The Lives of Saints, Leigh Bardugo
The Lives of Saints, Leigh Bardugo
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The Lives of Saints

Author: Leigh Bardugo

Narrator: Ben Barnes, Lauren Fortgang

Unabridged: 2 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/08/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with the Netflix series, Shadow and Bone -- Season 2 premiering March 16, 2023! As seen in the show, bring home a piece of the Grishaverse with this artifact from the world.

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.

As seen on screen in the Netflix series, this beautiful collection includes stunning full-color illustrations of each story.

Read all the books in the Grishaverse!

The Shadow and Bone Trilogy
(previously published as The Grisha Trilogy)
Shadow and Bone
Siege and Storm
Ruin and Rising

The Six of Crows Duology
Six of Crows
Crooked Kingdom

The King of Scars Duology
King of Scars
Rule of Wolves

The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
The Severed Moon: A Year-Long Journal of Magic
The Lives of Saints
Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel

Praise for the Grishaverse

“A master of fantasy.” —The Huffington Post
“Utterly, extremely bewitching.” —The Guardian
“This is what fantasy is for.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A world that feels real enough to have its own passport stamp.” —NPR
“The darker it gets for the good guys, the better.” —Entertainment Weekly
“Sultry, sweeping and picturesque. . . . Impossible to put down.” —USA Today
“There’s a level of emotional and historical sophistication within Bardugo’s original epic fantasy that sets it apart.” —Vanity Fair
“Unlike anything I’ve ever read.” —Veronica Roth, bestselling author of Divergent
“Bardugo crafts a first-rate adventure, a poignant romance, and an intriguing mystery!” —Rick Riordan, bestselling author of the Percy Jackson series

A Macmillan Audio production from Imprint

About Leigh Bardugo

Leigh Bardugo is the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Alex Stern series and the creator of the Grishaverse (now a Netflix series) which spans the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, the King of Scars duology—and much more. Her short fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies including The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. She lives in Los Angeles and is an associate fellow of Pauli Murray College at Yale University.


Reviews

Goodreads review by emma on January 20, 2022

A common belief held by many people, formerly myself included, is that when people are very beautiful they are often not that interesting. Because they are immediately somewhat interesting due to being fun to look at, they did not need to develop much beyond that. That is not how I feel about people,......more

Goodreads review by jessica on October 23, 2020

charming, magical, inspired, with just the right amount of darkness. this is a wonderful companion book to a brilliant world with phenomenal characters and captivating stories. i am such a believer. favourite stories - sankta vasilka, sankt valentin, sankt mattheus, and the starless saint (obviously......more

Goodreads review by ✨ Helena ✨ on January 20, 2021

I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO READ THISSSSSS!!! LOOK HOW BEAUTIFUL IT ISSSSSSS!!! <333 Leigh also said: "I’m a habitual doomsayer, so if ten years ago, you’d told me we were going to end up here, I never would have believed you. In fact I'd have shushed you because I'm not about tempting fate. But, as soon as......more

Goodreads review by Arini on January 06, 2021

buzzword: ✧ Ben Barnes ✧ this is like reading a collection of prophet stories in the Quran. its beautiful and magical and has a dark edge. some of the tales end in hope, others in tragedy. however, unlike the Bible, the Quran, or other holy books, this one is rather unmemorable imo. there are about 28......more

Goodreads review by Hamad on October 19, 2020

Actual Rating: 3.5 stars Let's just ignore the fact of how ugly the cover is and jump into the book itself. I should point out that I had been told that the blue part is like an external cover and is removed so the book is completely red and it is actually shown in the last short story in one of the......more


Quotes

“The journey to sainthood for these colorful characters ranges from unjustly tragic…to humorously improbable….with enchanting, full-color illustrations that evoke medieval books of hours”—Kirkus