Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov is a soldier who knows she may not survive her first trek across the Shadow Fold - a swath of unnatural darkness crawling with monsters. But when her regiment is attacked, Alina unleashes dormant magic not even she knew she possessed. Now Alina will enter a lavish world of royalty and intrigue as she trains with the Grisha, her country's magical military elite - and falls under the spell of their notorious leader, the Darkling. He believes Alina can summon a force capable of destroying the Shadow Fold and reuniting their war-ravaged country, but only if she can master her untamed gift. As the threat to the kingdom mounts and Alina unlocks the secrets of her past, she will make a dangerous discovery that could threaten all she loves and the very future of a nation. Welcome to Ravka... a world of science and superstition where nothing is what it seems. Read all the books in the Grishaverse! (previously published as The Grisha Trilogy) A master of fantasy. - "Utterly, extremely bewitching." - "The best magic universe since Harry Potter." - "This is what fantasy is for." - "[A] world that feels real enough to have its own passport stamp." - NPR "The darker it gets for the good guys, the better." - "Sultry, sweeping and picturesque.... Impossible to put down." - "There's a level of emotional and historical sophistication within Bardugo's original epic fantasy that sets it apart." - "Unlike anything I've ever read." - Veronica Roth, bestselling author of "Bardugo crafts a first-rate adventure, a poignant romance, and an intriguing mystery!" - Rick Riordan, bestselling author of the Percy Jackson series " Author - Leigh Bardugo Number of Pages - 416 Format - Softcover Publisher - Square Fish Published - 2013-05-07