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Unfortunately for him, [[Not Quite Dead|he fails to ensure that she's actually dead]].
A mysterious stranger finds her broken body and nurses her back to health; suspicious in turn of his motives, Monza escapes as soon as she's able, and swears revenge on all the men present at her "murder"; seven in all, counting Orzo, his two sons, his general, Monza's treacherous second-in-command, Orzo's bodyguard, and the banker who's Orzo's financial backer.
To do this, she assembles a team of oddballs; a warrior Northman failing at becoming a better man, a numbers-obsessed ex-convict, a pompous poisoner and his gluttonous assistant, an ex-torturer, and the alcoholic old mercenary captain that Monza replaced. The task begins easily enough, but Monza soon discovers that going after the powerful has consequences — to her, to her companions, and to the fate of Styria as a whole.
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* [[Big Eater]]: Day.
* [[Black and Gray Morality]]: By the end of the book you won't be surprised by who murders, exploits, or betrays who, you'll be surprised that it's taking them so long.
* [[Book Ends]]: The book starts and ends with the words "The sunrise was the color of bad blood."
* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: {{spoiler|Monza and her brother Benna}}.
* [[Bullet Time]]: Shenkt can do this.
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* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Monza systematically works her way through the list of those who participated in her brother's murder and her attempted murder.
* [[Scars Are Forever]]: Abercrombie loves his scarred and maimed characters, and this is no exception; Monza is stabbed, crushed and broken before being thrown off the battlements of Fontezarmo and down a mountain, and there's a limit to how much you can be repaired after that. Her right hand is ruined, her face and body scarred all over, and she is in almost constant pain.
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* [[The Reveal]]: {{spoiler|Shenkt is the bone thief from the start of the story.}}
** {{spoiler|And Orzo's fears were well-founded, as Benna was planning to overthrow him without Monza's knowledge.}}
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