Blood Song
Book 1 of Raven's Shadow
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Narrated by:
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Steven Brand
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Anthony Ryan
About this listen
We have fought battles that left more than a hundred corpses on the ground and not a word of it has ever been set down. The Order fights, but often it fights in shadow, without glory or reward. We have no banners.
Vaelin Al Sorna is the Sixth Order's newest recruit. Under their brutal training regime, he learns how to forge a blade, survive the wilds, and kill a man quickly and quietly - all in the name of protecting the Realm and the Faith. Now his skills will be put to the test.
War is coming. Vaelin must draw upon the very essence of his strength and cunning if he is to survive the coming conflict. Yet as the world teeters on the edge of chaos, Vaelin will learn that the truth can cut deeper than any sword.
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- Ben in Herefordshire
- 27-08-19
Superb!
This review is for the three Ravens Shadow novels.
I have listened to them now countless times. Each time hearing something new or having the intricacies of the full plot revealed further.
These stories quickly became my favourites.
I hope you enjoy them too.
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- Steve H
- 10-02-15
Cracking listen
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If you have enjoyed Sanderson and Rothfuss then this will be right up your street. Keeps you interested from start to end.
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- Dawn Greenwood
- 29-03-17
Great book. Great story.
Loved it. It motors on at a pace, and I loved the characters. Well worth your time.
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- Jinx
- 23-06-15
Gripping
A fantasy journey depicting one man's struggle with life and faith. Keen morales addressed providing food for thought but all that aside.. what a story. Loved it. Will definitely listen to again to make sure none of the nuances escape me.
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- Carri
- 15-04-15
riveting!
loved every minute!
The characters come alive with the narrative of Stephen, can't wait to read the next installment.
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- karl
- 13-05-18
Awesome
Although being a fairly long read it retains your interest and invites you to read on.
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- David Addison
- 20-03-21
Brilliant but Narrator could be better
Book sells itself. Very entertaining, really gripping you throughout and makes you want more. I immediately purchased the next book because I wanted to know what happens next!
Narrator could be better. It is very difficult to discern who is speaking, as the narrator makes very little attempt to change his voice for each character. At times I was guessing which person spoke a line but it didn’t ruin the enjoyment, however I feel I could have immersed myself better in the story with just a little more clarity on who was speaking.
Other than that, great story and I throughly enjoyed it.
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- Amazon Custome
- 12-07-22
performer's pauses annoying
performers pauses mid sentence.......were annoying rather than use punctuation as written
I.e 'left and right' not 'left.....and right'
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- Natalie
- 11-06-22
Fantastic
I came across this book quite by accident and was hooked instantly I highly recommend
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- Nick
- 31-07-16
The perfect follow up read to The Name of the Wind
After reading Patrick Rothfuss's masterpiece there was a void in my life. It lay empty for several weeks. Until I stumbled upon this. For those of you that have read TNotW will know that to say this is high praise indeed. It made me forget it.
There are parallels. Gifted boy, travels to many varied and we'll described lands, unrequited love. But Raven's Shadow easily stand alone. Shoulder to shoulder as an engrossing and fascinating epic that submerges you in Vaelin al Sorna's life.
I know a novel is truly great when I pause in my reading to swing an imaginary sword or command an imaginary army. Thank you Anthony Ryan. Well done sir.
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