Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land, all while keeping her identity as the Sun Summoner a secret. But she can't outrun her past or her destiny for long. The Darkling has emerged from the Shadow Fold with a terrifying new power and a dangerous plan that will test the very boundaries of the natural world. With the help of a notorious privateer, Alina returns to the country she abandoned, determined to fight the forces gathering against Ravka. But as her power grows, Alina slips deeper into the Darkling's game of forbidden magic, and farther away from Mal. Somehow, she will have to choose between her country, her power, and the love she always thought would guide her--or risk losing everything to the oncoming storm.


阿麗娜在真海上到處遭到追殺，也擺脫不了她在黑幕所殺之人的陰影，只能與瑪爾設法在異地活下去，同時隱藏自己太陽召喚者的身分。但她無法永遠逃避過去和命運，因為黯主已從黑幕中現形，不僅掌握了駭人的新力量，更心懷陰險大計，即將讓自然世界每一個角落陷入考驗。借助惡名昭彰的武裝民船船長的幫忙，阿麗娜重返她一度被棄的國家，決心對抗威脅拉夫卡的勢力。但隨著阿麗娜的力量與日俱增，就更深陷闇主的禁忌魔法遊戲中，離瑪爾也越遠。阿麗娜只能在國家、力量和她一度以為能指引她的愛情當中擇一，否則大敵當前，她可能會失去一切。