Shadow and Bone -- Leigh Bardugo

<p><b>See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with <i>Shadow and Bone</i>, now a Netflix original series. </b><br><b><br>Enter the Grishaverse with Book One of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by the #1 <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author of <i>Six of Crows </i>and<i> Crooked Kingdom.</i></b><br> <b><i><br> Soldier</i></b><i>. Summoner. Saint.</i> 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. <p/> 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. <p/> 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. <p/> Welcome to Ravka . . . a world of science and superstition where nothing is what it seems. <p/> <b>A <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller</b><br> <b>A <i>Los Angeles Times</i> Bestseller</b><br> <b>An Indie Next List Book</b><br> <b>This title has Common Core connections.</b> <p/>Read all the books in the Grishaverse! <p/