See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series Shadow and Bone - Season 2 streaming now! Enter the Grishaverse with book one of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by number one New York Times-bestselling author Leigh Bardugo. Perfect for fans of Laini Taylor and Sarah J. Maas. 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. Now Alina will enter a lavish world of royalty and intrigue as she trains with the Grisha her countrys 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. 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. Welcome to Ravka . . . a world of science and superstition where nothing is what it seems.