Who would want to kidnap him, and why? And who was the extraordinary Graced fighter who challenged her fighting skills, for the first time, as she and the Council rushed the old man to saftey? Something dark and deadly is rising in the north and creeping across the continent, and behind it all lurks the shadowy figure of a one-eyed king. Finding life under his rule increasingly unbearable Katsa forms an underground Council, whose purpose is to combat the destructive behaviour of the seven kings - after all, the Middluns is only one of the Seven Kingdoms, each of them ruled by their own king and his personal agenda for power.When the Council hears that the King of Liend's father has been kidnapped Katsa investigates. Breaking arms and cutting off fingers are her stock-in-trade. Like many fantasy series, the books build on each other, and there’s no way to write this review without spoilers.

She lives under the command of her Uncle Randa, King of the Middluns, and is expected to carry out his dirty work, punnishing and torturing anyone who displeases him. Kristin Cashore Buy This Book Winterkeep is the fourth book in the Graceling Realm series, and I’d strongly suggest that if you like the sound of it, you start with the first book, Graceling. The story shifts among five third-person perspectives: Bitterblue Giddon, who appeared in Graceling (2008) Lovisa, the teen daughter of the Keepish president a telepathic fox named Adventure and a mysterious 13-tentacled undersea. I’ve talked to many readers who’ve read them out of order and been perfectly happy about having done so. The closest country, Winterkeep, is a democratic republic with eco-friendly airships and telepathic animals. In a world where people born with an exceptional skill, known as a Grace, are feared and exploited, Katsa carries the burden of a skill even she despises: the Grace of killing. The fifth novel in the bestselling Graceling Realmseries, told from the point of view of Hava, Queen Bitterblue’s spy Learn More Graceling Realm Each Graceling Realmbook is a standalone novel and can be read independently of the others.

Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore