The Lost Mark

A trilogy of Eberron novels by Matt Forbeck. It follows a girl who bears the lost Mark of Death, and her adoptive father who is trying to rescue her from her own long-lost relative.

• Marked for Death (2005)
• The Road to Death (2006)
• The Queen of Death (2006)

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Tropes used in The Lost Mark include:

• Action Girl: The female paladins.
• Big Bad: Vol.
• Badass: Kandler and Burch.
• Black Mage: Espre seems to have some sorcerous talent. The only spells she uses are violent and destructive (although those could easily just be from her mark).
• Paladin: The paladins. Duh.
• Person of Mass Destruction: We don't see its powers much, but anyone bearing the Mark of Death is assumed to be this.
• Power Tattoo: The titular Mark of Death, like all dragonmarks.