we see who have time to waste as a DecadentCourt. Some of the descriptions and illustrations of Celaena's clothes seem more like they belong on a modern catwalk. Pianos are also present, with the king having one in the Glass Castle and Celaena knowing how to play, while the pianoforte wasn't invented until the early 18th century (there were precursors to the piano such as the harpsichord which were invented in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, but no modern pianos as described in ''ToG'').

* AnachronismStew: Not obviously so, but it's there. The government and society are medieval (feudalism, guilds, absolute monarchy), while the clothes, cities, weapons and [[DecadentCourt court]] are 18th Century -- although there doesn't appear to be any [[FantasyGunControl gunpowder]], which is what provided the impetus to move away from [[ArmorIsUseless wearing armour]] in the first place, which in turn allowed people to carry lighter weapons; and with guilds in a feudal society, there is no merchant middle class to support the extensive commerce and communications that would be needed by the extensive upper class and nobility that we see who have time to waste as a DecadentCourt. Some of the descriptions and illustrations of Celaena's clothes seem more like belong on a modern catwalk. Pianos are also present, with the king having one in the Glass Castle and Celaena knowing how to play, while the pianoforte wasn't invented until the early 18th century (there were precursors to the piano such as the harpsichord which were invented in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, but no modern pianos as described in ''ToG'').

* AnachronismStew: Not obviously so, but it's there. Government and society are medieval (feudalism, guilds, absolute monarchy), while the clothes, cities, weapons and [[DecadentCourt court]] are 18th Century -- although there doesn't appear to be any [[FantasyGunControl gunpowder]], which is what provided the impetus to move away from [[ArmorIsUseless wearing armour]] in the first place, which in turn allowed people to carry lighter weapons; and with guilds in a feudal society, there is no merchant middle class to support the extensive commerce and communications that would be needed by the extensive upper class and nobility that we see who have time to waste as a DecadentCourt.

** The Assassin and the Pirate Lord (2012)
** The Assassin and the Healer
** The Assassin and the Desert (2012)
** The Assassin and the Underworld (2012)
** The Assassin and the Empire (2012)

* CoversAlwaysLie: Most of the books feature Celaena on the front cover (as seen on this article's page image) but there's a big discrepancy with the way she's depicted on them and the way she's described in the actual books. The covers tend to depict her with white hair, dark eyes and almost bluish skin; in the books Celaena is said to have golden blonde hair, blue-gold eyes and fair skin that's a normal shade for humans. Book-accurate fanart of Celaena tends to ''very'' different to how she's presented on the covers. The way she's depicted on the cover of the original paperback edition of ''Throne of Glass'' is also much closer to the book's description (although some people found that version made Celaena look weirdly similar to the author).