It is very much a garrison state so there's a tremendous desire to survive, but there's also a kind of soul-deep shrug that goes along with Ravkans knowing the odds. It has spent hundreds of years in near isolation because of the Shadow Fold.
Ravka has a very particular identity among the countries of the Grishaverse. I guess I want to challenge my readers too.īook Reviews 'Six Of Crows' Is A Well-Turned Heist Tale And for Nina, that means letting go of the grief and hate she's been carrying for so long. For Zoya that means learning to distinguish between fear and vulnerability. For Nikolai that means understanding what he really wants for himself and Ravka. I want to challenge them, force them to push past who they thought they were to who they really are. "Upset" is an interesting word because I've known since the start where these characters are headed. You upset expectations for several main characters - not to be too spoilery or anything, but tell me a little bit about what's going on with our heroes here.
But I guess I discovered, right alongside Nikolai, that sometimes the fire cannot be contained. In some ways, this is a book about trying to avoid war and its costs. Luckily I have friends who work in defense and who love nothing more than to take apart historic battles. I don't like writing grand battles and I find it tiresome to research weapons development and military strategy.
I really didn't want to write a war book. I think I'm always interested in the people who aren't generals or master spies or royalty. It also gave me a chance to touch on characters and story elements that had only existed as antagonists in previous Grishaverse books. "There was just too much at stake for the other characters and nations in this book.
"When I was outlining the novel, I considered just focusing on events within Ravka, but it really didn't feel right," Bardugo tells me in an email interview. Beloved Grishaverse characters like General Zoya and Nina the magic user-turned-spy return with extensive POV chapters of their own, and there are even some surprising new perspectives. And on top of all that, he has to deal with the everyday struggles of ruling: Keeping the people on his side, the restive nobles happy, the treasury full and Ravka's vulturous neighbors from invading. In the previous book, King of Scars, Nikolai helped defeat a terrible darkness threatening Ravka, but he hasn't escaped unscathed a little piece of that darkness now lives inside him, a demonic presence he can't really control. But readers of her Grishaverse books will know this isn't just any monster - it's the king himself, Nikolai of Ravka. Leigh Bardugo's new Rule of Wolves opens with a little vignette of terror: A winged monster attacking a rural farm.
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