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Shadow and Bone · Book 3

Ruin and Rising

by Leigh Bardugo
Published
17 June 2014
Pages
427
ISBN-13
9781780621166
Type
novel
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About this book

Ruin and Rising closes Leigh Bardugo's Shadow and Bone trilogy in June 2014 at 427 pages, published a year after Siege and Storm to complete Sun Summoner Alina Starkov's single continuous story. It resolves the war against the Shadow Fold and the love triangle between safety (Mal) and power (the Darkling) that launched the entire Grishaverse, the trilogy Six of Crows and beyond build outward from.

Key facts about Ruin and Rising

Ruin and Rising is a novel by Leigh Bardugo. Readers have had it since 17 June 2014. It runs to 427 pages.

Our list holds 2 editions of Ruin and Rising. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781780621166 to find the main one.

Ruin and Rising is book 3 of 3 in the Shadow and Bone series. The series has 3 published books. However, the series starts with Shadow and Bone (2012). It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date.

Additionally, Leigh Bardugo writes Six of Crows, Alex Stern and King of Scars as separate series. Those series sit on our romantic fantasy and fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Six of Crows: A Darker Shore, Letters from Ketterdam is the latest published Leigh Bardugo book on file, from 3 November 2026.

About Leigh Bardugo

Leigh Bardugo was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Southern California, and worked in copywriting, journalism, and even on-set makeup and special effects before her Yale English degree led anywhere near a fantasy career. See every Leigh Bardugo book in order.

Its place in Shadow and Bone

Ruin and Rising is book 3 in the Shadow and Bone series. It follows Siege and Storm. See the full Shadow and Bone reading order.

Alina Starkov is an orphan mapmaker in the war-torn, Tsarist-Russia-inspired kingdom of Ravka when she discovers she's a Sun Summoner -- the one Grisha power rare and strong enough to destroy the Shadow Fold, the swath of magical darkness swallowing her country. Pulled from the army into the opulent, dangerous world of the Grisha, she's trained by the Darkling, the most powerful (and most magnetic) Grisha alive, while her childhood friend Mal searches for her from the other side of the war. This is the trilogy…

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