Katsa can kill a mountain lion with her bare hands. She discovers her gift for fighting at age eight, fending off a would-be molester. But she becomes a kind of prisoner of her own rare ability, or ‘grace’ for combat, forced into service as the king’s bodyguard and assassin. In Kristin Cashore’s lyrical adventure fantasy, Katsa bands together with other Gracelings to protect their most vulnerable member—surely Diana Prince would join them if she could.
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