Ravensworn
by Ed McDonald
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Narrated by Richard Ferrone ยท 14h
Synopsis
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 worshipโฆ 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.
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Reading experience
The tone is relentlessly bleak, infused with a weary cynicism that permeates every page and character. Readers will encounter profound despair and a crushing sense of futility, amplified by the desperate circumstances. At a 5/5 intensity, the narrative fully embraces brutal violence, pervasive nihilism, and the complete absence of conventional hope. Moments of levity or clear redemption are conspicuously absent, replaced by a grim acceptance of the world's harsh, unyielding realities. Propulsive in structure, the narrative drives forward with a constant sense of impending doom and escalating chaos within a crumbling city. Tension rarely eases; instead, it builds through relentless external threats and the protagonist's desperate internal struggle for survival.