Sheathed (Duology)

Rūta Grainytė’s young adult fantasy debut SHEATHED is a powerful story exploring the complexities of love in all its forms: romantic, platonic, familial and self-love; and what it means to face your failures. It is perfect for fans of Victoria Aveyard and Chloe Gong.

Bring me his heart, or it’ll be yours I put up as a trophy instead.

Serina Dol-Bryer is the best assassin in the elite White Panther Club, and has worked for years to become the ruthless master’s, White Claw’s, right hand. When she is given an anonymous mission, she is determined it is her last before she escapes her life of bloodshed. But when Serina inexplicably fails, the threat hanging over her head is not an easy one to forget: kill her target within a week, or the assassins she has grown to love as family will be forced to kill her.

With little choice, Serina teams up with her target and sworn enemy to escape White Claw before it is too late. Lives hang in the balance; her own, her sisters and supposedly, the man she’s meant to kill. Time is ticking and Serina must quickly decide whom she will save: herself, or those she swore to eternally hate?

Cover art by Darby Moore | @darbymooreart