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The illustrations from the Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom Owlcrate special editions.

A convict with a thirst for revenge. A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager. A runaway with a privileged past. A spy known as the Wraith. A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums. A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes.

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Face your demons... or feed them. The dashing young king, Nikolai Lantsov, has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country's bloody civil war--and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, Nikolai must find a way to refill Ravka's coffers, forge new alliances, and stop a rising threat to the once-great Grisha Army. Yet with every day a dark magic within him grows stronger, threatening to destroy all he has built. With the help of a young monk and a legendary Grisha general, Nikolai will journey to the places in Ravka where the deepest magic survives to vanquish the terrible legacy inside him. He will risk everything to save his country and himself. But some secrets aren't meant to stay buried--and some wounds aren't meant to heal. ʀᴀᴠᴋᴀ'ꜱ ᴋɪɴɢ. ʀᴀᴠᴋᴀ'ꜱ ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀʟ. ʀᴀᴠᴋᴀ'ꜱ ꜱᴘʏ. .•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•☽•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.• 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟....𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐤𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐢 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐣𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐣𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲. 𝐖𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. .•.•.•.• 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝: - 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐚𝐡 - 𝐢 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐅𝐣𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚/𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐤𝐚 - 𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞 😏 - 𝐙𝐨𝐲𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 - 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐢 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 (𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧) 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐛𝐡: - 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝟓 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 - 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐢 - 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐅 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍

“The problem with wanting," he whispered, his mouth trailing along my jaw until it hovered over my lips, "is that it makes us weak...”