Shadow and Bone (The Grisha Trilogy)
Alina Starkov doesn’t expect much from life. Orphaned by the Border Wars, the one thing she could rely on was her best friend and fellow refugee, Mal. And lately not even that seems certain. Drafted into the army of their war-torn homeland, they’re sent on a dangerous mission into the Fold, a...
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Alina Starkov doesn’t expect much from life. Orphaned by the Border Wars, the one thing she could rely on was her best friend and fellow refugee, Mal. And lately not even that seems certain. Drafted into the army of their war-torn homeland, they’re sent on a dangerous mission into the Fold, a swath of unnatural darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh.When their convoy is attacked, all seems lost until Alina reveals a dormant power that not even she knew existed. Ripped from everything she knows, she is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling. He believes she is the answer the people have been waiting for: the one person with the power to destroy the Fold.Swept up in a world of luxury and illusion, envied as the Darkling’s favorite, Alina struggles to fit into her new life without Mal by her side. But as the threat to the kingdom mounts, Alina uncovers a secret that sets her on a collision course with the most powerful forces in the kingdom. Now only her past can save her…and only she can save the future.
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Format: MP3 CD
ISBN:
9781491576922 (1491576928)
ASIN: 1491576928
Publish date: 2014-12-02
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Adventure,
Teen,
Paranormal,
Science Fiction,
High Fantasy,
Romance,
Young Adult Fantasy,
Dystopia,
Supernatural
CYKL: "GRISZA" (TOM 1) Alina Starkov i Mal Orecev to sieroty, które wychowują się u Diuka Keramsova. Pewnego dnia pojawiają się pewni ludzie, którzy przyszli w jednym celu - jakkolwiek to brzmi - aby pozyskać kolejne dzieci o cudownych mocach.Wiele lat później żołnierka Alina Starkov, która pełni ...
Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee. Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when ...
I have to say, I was a bit disappointed. It wasn't a bad book, but... I read Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom before I started this series. The world building and the characters in the Six of Crows series was phenomenal. I adored the books. I expected the same here. I didn't hate the book, but it wa...
I am a big fan of Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows series its one of my favorite young adults from the recent years. I was very eager to finally start this series, based on the fact that I loved her later works. Sadly this one didn't invoke the same feelings as I had when I read Six of Crows. To be fair...
Amazing! Loved the writing and the world and the romance! Didn't like the characters, but I'm hoping to see them get better further on in the trilogy!