@@ -11216,400 +11061,3 @@ Do you like life, Rollins?
Yes, he did, very much indeed, and he intended to go on living for a good long time.
Pekka would count his money. He would raise his son. He’d find himself a good woman or two or ten. And maybe, in the quiet hours, he’d raise a glass to the men like him, to his fellow architects of misfortune who had helped raise Brekker and his crew. He’d drink to the whole sorry lot of them, but mostly to the poor fools who didn’t know what trouble was coming.
A mercenary; also known as the White Blade of Ahmrat Jen
Eamon [ay -muhn]
Dime Lions lieutenant
Elzinger [el -zing-ur]
Member of the Black Tips
Emil Retvenko [eh-meel red-veng -koh]
Grisha Squaller indentured to Councilman Hoede’s estate
Eroll Aerts [air -uhl airts]
Member of the Dime Lions
Filip [fil -uhp] (deceased)
Member of the Dime Lions
Geels [geelz]
Black Tips lieutenant
Genya Safin [jen -yuh saf -in]
Grisha Tailor; member of the Ravkan Triumvirate
Gerrigan [gair -uh-ghin ]
Member of the Dime Lions
Gorka [gor -kuh]
Member of the Dregs
Hanna Smeet [ha -nuh smeet]
Daughter of Cornelis Smeet
Heleen Van Houden [huh-leen van hou -tuhn]
Owner and chief procurer of the Menagerie (the House of Exotics); also known as the Peacock
Hoede [hohd] (deceased)
Member of the Kerch Merchant Council
Inej Ghafa [in-ezh guh-fah ]
Member of the Dregs; spider and secret-gatherer; also known as the Wraith
Jan Van Eck [yahn van ek]
Shipping magnate and prominent merchant; member of the Kerch Merchant Council; Wylan Van Eck’s father
Jarl Brum [yarl broom]
Commander of the Fjerdan drüskelle
Jellen Radmakker [yel -uhn rahd -mah-kur]
Prominent merchant
Jesper Fahey [jes -pur fay -hee]
Member of the Dregs; sharpshooter
Jordan Rietveld [jor -duhn reet -veld] (deceased)
Kaz Brekker’s older brother
Karl Dryden [karl drye -duhn]
Most junior member of the Kerch Merchant Council
Kaz Brekker [kaz brek -ur]
Dregs lieutenant; also known as Dirtyhands
Keeg [keeg]
Member of the Dregs
Kuwei Yul-Bo [koo-way yool -boh ]
Grisha Inferni and Shu defector; son of Bo Yul-Bayur
Marya Hendriks [mahr -ee-yuh hen -driks] (deceased)
Jan Van Eck’s first wife; Wylan Van Eck’s mother
Matthias Helvar [muh-tye -uhs hel -vahr]
Disgraced Fjerdan drüskelle
Miggson [mig -suhn]
An employee of Jan Van Eck
Milo [mye -loh]
Member of the Dregs
Muzzen [muh -zuhn]
Member of the Dregs
Naten Boreg [nay -tuhn bor -eg]
Member of the Kerch Merchant Council
Nikolai Lantsov [ni -koh-lye lan -tsovf]
King of Ravka
Nina Zenik [nee -nuh zen -uhk]
Member of the Dregs; Grisha Heartrender
Onkle Felix [uhng -kuhl fee -liks]
Chief procurer of the House of the White Rose
Oomen [oo -muhn] (deceased)
Member of the Black Tips
Pekka Rollins [pek -uh rah -luhnz]
Dime Lions general
Per Haskell [pair has -kuhl]
Dregs general
Pim [pim]
Member of the Dregs
Prior [prye -ur]
An employee of Jan Van Eck
Raske [rask]
Freelance demolitions expert
Red Felix [red fee -liks]
Member of the Dregs
Roeder [roh -dur]
Member of the Dregs
Rotty [rah -tee]
Member of the Dregs
Seeger [see -gur]
Member of the Dregs
Shay [shay]
Member of the Dime Lions
Specht [spekt]
Member of the Dregs; forger and former naval officer
Sturmhond [sturm -hahnd ]
Privateer and emissary of the Ravkan government
Swann [swahn]
Member of the Dregs
Tamar Kir-Bataar [tay -mahr keer -buh-tahr ]
Grisha Heartrender; captain of King Nikolai’s personal guard
Varian [vair -ee-yuhn]
Member of the Dregs
Wylan Van Eck [wye -luhn van ek]
Son of Jan Van Eck
Zoya Nazyalensky [zoi -yuh nahz -yuh-len -skee]
Grisha Squaller; member of the Ravkan Triumvirate
Acknowledgments
Joanna Volpe a.k.a. the Wolf a.k.a. the funniest, toughest, smartest, most patient agent around—thank you for being my dear friend and ferocious advocate. And to everyone at Team New Leaf—especially Jackie, Jaida, Mike, Kathleen, Mia, Chris, Hilary, Danielle, and Pouya “All Star” Shahbazian—thank you for being an agency, a family, and an army. I love you guys.
