Bardugo, L. (2015). Six of crows. New York: Henry
Holt and Company.
Kaz is a thief known as Dirtyhands and is offered a large
amount of money to kidnap a scientist named Bo Yul-Bayur from a highly
protected place in Fierda, the Ice Court. The scientist has developed a highly
addictive drug that enhances the Grisha peoples paranormal abilities. Kaz
is hired by Jan Van Eck to kidnap the scientist but this is an almost
impossible task in which Kaz cannot do himself. Therefore he recruits the
following team of criminals, Inei Ghafa an acrobat who has talent for sneaking
around, Wylan van Eck good with some talent for demolition and bombs, Nina
Zenik, and Jesper Fahey, a sharpshooter with a gambling proble. But his group
is not yet complete. They need one more person Matthias Helvar, a former
soldier who has knowledge of inside the Ice Court and who is in Hellgate
prison. Nina had turned him in with a lie of him being a slave trader. But she
did it to save him. They both had a trust for each other until he is jailed and
while he hates her for her betrayal he still loves her. Kaz and his current
group break Mathias out of the prison. As they continue their journey to the
Ice Court they are ambushed and Inei is stabbed. Nina uses her magic to help
Inea's stab wound. They capture the stabber and discover that someone else is
trying to rescue the scientist. The group continues to the Ice Court but
along the way Nina and Matthias make a deal. Neither of them want the scientist
to live. Every person has secrets that start unfolding.
Thrilling and filled with wild imagination this story is sure
to leave an impression especially after an unresolved ending. Recommended for
young adult readers who enjoy fantasy. This is a book for grades seven and up.
Other books written by this author include, Crooked Kingdom, Run and Rising,
and Shadow and Bone. Products related to this item include First Year (The
Black Mage Book 1) by Rachel E. Carter, The Last of the Firedrakes (The
Avalonia Chronicles Book 1) by Farah Oomerbhoy, Heir of Illaria: Book One of
the Illarria Series by Dyan Chick, and A Bond of Venom and Magic (The Goddess
and Guardians Book 1) by Karen Tomlinson.
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