Shadow and Bone
Chapters - Leigh Bardugo
Chapter 1
Alina works as a mapmaker's assistant in the First Army, quietly watching Mal from a distance while concealing a secret she barely understands herself.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: The Darkling, Mal Oretsev
Source: Fandom
Chapter 7
The regiment attempts to cross the Fold. When the volcra attack, something inside Alina tears open and nothing will ever be the same.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: The Darkling, Mal Oretsev, Genya Safin
Source: Fandom
Chapter 8
Alina wakes in the care of the Grisha and is brought before the Darkling for the first time. His interest in her power is immediate and unsettling.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: The Darkling, Mal Oretsev, Genya Safin, Zoya Nazyalensky
Source: Fandom
Chapter 9
Alina arrives at the Little Palace in Os Alta and begins to navigate the rigid hierarchy of Grisha society, feeling profoundly out of place among the Second Army.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: The Darkling, Mal Oretsev, Genya Safin, Zoya Nazyalensky
Source: Fandom
Chapter 10
Training under Baghra proves brutal and humiliating. Alina cannot summon her power on demand, and her failure draws contempt from the other Grisha.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: The Darkling, Genya Safin, Zoya Nazyalensky
Source: Fandom
Chapter 11
Alina begins to find her footing at the Little Palace, forming cautious alliances and learning more about the legend of the stag whose antlers form the Darkling's collar.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: The Darkling, Genya Safin, Zoya Nazyalensky
Source: Fandom
Chapter 12
The Darkling takes a personal interest in Alina's training. His attention is intoxicating and deeply political in equal measure.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: The Darkling, Genya Safin, Zoya Nazyalensky
Source: Fandom
Chapter 13
A royal winter fete at the Grand Palace brings Alina into the orbit of Ravkan high society and forces her to perform her power before an audience that sees her as a symbol rather than a person.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: The Darkling, Genya Safin, Zoya Nazyalensky
Source: Fandom
Chapter 14
Baghra reveals a truth about the Darkling's intentions that reframes everything Alina thought she understood about her place in Ravka's future.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: The Darkling, Genya Safin, Zoya Nazyalensky
Source: Fandom
Chapter 15
Alina flees the Little Palace with only Baghra's warning to guide her, beginning a desperate journey through a country she has spent her life mapping but never truly known.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: The Darkling, Genya Safin, Zoya Nazyalensky
Source: Fandom
Chapter 16
Alina and Mal are reunited at last, but the circumstances leave little room for relief. They must move quickly before the Darkling's reach finds them.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: The Darkling, Mal Oretsev, Genya Safin, Zoya Nazyalensky
Source: Fandom
Chapter 17
The hunt for the stag takes Alina and Mal deep into the Tula Valley. Tracking the mythic creature tests every skill Mal has and forces both of them to confront what they mean to each other.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: The Darkling, Mal Oretsev, Genya Safin, Zoya Nazyalensky
Source: Fandom
Chapter 18
The confrontation over the stag arrives sooner than expected. The choice made here will bind Alina to the Darkling in ways she did not foresee.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: The Darkling, Mal Oretsev, Genya Safin, Zoya Nazyalensky
Source: Fandom
Chapter 19
Alina is returned to the Darkling's side, now amplified and bound. The crossing of the Fold becomes a demonstration of terrifying new power.
POV: Alina Starkov·On page: The Darkling, Mal Oretsev, Genya Safin, Zoya Nazyalensky
Source: Fandom