An older favourite, now a Netflix series. This is the first book of the GrishaVerse. Alina is an orphan of the wars, a nobody, now a soldier and cartographer in the King’s Army. Dividing her country from the coastline is the Shadow Fold, on maps shown as a black slash, magically formed and home to dangerous flying creatures called volcra. Any journey through the Fold was dangerous, approached with caution, and usually resulted in many casualties. On Alina’s first journey through the fold, although Grisha (those with magic) accompany the non-magical army members to help protect them, the convoy is attacked. When Alina’s best friend is targeted by a volcra, Alina unleashes dormant magic that not even she knows she possessed. And that’s just the beginning…
Genre: Fantasy
Published: 2012