*The Grishaverse will be coming to Netflix soon with Shadow and Bone, an original series!*Enter the Grishaverse with book one of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by number one New York Times-bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo. Perfect for fans of Laini Taylor and Sarah J. Maas.Now with a stunning new cover and exclusive bonus material: The Demon in the Wood (a Darkling prequel story) and a Q&A with Leigh Bardugo.Soldier. Summoner. Saint.Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov is a soldier who knows she maynot survive her first trek across the Shadow Fold - a swath of unnaturaldarkness crawling with monsters. But when her regiment is attacked,Alina unleashes dormant magic not even she knew she possessed. NowAlina will enter a lavish world of royalty and intrigue as she trainswith the Grisha, her country's magical military elite - and falls underthe spell of their notorious leader, the Darkling. He believes Alina cansummon a force capable of destroying the Shadow Fold and reunitingtheir war-ravaged country, but only if she can master her untamed gift.Asthe threat to the kingdom mounts and Alina unlocks the secrets of herpast, she will make a dangerous discovery that could threaten all sheloves and the very future of a nation.Welcome to Ravka . . . a world of science and superstition where nothing is what it seems.