The Sun Summoner’s attempt at destroying the Shadow Fold failed. Weakened from exerting too much of her power, she, along with Mal Oretsev, Zoya Nazyalensky, and the Crows fled the fold and left the Darkling behind to the mercy of the volcra. Presumed dead, the Darkling managed to pull himself free from the fold with a new scar and a burning darkness in his heart. While Alina and Mal flee to Novyi Zem, the Darkling has begun to amass an army of his own known as the Oprichniki, composed of fellow Grisha loyal to him. He has set his sights on the Grand Palace, on the throne, on taking Ravka and staking the claim on what should have rightfully been his.

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.

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the sun summoner is missing after a failed attempt at destroying the shadow fold that was interrupted by the darkling and his followers. ravka is ever full of unrest as they adjust to their new king, nikolai lantsov, but there is talk of war swiftly approaching from the fjerdans. the darkling has expanded the fold and it is spreading swiftly across kerch each day, threatening to unravel trade and the global economy, while the greedy barrel bosses of ketterdam are poised and ready to an all out barrel war.

Tired of the ways Grisha are treated, and looking to weaponize the fold and take Ravka for his own, The Darkling has been slowly amassing an army of Grisha—and no one has been any the wiser, because who would question the General of the Second Army? Using his position of power, the Darkling is looking to use the fold, as well as a collective of Grisha power, to take over Ravka. Threatening to plunge the war-torn country into a new age of darkness, all the while using the power of Alina Starkov for his own gain, the Darkling is unstoppable in his quest for power. Meanwhile, there are whispers of a rebellion growing against the royal Lantsov family, a secret group known as the Doves, that wants to destabilize the Ravkan government and use the ensuing chaos to enact some much-needed change, all in the name of a better Ravka.

Tired of the ways Grisha are treated, and looking to weaponize the fold and take Ravka for his own, The Darkling has been slowly amassing an army of Grisha—and no one has been any the wiser, because who would question the General of the Second Army? Using his position of power, the Darkling is looking to use the fold, as well as a collective of Grisha power, to take over Ravka for himself, starting by overthrowing the Lantsov family.

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The death of Sankta Alina and the failed attempt at taking down the Fold have left Ravka in turmoil. Vasily Lantsov has assumed the role of King and the Grisha are left without their protector. But rumors of new Sun Summoners emerge, and Vasily sees them as the key to true power. However, the rise of the Sun Summoners also awakens the Darkling, who has been biding his time in secret...

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