The Raven's Shadow (The Wild Hunt) - Hardcover

Cooper, Elspeth

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9780765331670: The Raven's Shadow (The Wild Hunt)

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ISBN 10: 0765331675 ISBN 13: 9780765331670

Publisher: Tor Books, 2014

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The Raven's Shadow, the third book of Elspeth Cooper's The Wild Hunt series finds war brewing on both sides of the Veil between the worlds.

The desert of Gimrael is aflame with violence, and in the far north an ancient hatred is about to spill over into the renewal of a war that, a thousand years ago, forged an empire. This time, it may shatter one.

Wrestling with his failing grip on the power of the Song, and still trying to come to terms with the horrifying events he witnessed in El Maqqam, Gair returns to the mainland with only one thing on his mind: vengeance. It may cost him his life, but when everything that he had to live for is being stripped away from him, that may be a fair price to pay.

Old friends and old foes converge in a battle of wills to stem the tide of the Nimrothi clans as they charge south to reclaim the lands lost in the Founding Wars. If they succeed, the rest of the empire may be their next target. And with the Wild Hunt at their head, the overstretched Imperial Army may not be enough to stop them.

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An epic fantasy from one of the strongest new voices in the genre. The Wild Hunt is coming - and it will only take one tear in the veil for them to succeed...

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Three moons are rising.

They are rising over the Archen Mountains, where Teia struggles through the high, snowy passes to carry her warning to the Empire: the Nimrothi war band is poised to invade and at their head stands Ytha. She means to release the Wild Hunt - and with it Maegern the Raven, the Keeper of the Dead.

In the desert of Gimrael, the moons are rising over the fires of revolution - flames that have already robbed Gair iof a friend and left him alone in a hostile city, unsure even if the Song is still his to command. He has one last duty to discharge, and then nothing will stand between him and his ultimate goal: vengeance.

And in the Nordmen's chilly halls, Savin plays out a game in which kings and chieftains and men are but pawns on a chessboard that spans the Veil itself.

Three moons are rising. When the trinity is complete, the endgame will begin.

'A fantastical tale of self-discovery, mystery and magic, Elspeth Cooper is an author to watch. Recommended for readers who like their fantasy with a touch of heroism, fantasy and brutal magic action' The Founding Fields

'Trinity Rising has the same poetic power and intesity [as Songs of the Earth], the same rich narrative and is ultimately just as rewarding. I am really looking forward to see how this series develops and I have a feeling it could become an epic to rival the scale of Wheel of Time or A Song of Ice and Fire, I look forward to the journey'
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