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Bardugo, Leigh

Rule of Wolves

608 pp. | Macmillan/Imprint | March, 2021 | Trade ISBN 978-1-250-14230-6 $22.99 | Library ISBN 978-1-4328-8637-0 $24.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-250-80966-7 $11.99
(2) YA In this second book in the King of Scars duology (King of Scars, rev. 7/19, part of Bardugo's sprawling Grishaverse), King Nikolai is fighting to brace his small Ravkan kingdom against impending invasion by the ­Fjerdans, a superstitious people who fear the Grisha for their magical powers and either execute or enslave them as dangerous automatons in their army. Meanwhile, Nikolai's spy and friend Nina is working undercover in the household of a powerful Fjerdan witchhunter--and falling in love with the ­witchhunter's daughter. Nikolai, with his seemingly unrequited feelings for his ­ultra-competent general Zoya, is a thoroughly likable protagonist, the more so when he engineers a climactic solution that will surprise and delight readers in its novelty and rightness. Plotting on a sweeping geo-magical-political canvas, Bardugo manages to hold each element's tension while constantly switching between story lines: new technology and old magic; tricksters, imposters, and ruses that pay off; romance; and desperate bids to save beloved family members--all of which keep the action moving and reader interest high.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2021

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