Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. and the secrets of her heart.. . .
With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha .
Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems.
Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.
But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life--a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free.
Alina Starkov has never been good at anything.
Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee.
Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh