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Rule of Wolves

Rule of Wolves

Dark FantasyFantasy
Pages
592
Published
2021
Language
English

Synopsis

As Fjerda's army marches, Nikolai Lantsov must use all his cunning and the darkness within him to defend his kingdom. Meanwhile, Zoya Nazyalensky grapples with loss and must embrace her powers to become the weapon her country needs. Deep undercover, Nina Zenik wages a dangerous war within the enemy's capital. These three must unite to forge a future, or watch their nation fall.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

TenseDarkEmotionalAdventurous
Chosen OneMultiple POVsSacrifice

Genres

Dark Fantasy Fantasy High Fantasy Young Adult Romantasy YA Fantasy Adventure Paranormal Romance

About the author

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Leigh Bardugo

Leigh Bardugo is an American fantasy author, born in Jerusalem on 6 April 1975 and raised in Southern California. She graduated from Yale University with a degree in English in 1997, and worked in journalism, copywriting, and make-up and special effects before publishing her first novel. Her debut, Shadow and Bone (2012), opened the Grishaverse, which now spans the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, the King of Scars duology, and companion volumes including The Language of Thorn...

Characters

Nikolai LantsovProtagonist
Zoya NazyalenskyProtagonist
Nina ZenikProtagonist
Hanne BrumSupporting

Daughter of a Grisha hunter, secretly a Grisha healer herself; her POV storyline with Nina drives one of the novel's central threads.

Mayu Kir-KaatSupporting

A Shu Han soldier sent to assassinate Nikolai who instead becomes his ally over the course of the book.

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