The Shadow and Bone trilogy is a world-famous fantasy treat and has been translated into 27 languages, and has also been adapted into a Netflix series. Introducing the first book in the Shadow and Bone trilogy. Ravka is surrounded by enemies and cut into two parts by the Shadow Pit, which is teeming with cannibalistic monsters. Ravka's fate rests on the shoulders of Alina Stark, who, while rescuing her friend, discovers an unusual power within herself. This might be the key to liberating her war-torn homeland. She is taken to the royal court to be trained as a member of the Grisha, led by the mysterious Dark Lord. But in this luxurious world, nothing is as it seems. Darkness is threatening to fall upon her, and the entire kingdom depends on her power... (taken from the general page of the Mladinska knjiga publishing house)