The Shadow and Bone book series by Leigh Bardugo has gained massive popularity, even more so now that a Netflix series is coming based on her books. If you have ever wanted to take a deeper look at the saints from the Grishaverse, her latest book The Lives of Saints will give you that and more.
Dive into the epic world of international bestselling author Leigh Bardugo with this beautifully illustrated replica of The Lives of Saints, the Istorii Sankt’ya, featuring tales of saints drawn from the beloved novels and beyond. Out of the pages of the Shadow and Bone trilogy, from the hands of Alina Starkov to yours, the Istorii Sankt’ya is a magical keepsake from the Grishaverse.
These tales include miracles and martyrdoms from familiar saints like Sankta Lizabeta of the Roses and Sankt Ilya in Chains, to the strange and obscure stories of Sankta Ursula, Sankta Maradi, and the Starless Saint.
This beautiful collection includes stunning full-color illustrations of each story.
How awesome is this? We’re excited. We were even more excited find out that there is an audiobook coming, and it will be narrated by Ben Barnes. Why are we excited for this you might ask? Well, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that Ben Barnes is our General Kirigan AKA “The Darkling” in the Shadow and Bone Netflix series.
Ben will join Shadow and Bone audiobook narrator Lauren Fortgang in the narration of these stories and we’re looking forward to it. Ben has a lovely voice and we could listen to his accent all day. He’s narrated quite a few audiobooks, most recently, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Fun Fact: Ben played Dorian Gray in the film version which we wrote about in our most recent A-Z Movie Review.
As of right now we still don’t have a release date for the Shadow and Bone series on Netflix so this audiobook will have to tide us over until then.
Listen to an excerpt below that was shared by Ben Barnes on Twitter.
