Ravka is a nation defined by its division. At its heart lies the Shadow Fold, a corridor of absolute darkness teeming with the Volcra—monstrous, winged creatures that feast on human flesh. For centuries, this "Unsea" has isolated the country from the coast, crippling its economy and forcing its people into a state of perpetual war. Alina Starkov, a seemingly unremarkable orphan and junior cartographer in the First Army, expects nothing more from life than the safety of the shadows and the proximity of her childhood friend, Malyen Oretsev.

Everything changes during a desperate military crossing of the Fold. When their sandskiff is attacked and Mal is nearly lost to the monsters, a power dormant within Alina erupts in a burst of blinding sunlight. This revelation—that she is a Sun Summoner,...

Ravka is a nation defined by its division. At its heart lies the Shadow Fold, a corridor of absolute darkness teeming with the Volcra—monstrous, winged creatures that feast on human flesh. For centuries, this "Unsea" has isolated the country from the coast, crippling its economy and forcing its people into a state of perpetual war. Alina Starkov, a seemingly unremarkable orphan and junior cartographer in the First Army, expects nothing more from life than the safety of the shadows and the proximity of her childhood friend, Malyen Oretsev.

Everything changes during a desperate military crossing of the Fold. When their sandskiff is attacked and Mal is nearly lost to the monsters, a power dormant within Alina erupts in a burst of blinding sunlight. This revelation—that she is a Sun Summoner,...