Over two months have passed since Alina Starkov’s failed
attempt to stop the Darkling at Os Alta. She, Mal and some of their
friends/supporters have taken refuge in the cavernous White Cathedral with the
Apparat. Alina has yet to fully recover being kept underground. The Sun
Summoner cannot call forth even a tiny sunbeam. She uses trickery with the help
of two Inferni and a broken mirror to appease the followers of Sankta Alina
that the Appparat has gathered. With only two of the three amplifiers of
Morozova in her possession, the Apparat hasn’t lent his full support to Alina’s
quest to find the bones of the firebird. She is keeping the one clue from a
childhood memory under wraps because it is the only leverage she has against
the Apparat, who is determined to keep her under his thumb.
The Grisha are feared by the Sun followers but none more
than Genya, bearing the scars given her by the Darkling. Alina is monitored
everywhere she goes and hasn’t been allowed to speak to Mal since their
arrival. When Mal and the others execute a daring plan to escape the White
Cathedral, the Apparat places doubt in Alina’s head about who she can really
trust. Gaining the upper hand on the Apparat, Alina hopes that the Sun
followers stay safely hidden from the Darkling while she begins her search for
not only the firebird but Nikolai Lantsov.
Who can Alina trust? Will Mal and the others stick by her?
Can they locate Nikolai/Sturmhond? How can he help Alina? Does the firebird
exist or is it merely a legend? Are its bones the third of Morozova’s amplifiers
that Alina needs to defeat the Darkling? Who will Alina choose to spend the
rest of her life with? Can the Fold finally be vanquished? If she becomes queen
of Ravka, does she take the throne by herself or will she share it with
someone?
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