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Raven’s Shadow Book One Blood Song Raven Shadow 1 eBook Anthony Ryan

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Raven’s Shadow Book One Blood Song Raven Shadow 1 eBook Anthony Ryan

The story begins as a historian of an empire is taking custody of an enemy nation's war champion . . . A war champion who had been imprisoned for years . . . A war champion who was being paroled to fight to the death for the release of a woman from the enemy nation . . . A woman who the war champion had widowed himself by killing the heir of the emperor . . . a man who was the historian's best friend . . .

Awkward.

But as much as Historian despises this man, this Hope Killer, he cannot help but be intrigued by him.

He watches as the governor of the very city War Champion seized during the war comes the dock, bringing War Champion his sword that had been given into Governor's care. He watches as Governor tries to encourage War Champion about his upcoming (doomed to fail) duel: maybe he'll win, maybe this is the first step in his journey home . . .

Who is this War Champion that he should win the respect and friendship of a man whose city he took by force?

Vaelin Al Sorna, that's who.

And Historian, being a chronicler of history, finds that he cannot resist the urge to record a firsthand account of the war and the events leading up to the invasion from one who would know the enemy's---King Janus of the Unified Realm---mind, when War Champion offers to tell his story during their voyage (to the PIRATE NATION where the duel is to take place).

From there we go backward.

We learn of Vaelin's childhood, how his father left him at the gates of the Sixth Order, the only Order of warriors, and thus the only trained fighters who are not subject to the King's commands:

"You fight," Vaelin told the Aspect, the violence and the blood making his heart hammer in his chest.
"Yes." The Aspect halted and looked down at him. "We fight. We kill. We storm castle walls braving arrows and fire. We stand against the charge of horse and lance. We cut our way through the hedge of pike and spear to claim the standard of our enemy. The Sixth Order fights, but what does it fight for?"
"For the realm."

For the realm, and for the Faith. The Sixth Order is a highly trained, highly efficient, and highly deadly group of paladins (<------warrior priests).

We learn of the bonds of brotherhood forged during their rigorous, often deadly training. Of the eleven boys who share quarters, only five live to become Brothers, Vaelin their acknowledged leader.

We learn of the Dark, a nebulous force that manifests itself in unnatural abilities and talents, and we learn of the king of a nation hellbent on legislating morality with an iron fist.

BLOOD SONG is a tale filled with suffering and injustice, but it's also a tale of friendship and loyalty and perseverance, and woven throughout are hints of a Darkness gathering, while flaws in the Realm's belief system are slowly but steadily revealed.

In short, it's compelling. Sometimes bleak, sometimes hopeful, always determined, BLOOD SONG grabbed me by the horns and didn't let go until this chapter of the story was complete, and even then it was only for as long as it took me to one-click the next book. Highly recommended.


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Raven’s Shadow Book One Blood Song Raven Shadow 1 eBook Anthony Ryan Reviews

Blood Song is a very unique Epic fabtasy novel that delivers it's story in a very different way. A way I found made the story exciting and confusing at the same time. The story of Blood Song follows Vaelin Al Sorna as he grows up in the Sixth Order and his adventures there and so on. I enjoyed this book a lot and Vaelin is an excellent protagonist to read about. The story is actually told through flashbacks of Vaelin as an adult recanting his life to Vernier. This storytelling mechanic was such a good idea, but after a while the story jumps and jumps and I found myself getting confused and that made it harder for me to read.
The plot itself deals very heavy on politics and religion or in this books case "Faith". There was so much talk about faith that I felt like I was being suffocated by it. Now I know none of this is real but with so much it being talked about I almost felt myself believing in said Faith. The politic end of the plot didn't really come into effect until half way into it. I found myself enjoying that more but I know this is only the first book and Anthony Ryan is building up to something because that ending was like, "WTF".
My only other negative about this book probably would be about the cast of characters in this book. I found myself not really caring about anyone other then Vaelin. I love stories that focus on one character but have an amazing ensemble of characters but this first entry in the Ravens Shadow trilogy was very much lacking in that aspect for me!
All in all I really did enjoy this novel and I cannot wait to continue on with the rest of the series!!
Recently re-read this so I could read book 2.

