Cruel Saints

A New York Times bestseller, "Cruel Saints" is the beginning of one of the most important new young adult fantasy sagas of the coming years.

When Nadya prays to the gods, they listen and let magic flow through her veins. For almost a century, the Kalyazi have been immersed in a bloody holy war against the Tranavian heretics, and their power is the only thing that rivals the enemy's blood magic. But when the army invades the monastery where she is hiding, Nadya is forced to flee the only home she has ever known, as it is reduced to rubble by the flames. Her obsession from now on will be revenge. In the first part of the Something Dark and Holy trilogy, Nadya must forge an unimaginable alliance with a royal and a strange young man with terrifying power. Her plan? To assassinate the king and stop the war.

A New York Times bestseller, "Cruel Saints" is the beginning of one of the most important new young adult fantasy sagas of the coming years.

When Nadya prays to the gods, they listen and let magic flow through her veins. For almost a century, the Kalyazi have been immersed in a bloody holy war against the Tranavian heretics, and their power is the only thing that rivals the enemy's blood magic. But when the army invades the monastery where she is hiding, Nadya is forced to flee the only home she has ever known, as it is reduced to rubble by the flames. Her obsession from now on will be revenge. In the first part of the Something Dark and Holy trilogy, Nadya must forge an unimaginable alliance with a royal and a strange young man with terrifying power. Her plan? To assassinate the king and stop the war.