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Annith has watched her gifted sisters at the convent come and go, carrying out their dark dealings in the name of St. Mortain, patiently awaiting her own turn to serve Death.

In the fifteenth-century kingdom of Brittany, seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St.

Sybella's duty as Death's assassin in 15th-century France forces her return home to the personal hell that she had finally escaped.

À 17 ans, Ismae échappe à la brutalité d’un mariage arrangé et trouve refuge dans le couvent de Saint-Mortain, où les religieuses vénèrent encore les anciens dieux.

Sybella arrive au couvent à demi folle de chagrin et de désespoir. Les servantes de la Mort ne sont que trop heureuses de lui donner refuge, mais il y aura un prix à payer.