This is definitely within my top favorite books. I love everything about it. The concept of the blood song, the characters - especially Vaelin - the sweeping plot lines...I could go on and on. The world Anthony Ryan has built is epic. What I find most interesting is all the different religions and how they are all handled. It was just really interesting to watch how a belief system basically based on dead ancestors so influenced the characters and their way of life.

Vaelin is actually one of my favorite protagonists, and one of the best I've come across in a while. He's not a "golden child" hero, but he's not an anti-hero either. He's not good at everything, but he kicks butt anyway. His "blood song" is fascinating and I need way more answers than you get in this book. I love the way the book is structured as him telling his story to a master historian.

I really love this book. Recommended if you like gritty epic fantasy.

Content warning
Language. There's a lot of it scattered throughout. A couple uses of the F bomb.
Sex. No graphic or explicit scenes. It's mentioned that a couple has sex but it's more of a "fade to black" type thing. There's a few other mentions throughout.
Violence. Vaelin grows up in a battle-school. The whole book revolves around his learning to fight and then his multiple campaigns, but the descriptions aren't graphic.
The story begins as a historian of an empire is taking custody of an enemy nation's war champion . . . A war champion who had been imprisoned for years . . . A war champion who was being paroled to fight to the death for the release of a woman from the enemy nation . . . A woman who the war champion had widowed himself by killing the heir of the emperor . . . a man who was the historian's best friend . . .

Awkward.

But as much as Historian despises this man, this Hope Killer, he cannot help but be intrigued by him.

He watches as the governor of the very city War Champion seized during the war comes the dock, bringing War Champion his sword that had been given into Governor's care. He watches as Governor tries to encourage War Champion about his upcoming (doomed to fail) duel maybe he'll win, maybe this is the first step in his journey home . . .

Who is this War Champion that he should win the respect and friendship of a man whose city he took by force?

Vaelin Al Sorna, that's who.

And Historian, being a chronicler of history, finds that he cannot resist the urge to record a firsthand account of the war and the events leading up to the invasion from one who would know the enemy's---King Janus of the Unified Realm---mind, when War Champion offers to tell his story during their voyage (to the PIRATE NATION where the duel is to take place).

From there we go backward.

We learn of Vaelin's childhood, how his father left him at the gates of the Sixth Order, the only Order of warriors, and thus the only trained fighters who are not subject to the King's commands

"You fight," Vaelin told the Aspect, the violence and the blood making his heart hammer in his chest.
"Yes." The Aspect halted and looked down at him. "We fight. We kill. We storm castle walls braving arrows and fire. We stand against the charge of horse and lance. We cut our way through the hedge of pike and spear to claim the standard of our enemy. The Sixth Order fights, but what does it fight for?"
"For the realm."

For the realm, and for the Faith. The Sixth Order is a highly trained, highly efficient, and highly deadly group of paladins (<------warrior priests).

We learn of the bonds of brotherhood forged during their rigorous, often deadly training. Of the eleven boys who share quarters, only five live to become Brothers, Vaelin their acknowledged leader.

We learn of the Dark, a nebulous force that manifests itself in unnatural abilities and talents, and we learn of the king of a nation hellbent on legislating morality with an iron fist.

BLOOD SONG is a tale filled with suffering and injustice, but it's also a tale of friendship and loyalty and perseverance, and woven throughout are hints of a Darkness gathering, while flaws in the Realm's belief system are slowly but steadily revealed.

In short, it's compelling. Sometimes bleak, sometimes hopeful, always determined, BLOOD SONG grabbed me by the horns and didn't let go until this chapter of the story was complete, and even then it was only for as long as it took me to one-click the next book. Highly recommended.