Korol shramiv - Leigh Bardugo

Ravka opovyta nehodoyu i nestabilnistyu. A molodyy korol Nikolayi Lantsov dedali chastishe nochamy obertayetsya na nebezpechnu pochvaru. Heneral Zoya Nazyalenski stala svidkom smerti svoho nastavnyka y voskresinnya zapekloho voroha. Teper use, chym vona zhyve, — zakhyst hryshnykiv u vsomu sviti, ubezpechennya tronu Ravky y poryatunok Nikolayi. Ta poky Zoya vidchaydushno shukaye liky vid zahadkovoyi khvoroby svoho korolya, hryshnyky opynyayutsya pid zahrozoyu: yikhni nadmozhlyvosti namahayutsya obernuty na shchos nebezpechne, pidkoryvshy volyu potuzhnym syntetychnym narkotykom. Tym chasom temna mahiya vseredyni Nikolayi vidchutno mitsnishaye. Yedynyy shans na spasinnya dlya noho — ryzyknuty vsim zarady poryatunku Ravky y sebe samoho. Vnutrishniy demon Nikolayi zahrozlyvyy i mohutniy, poshramovanyy stolittyamy peremoh. Ale ye shramy, yaki ne zahoyity, bo vony prykhovuyut tayemni rany mynuloho i sekrety tsilykh svitiv…