
He will risk everything to save his country and himself. With the help of a young monk and a legendary Grisha general, Nikolai will journey to the places in Ravka where the deepest magic survives to vanquish the terrible legacy inside him. Yet with every day a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he has built. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, Nikolai must find a way to refill Ravkas coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army. No one knows what he endured in his countrys bloody civil war-and he intends to keep it that way. The dashing young king, Nikolai Lantsov, has always had a gift for the impossible.

Washington Post Face your demons.or feed them. NPR The story exists at an intersection of past and future selves, and in the dawning understanding that what you most fear may be what you most need. touches on religion, class, family, love - all organically, all effortlessly, all cloaked in the weight of a post-war reckoning with the cost (literal and figurative) of surviving the events that shape both people and nations. Book Synopsis A 2020 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST! The Grishaverse will be coming to Netflix soon with Shadow and Bone, an original series! Enter the Grishaverse with the instant #1 New York Times-bestseller King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo, the first book in the King of Scars Duology.

Yet every day, a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he has built. After his countrys bloody civil war, young king Nikolai Lantsov must find a way to top a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army.

About the Book The first in an intricate, fantasy duology from #1 New York TimesDbestselling author Bardugo, set in her familiar Grishaverse.
