Katherine Harbour's Blog - Posts Tagged "gender-fluid"

Mask of Shadows
Sal Leon is a thief who wants revenge on the people who destroyed their country. Sal is gender fluid and ferociously determined to become an assassin for the queen--one of the queen's premiere assassins, Opal.
What follows is Sal's navigating a brutal challenge--Sal must survive the other candidates, a fight to the death. Then there are the shadows, horrifying creatures who tore through Sal's country, literally ripping the skin off people to form an identity while whispering, "Who am I?" Yikes.
Sal is a charismatic, morally gray character who has to use wits and learned survival skills to overcome, while bonding with the other assassins and falling in love with a noble's scholarly daughter.
An entertaining addition to the assassins' club.