Ravencry
The Raven's Mark Book Two
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4.6 • 21 Ratings
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Publisher Description
'Dark, twisty and excellent . . . Grimdark with heart' Mark Lawrence
For Ryhalt Galharrow, working for Crowfoot as a Blackwing captain is about as bad as it gets - especially when his orders are garbled, or incoherent, or impossible to carry out.
The Deep Kings are hurling fire from the sky, a ghost in the light known only as the Bright Lady had begun to manifest in visions across the city, and the cult that worship her grasp for power while the city burns around them.
Galharrow may not be able to do much about the cult - or about strange orders from the Nameless - but when Crowfoot's arcane vault is breached and an object of terrible power is stolen, he's propelled into a race against time to recover it. Only to do that, he needs answers, and finding them means travelling into nightmare: to the very heart of the Misery.
RAVENCRY is the second book in the Raven's Mark series, continuing the story that began with the award winning epic fantasy BLACKWING.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
McDonald returns to the haunted world of Blackwing in this gripping fantastical drama. Four years after the climactic siege of Valengrad, Ryhalt Galharrow is the captain of a reinvigorated Blackwing company, bound to serve Crowfoot, one of the entities known as the Nameless. Though his existence is materially comfortable, he remains haunted by the events of the siege and by the memory of his beloved Ezabeth. Meanwhile, a monumental building called the Grandspire is being erected to channel the magic-based power source known as phos and a revolutionary cult of a mysterious figure known as the Bright Lady increases in power and influence. When a powerful relic is stolen from Crowfoot, Ryhalt learns that an old enemy has returned to Valengrad with a plan that imperils the entire world. McDonald continues to build on the strengths that made Blackwing compelling: tense and violent action, genuinely disturbing settings and creatures, and bursts of morbid humor. Readers who can handle the stomach-turning gore and high body count will appreciate that they're tempered with Galharrow's genuine if reluctant heroic nature and warm heart.
