“Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf?” (LaFevers 1) Ismae is a young girl who was kissed by Death himself. To escape the fourteen years of abuse, mockery, and an arranged marriage, she goes to the convent of St. Mortain to learn to be an assassin for Him. When conflicts appear, will she stay loyal to her obligations, or become a traitor to her own?

In the beginning of the book, there is plenty of description on how Ismae grew up. The first conflict is her again society. Since she was conceived, her family denied her. When her mother went to get an abortion, St. Mortain had blessed her and prevented her from being poisoned. Her birth had displayed a red scar that cascaded her skin from shoulder to hip. The word was promulgating through