Lucinda, the half-orc assassin, returns home - but revenge, love and family feuds are a dangerous mix.

Flowers of Chaos is a novel of blood, lust and dark humor, where the love between sisters becomes a deadly weapon.

Lucinda, a half-orc thief and assassin known from The Word of Chaos, returns home to Lendorron Karthnia after years of adventures to answer the call of an old mentor - and take on a mysterious assignment.
But the past never rests. The journey starts with excitement, but the real complications begin when it turns out that Lucinda is forced to work with her two step-siblings - and neither of them is particularly fond of her.

The witch Romana took his love from him ten years ago, and the seductive Carla thoroughly screwed him out of everything years before. But now the fates of the three women are intertwined again: revenge, magic, intrigue and a huge, dangerous plan bind them together - which they all cling to for their own reasons.

At first, Lucinda prepares for the big meeting with pleasure - the thought of a few well-aimed sword cuts puts her in a particularly cheerful mood. But when she learns of her sisters' grandiose, world-shaking plan, she's willing to put her desire for revenge aside...at least for a while.

Flowers of Chaos is a triumph of Caldwell's black humor and sarcastic female characters: blood, lust, betrayal and sisterly love all play a role in it - in a mixture that only John Caldwell can mix.

We recommend it to everyone who: likes dark, yet entertaining fantasy novels with a strong female protagonist, is a fan of the grotesque, humorous and twisted world of the Chaos series, likes the triangle of magic, intrigue and revenge, or simply enjoys when an assassin cuts accurately with both sword and word.