The capital has fallen. The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne. Now the nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army. Deep in an ancient network of tunnels and caverns, a weakened Alina must submit to the dubious protection of the Apparat and the zealots who worship her as a Saint. Yet her plans lie elsewhere, with the hunt for the elusive firebird and the hope that an outlaw prince still survives. Alina will have to forge new alliances and put aside old rivalries as she and Mal race to find the last of Morozova's amplifiers. But as she begins to unravel the Darkling's secrets, she reveals a past that will forever alter her understanding of the bond they share and the power she wields. The firebird is the one thing that stands between Ravka and destruction―and claiming it could cost Alina the very future she's fighting for.


王都已經淪陷，闇主在黑暗王座上痛至著拉夫卡。現在，國家的命運掌握在一位受傷的太陽召喚者、一個身負恥辱的追蹤手，及強極一時、如今卻分崩四散的超能者軍隊。虛弱的阿麗娜身在古老錯綜的密道洞深處，雖然受到可疑的大神官及狂熱追隨者的保護，但她必須找到行蹤成謎的火鳥和生死未明的流亡王子。阿麗娜必須放下舊恨，建立起新同盟，才能與瑪爾一起找到僅存的莫洛佐瓦加乘器。但她要揭開闇主秘密的同時，卻發現了一段過去，了解了自己與闇主的關係和自身的力量。火鳥是唯一能阻止拉夫卡滅亡的希望，但也能葬送阿麗娜苦苦追尋的未來。