Sallot Leon se ha criado entre ladrones y criminales, malvive con lo poco que consigue robar y su futuro no es nada prometedor. Pero todo cambia cuando cae en sus manos un anuncio que puede brindarle una vida mejor: la Reina busca un nuevo miembro para la Mano Izquierda, su colecci n personal de asesinos.

Es su nica oportunidad para escapar de la miseria, excepto por un detalle: la audici n consiste en un despiadado entrenamiento en el que todo est permitido, en especial la muerte. Para vencer, Sal debe competir contra los m s experimentados asesinos del Reino.

Si logra sobrevivir, no solo conseguir escapar de su desdichada vida, sino que, adem s, lograr su verdadero objetivo: infiltrarse en la Corte y vengarse de los nobles que destruyeron su hogar.

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"I love every aspect of this amazing book--a gender fluid hero, a deadly contest, and vicious courtly intrigue. Get Read Now "--Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author

I Needed to Win.
They Needed to Die.

Sallot Leon is a thief, and a good one at that. But gender fluid Sal wants nothing more than to escape the drudgery of life as a highway robber and get closer to the upper-class--and the nobles who destroyed their home.

When Sal steals a flyer for an audition to become a member of The Left Hand--the Queen's personal assassins, named after the rings she wears--Sal jumps at the chance to infiltrate the court and get revenge.

But the audition is a fight to the death filled with clever circus acrobats, lethal apothecaries, and vicious ex-soldiers. A childhood as a common criminal hardly prepared Sal for the trials. And as Sal succeeds in the competition, and wins the heart of Elise, an intriguing scribe at court, they start to dream of a new life and a different future, but one that Sal can have only if they survive.