Leigh Bardugo's Blog, page 155
December 6, 2016
aclcermans:
MOODBOARD | the darkling / aleksander morozova
you...
MOODBOARD | the darkling / aleksander morozova
you live in a single moment. i live in a thousand.
escape14worlds:
Okay so I got the Crooked Kingdom today and apparently I got one of the copies that...
Okay so I got the Crooked Kingdom today and apparently I got one of the copies that were printed upside down and I feel like the chosen one of this book series and that it just adds to the con/heist feel of the books and I just !!!!!
I’m so excited, I loved the first one, I can’t wait to read it!!!!!
We call these the Stranger Things Edition because… the Upside Down
shirewalker:
“I love it when you quote me” ...
“I love it when you quote me”
- Nikolai Lantsov, The Grisha Trilogy ( @lbardugo )
there’s a blasphemous lack of Nikolina fanart, so I did this :3 it’s probably my fave most romantic moment in the whole trilogy okay? *w* (s6|RB)
Merry Christmas, @shirewalker. This is lovely. Also, I think building that mountain fortress and discovering its details was one of my favorite things.
lbardugo:
Hey all,
I’ve often called Inej the heart of the Six...
Hey all,
I’ve often called Inej the heart of the Six of Crows duology and those of you who have read the first book will be familiar with her backstory. But when we write about issues like abuse and forced prostitution, I think we need to acknowledge that these problems aren’t confined to fiction.
This fall, I’ll be touring to promote Crooked Kingdom, the sequel to Six of Crows, and I’ll be donating 10% of my book sales at every stop to GEMS:
Girls Educational and Mentoring Services’ (GEMS) mission is to empower girls and young women, ages 12–24, who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking to exit the commercial sex industry and develop to their full potential. GEMS is committed to ending commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking of girls and young women by changing individual lives, transforming public perception, and revolutionizing the systems and policies that impact sexually exploited youth.
I can’t stress enough the importance of the work this organization is doing for girls who many traditional social service agencies have chosen to ignore. For your purchase to count toward GEMS sales, just order through one of the stops on my tour. Macmillan Publishing has agreed to match my contribution up to $3,000, and I’m hoping we can make it there and beyond.
And even if you have zero interest in any of my books, please consider donating to GEMS right here.
Hey all,
Just wanted to update this and let you know we raised a total of $6811.29 for the incredible people at GEMS. Thank you to everyone who bought a book (or two) and helped make this happen.
Love you, murder nerds.
korolreznya:
I remade the first post
The Grishaverse:...
I remade the first post
The Grishaverse: Countries
Ravka: Home of the Second Army, a military force of Grisha soldiers sworn to protect Ravka. Exhausted by centuries of war with Fjerda to the north, and the Shu Han to the south, Ravka is itself divided by the Unsea (or the Shadow Fold) which has left much of the country vulnerable and without access to its port cities.
Shu Han: Sharing its northern border with Ravka, the two countries have been at war for centuries. Shu Han mercenaries often travel into Ravka to capture and perform experiments on Grisha, seeking the source of Grisha power.
Novyi Zem: A relatively young country comprised mostly of farmland, an expanding frontier, and bustling coastal cities. Largely separated from global conflict by the expanse of the True Sea, Novyi Zem has prospered and is popular among those seeking opportunity and anonymity—including Grisha. Also, the orange flowers (alemanth or waysu) are used in the manufacture of the stimulant jurda, and it’s one of Novyi Zem’s chief exports.
Wandering Isle:A lush, green country where Grisha blood is prized as a medical cure-all. - for impotence, wasting plague you name it.
Kerch: A small island nation with tremendous economic power. The hub of all international trade and a country rich in art and culture, but also home to a teeming criminal underworld centred in the capital city of Ketterdam. Despite slavery being illegal in Kerch, Grisha and others are often bound to wealthy merchants as indentured servants under terms that amount to slavery.
Fjerda: An icy northern country separated from Ravka by thick permafrost. Fjerdan witch hunters called drüskelle capture and burn Grisha as witches.
