The release date for the English version of 'Shadow and Bone' by
Leigh Bardugo is Jun 2012. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
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Encircled by adversaries, the once magnificent country of Ravka has been split in two by the Shadow Fold, an expanse of almost impenetrable darkness teeming with creatures that consume human flesh. It may now be up to one lone refugee to decide its destiny.
Alina Starkov has never excelled in any endeavor. However, Alina discovers a latent talent that saves her best friend's life when her regiment is ambushed on the Fold; this power may hold the secret to releasing her war-torn nation. 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.
Nevertheless, nothing in this opulent society is as it appears. Alina will have to face the mysteries of the Grisha and her own heart, because darkness is approaching and the fate of the whole realm rests on her wild strength.