Meanwhile, Grisha-turned-spy Nina, still mourning the death of her beloved Matthias, works in secret to protect Grisha fugitives while investigating strange occurrences in the countryside. Nikolai’s efforts are complicated by the nocturnal emergence of a demon residing within him, and only his trusted confidante Zoya can help him maintain control. Young King Nikolai struggles to maintain order in the kingdom of Ravka following war against the malevolent Darkling.
But some secrets aren’t meant to stay buried―and some wounds aren’t meant to heal.In this sweeping dramatic fantasy, Bardugo returns to her Grishaverse and the events in both the Shadow and Bone trilogy and the Six of Crows duology. He will risk everything to save his country and himself.
With the help of a young monk and a legendary Grisha general, Nikolai will journey to the places in Ravka where the deepest magic survives to vanquish the terrible legacy inside him. Yet with every day a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he has built. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, Nikolai must find a way to refill Ravka’s coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army. No one knows what he endured in his country’s bloody civil war―and he intends to keep it that way.
The dashing young king, Nikolai Lantsov, has always had a gift for the impossible. “The story exists at an intersection of past and future selves, and in the dawning understanding that what you most fear may be what you most need.” ― Washington Postįace your demons…or feed them. “ touches on religion, class, family, love ― all organically, all effortlessly, all cloaked in the weight of a post-war reckoning with the cost (literal and figurative) of surviving the events that shape both people and nations.” ― NPR See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with Shadow and Bone, now a Netflix series.Įnter the Grishaverse with the instant #1 New York Times -bestseller King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo, the first book in the King of Scars Duology.
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