528 pages | Trade Paperback

From #1New York Timesbestelling author Leigh Bardugo comes an intricate, rich, new YA fantasy duology set in the Grishaverse.

Face your demons . . . or feed them. The dashing young king, Nikolai Lantsov, has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his countrys bloody civil warand he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, he must find a way to refill Ravkas coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army.

Yet with every day a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he’s built. With the help of a young monk and a legendary Grisha Squaller, Nikolai will journey to the places in Ravka where the deepest magic survives to vanquish the terrible legacy inside him. He’ll risk everything to save his country and himself. But some secrets arent meant to stay buriedand some wounds arent meant to heal.