Holly Black and Sarah Rees Brennan helped me find the heart of this story when all I could see were its bones. Robin Wasserman, Sarah Mesle, Daniel José Older, and the brilliant Morgan Fahey provided invaluable editorial feedback. Rachael, Robyn, and Flash spent many hours in my living room and garden keeping me company. Amie Kaufman and Marie Lu are hilarious, beautiful warrior angels who put up with a lot of ridiculous e-mails from me. Rainbow Rowell is a Gryffindor, but I guess we’re cool. Anne Grasser managed my schedule and my kooky requests with ease and patience. Nina Douglas championed my books in the UK and kept me laughing on the road. Noa Wheeler, thank you for staying in Ketterdam a little while longer and seeing me (and our misfit crew) through this adventure.
As always, I owe a blood debt to Kayte Ghaffar, my right-hand man, my genius on call, who has lent so much time and creativity to me and these books.
Many thanks to my Macmillan family: Jon, Laura, Jean, Lauren, Angus, Liz, Holly, Caitlin, Kallam, Kathryn, Lucy, Katie, April, Mariel, KB, Eileen, Tom, Melinda, Rich (who somehow managed to outdo himself on this cover), every single person in sales who got this book onto shelves, every single person in marketing who got people to pick it up. And a very special thank-you to the incredible team of publicists who have toured with me and taken care of me and listened to me blather in airports—Morgan, Brittany, Mary, Allison, and especially the Marvelous Molly Brouillette, who worked such magic with this series.
Thank you to Steven Klein for his help in thinking about sleight of hand and grand illusions; Angela DePace for helping me finesse the chemical weevil and auric acid; and Josh Minuto, who put the storm in brainstorm when it was time to bring Kuwei back from the dead.
Lulu, thank you for putting off holidays, suffering my moods, and keeping me in peonies. Christine, Sam, Emily, and Ryan, I am so glad we’re family. Corn pie for all!
To all of the readers, librarians, bloggers, BookTubers, Instagrammers, booklr denizens, fic writers, artists, and makers of edits and playlists: Thank you for bringing the Grisha world to life beyond the pages of these books. I am truly grateful.
And finally, if you’d like to help stop human trafficking and forced labor in our world, you don’t need a schooner and heavy cannon. GAATW.org offers online resources and information on reputable organizations that would welcome your support.
To Holly and Sarah, who helped me build;
Noa, who made sure the walls stayed standing;
Jo, who kept me standing too.
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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, the young king 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 Squaller, 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.
Leigh Bardugo
King of Scars
King of Scars 1
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Título original: King of Scars
Leigh Bardugo, 2019
Ilustraciones: Sveta Dorosheva
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For Morgan Fahey—
wartime general
peacetime consigliere
dearest friend
(mostly) benevolent queen
THE GRISHA
SOLDIERS OF THE SECOND ARMY
MASTERS OF THE SMALL SCIENCE
CORPORALKI
(THE ORDER OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD)
Heartrenders
Healers
ETHEREALKI
(THE ORDER OF SUMMONERS)
Squallers
Inferni
Tidemakers
MATERIALKI
(THE ORDER OF FABRIKATORS)
Durasts
Alkemi
THE DROWNING MAN
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We are the dragon and we will bide our time.
“So many of my old friends, gathered in one place,” said the Darkling from the mouth of a loyal, gullible boy, another fool who had loved him. “It’s good to be home.”
