This wonderfully drawn prologue to Shadow and Bone, the popular Netflix original series, brings the history of The Darkling to life. He was merely a lonely youngster with an astonishing power before he was the leader of Ravka's Second Army, before he founded the Fold, and long before he was known as the Darkling. Lena, Eryk's mother, and they have lived their entire lives on the run. But they will never locate a refuge of safety. They are the deadliest and rarest of their type, and they are not only Grisha. They must conceal their true powers wherever they go because those who want to destroy them and others who want to take use of their gifts fear them. However, dangerous secrets occasionally find a way to surface.