Shadow and Bone

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Author(s):

Leigh Bardugo

First Pub:

2012

Genre(s):

Fantasy; Young Adult

First Read:

2022

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Internal ID:

3007

Series:

Siege and Storm ->

Shadow and Bone*

#1 of 3

Shadow and Bone*

The first series of novels in the Grishaverse series by Leigh Bardugo

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1) Shadow and Bone
2) Siege and Storm
3) Ruin and Rising

The Grisha

#1 of 3

The Grisha

A series of fiction books written by Leigh Bardugo.

View this series in the book list

1) Shadow and Bone
2) Siege and Storm
3) Ruin and Rising

Copyright:

Dedication:

For my grandfather:
Tell me some lies.

First Sentence:

The servants called them malenchki, little ghosts, because they were the smallest and the youngest, and because they haunted the Duke’s house like giggling phantoms, darting in and out of rooms, hiding in cupboards to eavesdrop, sneaking into the kitchen to steal the last of the summer peaches.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

They are orphans again, with no true home but each other and whatever life they can make together on the other side of the sea.

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Added: 13-Mar-2022

Last Updated: 10-Jan-2024

Publications

30-Nov-2012

Brilliance Audio

Book on CD

Date Issued:

30-Nov-2012

Format:

Book on CD

Cover Price:

$17.99

Length:

9 hrs 21 min (369 pages)

"Read":

Once

Reading(s):

1) 22 May 2022 - 24 May 2022

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

2443

Publisher:

Brilliance Audio

ISBN:

Unknown

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Lauren Fortgang - Narration

From amazon.com:

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 her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves her life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free. Wrenched from everything she knows, Alina is whisked away to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, the magical elite led by the mysterious Darkling.

Yet nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. With darkness looming and an entire kingdom depending on her untamed power, Alina will have to confront the secrets of the Grisha… and the secrets of her heart.

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Author(s)

Leigh Bardugo

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