The Darkling is dead. Sankta Alina destroyed the fold, freeing Ravka from years of tyranny beneath its dark waves. But things are not quite so peaceful in Ravka.

Fjerda, emboldened by their new weaponry and technology, has declared war and march on Ravkan soil whle witch hunters roam the West Ravkan countryside in search of Grisha witches to burn at the stake.

King Nikolai Lantsov is working tirelessly to earn the favor of his people while insisting he doesn’t need a wife, and somewhere along the dusty remains of what was once the Shadow Fold, the earth rumbles with a whisper—the Starless Saint returns.