

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. " 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 "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 Post Face your demons.or feed them. Enter 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. Impossible to put down.” -USA Today “There’s a level of emotional and historical sophistication within Bardugo’s original epic fantasy that sets it apart.” -Vanity Fair “Unlike anything I’ve ever read.” -Veronica Roth, bestselling author of Divergent “Bardugo crafts a first-rate adventure, a poignant romance, and an intriguing mystery!” -Rick Riordan, bestselling author of the Percy Jackson seriesĪ 2020 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST! See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with Shadow and Bone, now a Netflix original series. An Imprint Book 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 Duology King of Scars Rule of Wolves The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic The Severed Moon: A Year-Long Journal of Magic Praise for the Grishaverse “A master of fantasy.” -The Huffington Post “Utterly, extremely bewitching.” -The Guardian “This is what fantasy is for.” -The New York Times Book Review “ world that feels real enough to have its own passport stamp.” -NPR “The darker it gets for the good guys, the better.” -Entertainment Weekly “Sultry, sweeping and picturesque. Together they must find a way to forge a future in the darkness. But her desire for revenge may cost her country its chance at freedom and Nina the chance to heal her grieving heart. Deep undercover, Nina Zenik risks discovery and death as she wages war on Fjerda from inside its capital. Now duty demands she embrace her powers to become the weapon her country needs. She saw her mentor die and her worst enemy resurrected, and she refuses to bury another friend. Zoya Nazyalensky has lost too much to war.

But a dark threat looms that cannot be defeated by a young king’s gift for the impossible. As Fjerda’s massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm-and even the monster within-to win this fight. The wolves are circling and a young king will face his greatest challenge in the explosive finale of the instant #1 New York Times–bestselling King of Scars Duology. Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with Shadow and Bone, now a Netflix original series.
