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'''''[[The Assassins of Tamurin''']]'' is an epic fantasy novel about a [[Dark Action Girl]] [[The Mole|Mole]] who wants the truth, an infallible [[The Chessmaster|Chessmaster]] queen who wants revenge, and a noble young king who wants to save his nation.
 
It takes place in the fictional Empire of Durdane, modeled on [[Imperial China]]. At least, it ''was'' the Empire of Durdane up until a few hundred years ago when the territory north of the Great Pearl River was conquered and enslaved by the Exile barbarians from across the Juren Gap. The rest of the empire soon fell into civil war and broke up into the southern Despotates.
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Ever since this Great Partition, the Despotates have been in a gradual, accelerating state of decay. The Exiles are in a constant state of tension with the Despotates, but both sides are too afraid of each other to actually wage war and accomplish anything. So most of the Despots are content to live in luxury and exploit their people for all their worth. The poor are getting poorer as the rich get richer. It is in the poorest, most primitive, southernmost village of Riversong, at the end of the Wing River and the very edge of civilization, where we meet the protagonist Lale.
 
'''The rest of the page contains an ''extremely'' detailed summary of '''''[[The Assassins of Tamurin''']]''. You are hereby advised to read no further if you ever intend to read the actual book.''' Which you should. Check your local used bookstores, and all the major ones like Barnes and Noble should have it.
 
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It's a [[Cult]].
 
But Lale doesn't realize that. Even when she and Dilara are sent very unhappily to serve at Three Springs, she joyously resolves she would rather die than disappoint Mother. Both Lale and the reader now learn the heavily concealed truth about Three Springs—itSprings -- it is a training camp and headquarters for Mother's carefully selected personal [[Amazon Brigade]] of assassins and spies. Mother's first and oldest student, Tossi, is the [[The Dragon|leader]]. [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Nilang and three of her kinsmen]] are the instructors. The girls are trained in everything from espionage to combat to survival to the use of various poisons. Why? To someday, somehow defeat Mother's arch enemy, the tyrannical usurper, Sun Lord Terem Rethai. Nobody wonders how this is possible, questions if it is right, or worries about the greater threat of the Exile king Ardavan who appears to be plotting to conquer the rest of the Empire. All that matters is loyalty to Mother. And just in case one would ever waiver in this doctrine, every girl upon her arrival at Three Springs undergoes Nilang's "initiation"—being -- being cursed to be slowly tortured to death by demonic wraiths from the spirit world should they ever divulge any of Mother's secrets.
 
Opportunity apparently strikes for Mother to put her [[Xanatos Roulette]] into action when Merihan, the Sun Lord's wife, dies of an unknown illness. Lale, who graduated from Three Springs long ago and joined a prestigous theater company, is given her assignment. When the company makes its annual trip to perform in Kurjain, the capital of Bethiya and home of the Sun Lord, Lale is to make contact with Terem Rethai, make him fall in love with her, and as his lover, become [[The Mole]] in prime position to give Mother all the inside information she needs to know to get her revenge on Terem and take back her legacy. The plan hinges on Lale's excellent acting ability and her uncanny resemblance to Merihan, something the Sun Lord should not be able to resist.
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