female assassins

"In a land where three suns almost never set, a ruthless assassin continues her quest for vengeance against the powers who destroyed her family. Mia Corvere has found her place among the Blades of Our Lady of Blessed Murder, but many in the Red Church hierarchy think she's far from earned it. Plying her bloody trade in a backwater of the Republic, she's no closer to ending the men who destroyed her familia; in fact, she's told directly that Consul Scaeva is off limits. But after a deadly confrontation with an old enemy, Mia's suspicions about the Red Church's true motives begin to grow"--OCLC.

"Now armed with her own powerful Kamui uniform, transfer student Ryuko Matoi takes aim at the fascist overlords of Honnouji Academy! But are even these newfound powers a match for the Student Council President herself, Satsuki Kiryuin!?"--Back cover.

Honouji Academy is ruled by students clad in special outfits called Goku Uniforms, and only one student, transfer Ryuko Matoi, dares to stand against them.

In this re-imagined fairy tale, Warrior princess Talia (Sleeping Beauty) fled the desert land of Arathea after she disposed of the Prince. The Prince's mother sends the shape-shifting assassin, Roudette (Red Riding Hood), after her. But Roudette, Talia, and fellow-princess adventurers Danielle (Cinderella) and Snow (Snow White) soon make an uncomfortable alliance against the real enemies, the capricious fairy powers who have kept Aranthea under their powers for a hundred years.