Mature language and themes

Sexually explicit content

Graphic violence: battle scenes, various weapons, assassinations, death, torture, gore, blood, dismemberment, fires, intense wounds, and other common elements surrounding revenge and war

Grief, loss, and survivor’s guilt

Panic attacks and PTSD

Misogyny

Death of family members and a death scene involving a young assassin

Character history mentions off-page child abuse (emotional and physical), a staged suicide, and patricide

Main characters discover a city has been raided/occupied by criminals. Off-page (not graphic) rape and sexual assault discussed. Pregnancy, abortion, fertility, adoption, and a government making decisions about women’s bodies are discussed in these scenes as well.