The Way of Shadows

**A modern classic of epic fantasy, *New York Times* bestseller *The Way of Shadows* is the first volume in the multi-million copy selling Night Angel Trilogy in which a young boy trains under the city’s most legendary and feared assassin, Durzo Blint.** For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art and he is the city’s most accomplished artist. For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for granted. As a guild rat, he’s grown up in the slums, and learned to judge people quickly and to take risks. Risks like apprenticing himself to Durzo Blint. But to be accepted, Azoth must turn his back on his old life and embrace a new identity and name. As Kylar Stern, he must learn to navigate the assassins’ world of dangerous politics and strange magics and cultivate a flair for death. **The Night Angel Trilogy** *The Way of Shadows Shadow’s Edge Beyond the Shadows Night Angel: The Complete Trilogy (omnibus) Perfect Shadow The Way of Shadows: The Graphic Novel* For more from Brent Weeks, check out: **The Kylar Chronicles** *Night Angel Nemesis* **Lightbringer** *The Black Prism The Blinding Knife The Broken Eye The Blood Mirror The Burning White*