Dawnthief: Chronicles of the Raven 1 (The Chronicles of the Raven, 1) - Softcover

Barclay, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0575082755 ISBN 13: 9780575082755

Publisher: Gollancz, 2019

Synopsis

Chronicles of the Raven: One.

ELITE, UNSTOPPABLE...AND HIRED TO DO THE UNTHINKABLE.

The Raven are an elite. Formed of six men and an elf, they're swords for hire in the wars that have torn their land apart. For years their only loyalty has been to themselves and to their code.

But that time is coming to an end. The Wytch Lords have escaped and The Raven find themselves fighting for the Dark College of magic, on a mission which soon becomes a race for the secret location of Dawnthief. It's a spell - one created to end the world - and there's a danger that someone is going to use it...

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About the Author

James Barclay is the author of the Chronicles of the Raven and Legends of the Raven series, which have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. The Raven saga came to a conclusion with the stunning Ravensoul. He also penned the epic fantasy duology The Ascendants of Estorea and has written two novellas. He is currently at work on his Elves trilogy, which began with Elves: Once Walked With Gods. James Barclay lives in Teddington with his wife and two children. Find out more on his website, www.jamesbarclay.com, or you can follow @barculator on Twitter.

From Booklist

Barclay's hefty novel launches the Chronicles of the Raven, but be of good cheer, for it injects some originality into the traditional fantasy saga recipe. The Raven is a band of six humans and one elf in the war-torn kingdom of Balaia, which Barclay fills with the fruits of his considerable knowledge of military history and folklore. The comrades are no nicer than fellows loyal to one another and no one else need be, and their latest commission is a poser for them. They are to escort a Xeteskian mage, who is working for only the gods know whom, on a mission to find Dawnthief, a ring, or more precisely, a spell connected to a ring, that in the wrong hands could end the world. The mission is backed and supervised by the Dark College, which is even more untrustworthy than the mage. So matters rapidly deteriorate, to a cliffhanger ending. The narrative may be jumbled, but Barclay builds a world and peoples it intelligently. Roland Green
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About this edition

• Publisher: Gollancz
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0575082755
• ISBN 13: 9780575082755
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 496