"There is no end to our story."

Ruined, at the brink of death, defeated, abandoned but hope? It's the one thing they have. Hope, even though it might be as fickle as water, it will always finds a way to seep in.

In the tunnels below the world where chaos is embodied, Alina – Sankta Alina, The Sun Summoner – lives a fragile existence. With no power, freedom or space to breathe, life is bleak. The Apparat rules over her followers – the ones who believe that she is a saint.

Mal, the otkazat'sya, pushes himself, to try to give the only girl he has ever loved something she needs. I Become the Blade – his motto. The mythical firebird – his mission.

For The Darkling (Aleksander) everything he has ever worked for, over the centuries, is finally coming into play. The Sun Summoner, the Fold, the Nichevo'ya. It's happening. His goal? Power. Alina. Control. Darkness. Victory has never been so close.

In this absolutely STUNNING (I don't know what else to call it) conclusion to the New York Times Bestselling Trilogy, everything you know about this world and the things in it will change.

Love, loyalty, friendship, survival, power, victory, and freedom- everything is at stake. And one broken saint, a disgraced tracker, and a whole gang of misfits and a prince without a throne are all that stands between light and dark.

If you choose not to read this, you are missing out on one of the BEST series ever.

The ending was absolutely stunning, the finale heart-breaking, the story so realistic. I'm actually going to need time to process what I've just read – READ IT!

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