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First, to my readers, new and old, who have made it possible for me to continue this journey through the Grishaverse, thank you. I could not ask for better travel companions.
Many thanks to the magnificent crew at Imprint: my ingenious editor Erin Stein, who let me pitch her this book over lunch at San Diego Comic Con; design warlords Natalie C. Sousa and Ellen Duda; John Morgan; Nicole Otto; Raymond Ernesto Colón; Melinda Ackell; Dawn Ryan; Weslie Turner; and Jessica Chung. I would be lost without the MCPG genius strike force: Mariel Dawson, Morgan Dubin, Molly Ellis, Teresa Ferraiolo, Julia Gardiner, Kathryn Little, Katie Halata, Lucy Del Priore, Allison Verost, Melissa Zar, the Fierce Reads team, Jennifer Gonzalez and the sales team, Kristin Dulaney, and the ever intrepid Jon Yaged.
All the love and gratitude to my New Leaf Literary family: Pouya Shahbazian, Hilary Pecheone, Devin Ross, Joe Volpe, Kathleen Ortiz, Mia Roman, Veronica Grijalva, Abigail Donoghue, Kelsey Lewis, Cassandra Baim, and, of course, Joanna Volpe, who has held my hand and had my six at every turn. And a special thank-you to Melissa Rogal, slayer of giants.
I want to thank Holly Black and Sarah Rees Brennan, who provided invaluable feedback on the early drafts of this manuscript; Morgan Fahey, who helped me sort my saints and name my kings; Rachael Martin, who offered guidance and encouragement on the final draft; Robyn Bacon, who makes a killer potpie and a glorious Baked Alaska; Ziggy the Human Cannonball, who makes me laugh and laugh; and Erin Daffern, who keeps me moving even when I really, really want to stay still. Thanks also to Marie Lu, Rainbow Rowell, Robin Wasserman, Cassandra Clare, Sabaa Tahir, Robin LaFevers, Daniel José Older, Carrie Ryan, Christine Patrick, Gretchen McNeil, Julia Collard, Nadine Semerau, the Petty Patties (long may they reign), and to Eric for every aloha.
Thank you to Emily, Ryan, Christine, and Sam for all of the love and patience, and to my weird and wonderful mama, who weathers my storms.
LEIGH BARDUGO (Jerusalem, Israel, 1975). New York Times bestselling author of fantasy novels and the creator of the Grishaverse. With over one million copies sold, her Grishaverse spans the Shadow and Bone Trilogy, the Six of Crows Duology, and The Language of Thorns— with more to come. Her short stories can be found in multiple anthologies, including The Best of Tor.com and the Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy. Her other works include Wonder Woman: Warbringer, and the forthcoming Ninth House. Leigh was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Southern California, graduated from Yale University, and has worked in advertising, journalism, and even makeup and special effects. These days, she lives and writes in Los Angeles, where she can occasionally be heard singing with her band.
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For my father, Harve—
Sometimes our heroes don’t make it to the end.
BEFORE
THE MONSTER’S NAME was Izumrud, the great worm, and there were those who claimed he had made the tunnels that ran beneath Ravka. Sick with appetite, he ate up silt and gravel, burrowing deeper and deeper into the earth, searching for something to satisfy his hunger, until he’d gone too far and lost himself in the dark.
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“Nina,” he growled.
Then his hands closed over her throat.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Leigh Bardugo is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of fantasy novels and the creator of the Grishaverse. With over three million copies sold worldwide, her Grishaverse spans the Shadow and Bone Trilogy, the Six of Crows Duology, The Language of Thorns, and King of Scars—with more to come. Her short stories can be found in multiple anthologies, including The Best of Tor.com and the Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy. Her other works include Wonder Woman: Warbringer and the forthcoming Ninth House. Leigh was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Southern California, and graduated from Yale University. These days she lives and writes in Los Angeles. You can sign up for email updates here.
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Summary: “The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. Alina forges new alliances as she and Mal search for Morozova’s last amplifier. But as she begins to unravel the Darkling’s secrets, she reveals a past that alters her understanding of the bond they share and the power she wields.” —Provided by publisher
