Shadowheart: The Legends of the Raven 2
By (Author) James Barclay
Orion Publishing Co
Gollancz
1st January 2009
United Kingdom
Paperback
464
Width 133mm, Height 197mm, Spine 31mm
324g
Legends of the Raven: Two
ONE BATTLE TO FINISH THEM ALL.The conflict between Balaia's four colleges of magic has blazed into furious, dangerous life. The Dark College, Xetesk, faces an alliance between Lystern and Dordova, while Julasta remains crippled without its link to Balaia's Mana flow. And so the armies mass one last time.The Raven are caught in the flames of war. Three of the legendary mercenary band are dead; one struggles with a burgeoning power that could herald a new world - or destroy the old. They all have promises to keep: to lost friends; to the enslaved Protectors; to the dragon, Sha-Kaan. They will keep the faith. They will fight - and they will triumph. It's what they do.Gritty, down-to-earth and delightful, invoking tears and laughter by turn--Maggie Furey
He creates novels you want to read again and again--David Gemmell
If there ever was a case of a plot acting like a man-trap this is it--Time Out
The best modern pulp fantasy of the last few years--Waterstones Enigma Magazine
The Sergio Leone of the genre--SFX
James Barclay is in his forties and lives in Teddington with his wife. He is a full-time writer.