Assassin’s Heart Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Assassin’s Heart | 2016 | Buy |
| Thief’s Cunning | 2017 | Buy |
Sarah Ahiers is the author of the Assassin’s Heart duology, a young adult fantasy series set in a world where sanctioned assassin families operate under the protection of the goddess of death. The first book follows Lea Saldana, a young assassin whose family is wiped out by a rival clan, sending her on a quest for revenge and survival.
The series draws on Italian Renaissance aesthetics to build its world of rooftop chases, hidden passages, and religious orders. Ahiers combines the action-heavy plotting of an assassination story with the personal stakes of a character who has lost everything and must decide what kind of person she wants to become. The two books, published in 2016 and 2017, tell a complete story arc.