See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone -- Season 2 streaming now! Discover the adventure that started it all and meet Alina, Mal, and the Darkling in Shadow and Bone from #1 bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo. Soldier . Summoner. Saint. 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. 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. 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. Welcome to Ravka . . . a world of science and superstition where nothing is what it seems. A New York Times Bestseller A Los Angeles Times Bestseller An Indie Next List Book This title has Common Core connections. 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 The Lives of Saints Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel Praise for the Grishaverse “A master of fantasy.” — The Huffington Post “Utterly, extremely bewitching.” — The Guardian AWARDS •  2016 Indiana Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award •  2014 Utah Beehive Book Award Master List long-listed •  2014 Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award ML long-listed •  2012 ABC New Voices Title long-listed •  2014 South Carolina Children's Book Award Master List •  2014 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice A. ML long-listed •  2012 Romantic Times Book Award long-listed •  2013 Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year long-listed •  2014 Missouri Truman Readers Award Master List long-listed •  2014 IL Abraham Lincoln High School Book Award Master List •  2013 Tri-State Reviews Committee Books of Note - Master List long-listed •  2014 South Carolina Children's Book Award ML long-listed •  2015 Oklahoma Sequoyah YA Book Award ML long-listed •  2014 MO MASL's Readers Awards - MASTER LIST •  2014 IL Abraham Lincoln High School Book Master long-listed •  2014 MO MASL’s Readers Awards - MASTER LIST long-listed •  2014 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Master List •  2013 North Carolina Young Adult Book Award winner •  2014 TN Volunteer State Book Award Primary ML long-listed