Siege and Storm
Chapters - Leigh Bardugo
Chapter 1
Sturmhond's true identity becomes impossible to conceal. The revelation shifts the political stakes of everything that follows.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: Mal Oretsev, The Darkling
Source: Fandom
Chapter 2
The hunt for the sea whip, the second amplifier, takes the crew into dangerous waters. The encounter costs more than expected and binds Alina to a new kind of power.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: Mal Oretsev, The Darkling
Source: Fandom
Chapter 3
Alina is installed at the Little Palace under very different circumstances than before. She now holds authority she is not sure she wants and faces enemies on every side.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: Mal Oretsev, The Darkling, Nikolai Lantsov, Zoya Nazyalensky
Source: Fandom
Chapter 4
Alina begins building her own power base within the Second Army, gathering Grisha loyal to her rather than to the memory of the Darkling. The politics are as treacherous as any battlefield.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: Mal Oretsev, Nikolai Lantsov, Zoya Nazyalensky
Source: Fandom
Chapter 5
The Darkling makes his presence felt even from captivity, and the cult forming around Alina's image begins to take on a life she cannot control.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: Mal Oretsev, Nikolai Lantsov, Zoya Nazyalensky, Genya Safin
Source: Fandom
Chapter 6
Nikolai courts Ravkan political allies while Alina grapples with the physical and psychological cost of wearing two amplifiers. The weight of power is becoming literal.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: Mal Oretsev, Nikolai Lantsov, Zoya Nazyalensky, Genya Safin
Source: Fandom
Chapter 7
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: Mal Oretsev, Nikolai Lantsov, Zoya Nazyalensky, Genya Safin
Source: Fandom
Chapter 8
The Darkling escapes, and the consequences are immediate and devastating. Alina's hard-won position at the Little Palace is thrown into chaos.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: Mal Oretsev, Nikolai Lantsov, Zoya Nazyalensky, Genya Safin
Source: Fandom
Chapter 9
Os Alta comes under attack. The siege forces Alina to use her power at a scale she has not attempted before, with consequences for her sense of self.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: Mal Oretsev, Nikolai Lantsov, Zoya Nazyalensky, Genya Safin
Source: Fandom
Chapter 10
In the aftermath of the attack, the political situation in Ravka is transformed. Alina faces choices about what kind of leader she intends to become.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: Mal Oretsev, The Darkling, Nikolai Lantsov, Zoya Nazyalensky, Genya Safin
Source: Fandom
Chapter 11
The question of the firebird, the third amplifier, surfaces. Alina begins to understand what completing the set would mean and whether it is something she should want.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: Mal Oretsev, The Darkling, Nikolai Lantsov, Zoya Nazyalensky, Genya Safin
Source: Fandom
Chapter 12
Mal's distance from Alina widens as her power and her public role grow. The gap between who she was and who she is becoming is no longer possible to ignore.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: Mal Oretsev, Nikolai Lantsov, Zoya Nazyalensky, Genya Safin
Source: Fandom
Chapter 13
A summit with Ravka's enemies offers a slim chance at peace. Alina attends as a symbol of Grisha power, acutely aware that she is also bait.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: Mal Oretsev, Nikolai Lantsov, Zoya Nazyalensky, Genya Safin
Source: Fandom
Chapter 14
The Darkling appears to Alina in a way that blurs the line between vision and reality. His influence over her is growing in ways that frighten her.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: Mal Oretsev, Nikolai Lantsov, Zoya Nazyalensky, Genya Safin
Source: Fandom
Chapter 15
A pivotal battle in which Alina's command is tested under fire and the cost of every choice she has made comes due at once.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: Mal Oretsev, Nikolai Lantsov, Zoya Nazyalensky, Genya Safin
Source: Fandom
Chapter 16
The battle's aftermath leaves Ravka in a precarious position. Alina confronts what the Darkling's continuing influence over her may ultimately cost.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: Mal Oretsev, Nikolai Lantsov, Zoya Nazyalensky, Genya Safin
Source: Fandom
Chapter 17
Nikolai proposes a political alliance that would give Alina legitimacy but demands something she is not sure she can give. She must choose what she values more.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: Mal Oretsev, Nikolai Lantsov, Zoya Nazyalensky, Genya Safin
Source: Fandom
Chapter 18
Alina makes a decision about the third amplifier that puts her on a collision course with everything the Apparat and the Darkling have planned for her.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: Mal Oretsev, The Darkling, Nikolai Lantsov, Zoya Nazyalensky, Genya Safin
Source: Fandom
Chapter 19
The Little Palace falls. In the chaos, Alina loses people she cannot afford to lose and is forced to flee the life she has spent the whole book trying to build.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: Mal Oretsev, The Darkling, Nikolai Lantsov, Zoya Nazyalensky, Genya Safin
Source: Fandom