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Elfsorrow: Legends Of The Raven by James Barclay Pub: Gollancz. 454 page enlarged paperback. Price: £10.99(UK). ISBN: 0-575-07329-2 Check out website: www.orionbooks.co.uk
The Raven are an elite fighting force made up of swordsmen and mages. In an effort to help the land of Balaii, they begin a quest to gather mages together.
They want to restrict the use of magic as they blame its use for all the world's woes. Meanwhile, an ancient Elvin temple is desecrated for its secrets and a strange disease is decimating the elves. When the Raven reach the temple they are told that part of the
great statue to their Elvin God has been stolen. They must retrieve
it or the elves will be wiped out. This is a great tale of might
and magic. This is the fourth book in Barclay's chronicles of the Raven and
continues from the end of 'Nightchild'. He has a good, easy style
of writing that makes for easy page turning! The dynamics between the individuals that make up the Raven are very realistic and make the reader interested as to what is happening to them. The Unknown Warrior has to be my favourite character - definitely
a guy you want on your side! Although it would help to have read the first four books as there are references to past incidents you could read this book on its own and still follow it easily. Jackie Kirk
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OTHER REVIEWS - October 2002
Other Reviews Books The Mammoth Encyclopedia Of Extraterrestrial Encounters Sorcery Rising (Book One of Fool's Gold) by Jude Fisher Strange But Not a Stranger by James Patrick Kelly Stargate SG-1: The Illustrated Companion Lord Soho: A Time Opera by Richard Calder Espionage: An Encyclopedia Of Spies And Secrets by Richard M. Bennett The Praxis: Book One Of The Dread Empire's Fall by Walter Jon Williams Through The Darkness (The Darkness Series Book 3) by Harry Turtledove Reality Dust by Stephen Baxter/Making History by Paul McAuley Elfsorrow: Legends Of The Raven by James Barclay Debt Of Bones by Terry Goodkind Thunderbirds: Classic Comic Strips Picture books: a website by Dandi Palmer Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan Inquisition (Book 2 of The Aquasilva Trilogy) From The Dust Returned: A Family Remembrance by Ray Bradbury The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies Of The Apocalypse by Robert Rankin Dragonhenge by Bob Eggleton and John Grant Voyage of the Shadowmoon by Sean McMullen The Iron Grail (Book 2 of The Merlin Codex) by Robert Holdstock The Onion Girl by Charles De Lint Queen Of Camelot by Nancy McKenzie DVDs and Videos The Tomorrow People 2:1 - The Blue And The Green Airwolf: The Classic Collection Boxset 1
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Black Wings, led by Selik, are travelling around murdering and capturing
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