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549 pages, Hardcover
First published April 3, 2012
“Are men truly such idiots that they cannot resist two orbs of flesh?”
"So," she says, looking back up at me. "You are well equipped for our service."
"Which is?"
"We kill people."
“This is what I want to be. An instrument of mercy, not vengeance.”
"I am a handmaiden of Death. I walk in His dark shadow and do His bidding. Serving Him is my only purpose in this life, and I have let my annoyance drive that duty from my mind. I will not let that happen again."
“It is this kindness of his that unsettles me most. I can dodge a blow or block a knife. I am impervious to poison and know a dozen ways to escape a chokehold or garrotte wire. But kindness? I do not know how to defend against that.”