Shadow and Bone - Leigh Bardugo

The first novel of the Grisha trilogy. Orphaned by the Border Wars, Alina Starkov is taken from obscurity and her only friend, Mal, to become the protg of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold. \n \nSee the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone -- Season 2 streaming now! \n \nDiscover the adventure that started it all and meet Alina, Mal, and the Darkling in Shadow and Bone from #1 bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo. \n \n 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. \n \n 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. \n \n 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. \n \n Welcome to Ravka . . . a world of science and superstition where nothing is what it seems. \n \n A New York Times Bestseller \n A Los Angeles Times Bestseller \n An Indie Next List Book \n This title has Common Core connections. \n \nRead all the books in the Grishaverse! \n \nThe Shadow and Bone Trilogy \n (previously published as The Grisha Trilogy) \n Shadow and Bone \n Siege and Storm \n Ruin and Rising \n \n The Six of Crows Duology \n Six of Crows \n Crooked Kingdom \n \nThe King of Scars Duology \nKing of Scars \nRule of Wolves \n \n The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic \nThe Severed Moon: A Year-Long Journal of Magic \nThe Lives of Saints \nDemon in the Wood Graphic Novel \n \nPraise for the Grishaverse \n \n A master of fantasy. --The Huffington Post \n Utterly, extremely bewitching. --The Guardian\n