

But some secrets aren’t meant to stay buried―and some wounds aren’t meant to heal. 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. Nikolai my beloved, you are broken and hurt but still put on a brave face for everyone and it's not just anyone who can put aside their pain in order to put everyone and everything before them. Mostly, I just wanted to say thank you to Bardugo for allowing us to meet these characters again. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, Nikolai must find a way to refill Ravka’s coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army. 4/5: If not for the beginning of this book, I would've rated it 5 stars. No one knows what he endured in his country’s 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. "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." ― Washington Postįace your demons.or feed them. " 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." ― NPR 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.
