Raven's Shadow Novel Blood Song, Book 1, (Paperback)

from Elysianfield

The book starts with grown and captured Vaelin Al Sorna who tells his story to a historian of the enemy, before he is to fight in a duel where he is sentenced to die.Abandoned as a child by his father at the gate of the Sixth Order of the Faith, which is sort of a military monastic order. The boy...

from ladyoflorien

A great fast-paced, exciting read which I highly recommend. I thought the characters were well developed, the setting interesting, and the story was engaging.

from Vinbert

I totally enjoyed this one. Waiting for the rest. Surprisingly enough, I was surprised at the last chapter, and usually, that's hard to do. One complaint, although it didn't really make me enjoy the story any less, is the fight with the champion. This guy is supposed to be the best swordsman in t...

from stefferoo

The story of Blood Song is about a young boy who trains and grows up to become a leader and one of the greatest warriors in the kingdom. It's a tried-and-true formula in epic fantasy which by all rights I should be sick to death of by now, but Anthony Ryan manages to pull it off and still make it...

from Karlstar

A really good start to a modern fantasy trilogy! The beginning isn't all that unusual. A young man (not an orphan!) is sent to a military style academy to learn sword skills and to learn how to serve his Empire. He gradually turns into an exceptional student and things get very interesting as he ...