The anticipated adaptation of the Grishaverse novels with Shadow and Bone almost arrived on Netflix.

The highly anticipated streaming series set for release on April 23 with a cool magical effects trailer.

The eight-episode series follows a young girl who has special magical powers to combat the shadows and possibly save the world.

The cast includes Jessie Mei Li (Alina Starkov), Archie Renaux (Malyen Oretsev), Freddy Carter (Kaz Brekker), Amita Suman (Inej), Kit Young (Jesper Fahey), Ben Barnes (General Kirigan), Sujaya Dasgupta (Zoya Nazyalensky), Danielle Galligan (Nina Zenik), Daisy Head (Genya Safin), Simon Sears (Ivan), Calahan Skogman (Matthias Helvar), Zoe Wanamaker (Baghra), Kevin Eldon (The Apparat), Julian Kostov (Fedyor), Luke Pasqualino (David), Jasmine Blackborow (Marie), and Gabrielle Brooks (Nadia).

Eric Heisserer serves as the showrunner and writer for the series.

Here’s the official synopsis:

Based on Leigh Bardugo’s worldwide bestselling Grishaverse novels, Shadow and Bone finds us in a war-torn world where the lowly soldier and orphan Alina Starkov has just unleashed an extraordinary power that could be the key to setting her country free. With the monstrous threat of the Shadow Fold looming, Alina is torn from everything she knows to train as part of an elite army of magical soldiers known as Grisha. But as she struggles to hone her power, she finds that allies and enemies can be one and the same and that nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. There are dangerous forces at play, including a crew of charismatic criminals, and it will take more than magic to survive.

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For fantasy enthusiasts, Shadow and Bone is a great magical series that pits the good versus the evil. Do definitely bookmark this on Netflix to watch in your queue when it arrives.

Check out the trailer below. Let us know what you think.

Source: Netflix