'Dark, beautifully written, and full of characters who instantly get inside of your head, the first book in this new duology is an instant classic.' - PopSugar “Bardugo crafts a first-rate adventure, a poignant romance, and an intriguing mystery!” -Rick Riordan, bestselling author of the Percy Jackson series

“Unlike anything I’ve ever read.” -Veronica Roth, bestselling author of Divergent “There’s a level of emotional and historical sophistication within Bardugo’s original epic fantasy that sets it apart.” - Vanity Fair “The darker it gets for the good guys, the better.” - Entertainment Weekly “A world that feels real enough to have its own passport stamp.” -NPR “This is what fantasy is for.” - The New York Times Book Review “Utterly, extremely bewitching.” - The Guardian “A master of fantasy.” - The Huffington Post The Severed Moon: A Year-Long Journal of Magic The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic (previously published as The Grisha Trilogy) But some secrets aren’t meant to stay buried-and some wounds aren’t meant to heal. 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 the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone - Season 2 streaming now!ĭiscover what comes next for daring rogue Nikolai in King of Scars, the start of this captivating new duology from #1 bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo.

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