“Shadow and Bone” is the debut novel by Leigh Bardugo, author of the bestselling “Six of Crows” and “Crooked Kingdom.”
The book that started the Grishá’s story—people with magical abilities.
Surrounded by enemies, once-great Ravka is divided by the Shadow Fold—a strip of impenetrable darkness teeming with monsters that hunger for human flesh. And now the fate of the nation is in the hands of a lonely girl, Alina Starkov. Alina wasn’t expecting much from life. After becoming an orphan due to a border war, she is certain of only one person—her best friend, Mal. When Mal is attacked by the volcra, a magical power of such magnitude awakens in the girl that it becomes clear: she can save the entire country. Alina is taken to the royal palace, where she’ll be trained as one of the Grishá—members of an elite community of magicians led by the mysterious Darkling. She will have to face the secrets of the Grishá… and her own heart.