Shadow and Bone

By Leigh Bardugo

Book #1 in the The Shadow and Bone Trilogy series

A soldier's hidden magic could save or doom her war-torn world.

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358 pages· 81,309 words· Est. 7.5 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

Alina Starkov, an orphaned soldier, discovers a hidden power during a perilous journey across the Shadow Fold, a monster-infested darkness. Thrust into the opulent world of the Grisha, she must master her magic under the watchful eye of the enigmatic Darkling. As threats to the kingdom rise, Alina's past reveals secrets that could endanger everything she holds dear. Can she harness her gift to save her nation, or will it lead to its destruction? Enter Ravka, where science and superstition blur, and nothing is as it seems.

From the publisher

See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with Shadow and Bone, now a Netflix original series. Enter the Grishaverse with Book One of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom. Soldier. Summoner. Saint. 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. A New York Times Bestseller A Los Angeles Times Bestseller An Indie Next List Book This title has Common Core connections. Read all the books in the Grishaverse! The Shadow and Bone Trilogy (previously published as The Grisha Trilogy) Shadow and Bone Siege and Storm Ruin and Rising The Six of Crows Duology Six of Crows Crooked Kingdom The King of Scars DuologyKing of Scars The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous MagicThe Severed Moon: A Year-Long Journal of Magic Praise for the Grishaverse “A master of fantasy.” –The Huffington Post “Utterly, extremely bewitching.” –The Guardian

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