The assassin and the underworld is about what happens when celaena returns to the assassins keep after arobynn beat her into unconsciousness and sent her to the desert celaena arrives full of confidence and more than a little bit of self satisfaction. The assassin and the underworld is the third of four prequel novellas that are being released in the run up to the publication of sarah j maas debut novel throne of glass in august ive been dying to get my hands on the book for months now so i couldnt resist picking up the novellas while i was waiting. The assassin and the underworld a throne of glass novella ebook maas sarah j amazonin kindle store. The assassin and the underworld sarah j maas ac black may 1 2012 young adult fiction 104 pages 9 reviews when the king of the assassins gives celaena sardothien a special assignment. The assassin and the empire the assassin and the underworld is one of the five novellas taking place before throne of glass it was released in ebook format on may 1st 2012 it is the fourth short story in the bind up the assassins blade