He’s mocked for his name and nerdy interests at Chapel Hill High School in Portland, Oregon, and doesn’t speak enough Farsi to communicate with his Iranian relatives either. Iranian on his mother’s side and white American on his father’s side, Darius never quite fits in. When Darius’ grandfather becomes terminally ill, Darius, along with his parents and younger sister, travels to Iran for the first time in his life. Marked by flawless worldbuilding-even though it’s still a man’s world-the book is set in an alternate Scandinavia and assumes a white default.ĭarius Kellner suffers from depression, bullying by high school jocks, and a father who seems to always be disappointed in him. These fierce, honorable adolescent female warriors hold their own and break all the rules. Narrator and protagonist Frey is quite unusual among female heroes: hungry for glory-bloodthirsty, even-but still likable. The monetary reward for doing so will allow them to leave Mercy-killing behind. Blue Vee’s jarl (king) has lost half his warriors to the beast, but Frey is confident that she and the Mercies can bring the creature down.
Her chance comes when she decides to pursue the legendary Blue Vee beast, a creature that decimates entire villages. She wants glory, and if she dies seeking it, so be it.
She wants bards to immortalize her in song.
Once a deceased Mercy passes out of living memory, she disappears into obscurity. The life of a Mercy is uneventful she performs her death work, gets paid, and moves on. Frey’s sister Mercies are greenish-blond–haired Sea Witch Juniper, markswoman Runa, and reserved, stoic Ovie. Silver-haired Frey is the leader of a band of Boneless Mercies, women who roam the land bringing relief to the sick and the old. In this saga inspired by the ancient tale of “Beowulf” our hero is a 17-year-old death-trader named Frey.
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