Skip to content

The Tailor

The Tailor

FantasyHigh Fantasy
Pages
18
Published
2013
Language
English

Synopsis

Genya Safin is a Grisha with the unique ability to manipulate physical appearances, serving the Queen while navigating the dangerous politics of the Little Palace. This short story offers a look at the events of Shadow and Bone through her eyes, revealing the personal costs of her loyalty to the Darkling. It provides a deeper perspective on her complex friendship with Alina Starkov and the secrets hidden behind the palace walls.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

DarkEmotionalMelancholic

Genres

Fantasy High Fantasy Romance YA Fantasy Young Adult Short Stories Paranormal

About the author

L
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

Genya SafinProtagonist

A Tailor Grisha given to the Queen, enduring abuse at court while weighing an offer from the Darkling.

Alina StarkovSupporting
The DarklingSupporting

Offers Genya a choice between safety and becoming his instrument.

All characters in The Tailor