When revenge leads Ellaeva, the Left Hand of Death, to the lonely castle where Lyram Aharris has been exiled after his wife's murder, they must fight to save themselves from political machinations and clashing gods--but their greatest threat isn't the castle's siege, but from an unexpected quarter.
"The Way of Shadows," by Brent Weeks;
"The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss;
"Kushiel's Dart" by Jacqueline Carey