The Raven Scholar

The Sunday Times bestseller from an electrifying new voice in epic fantasy - a masterfully woven tale of imperial intrigue, cutthroat competition, and one scholar's quest to uncover the truth.<BR><BR>'IT'S THRILLING, ROMANTIC, OFTEN TRAGIC, AND ALWAYS FUNNY' ALIX E. HARROW<BR>'A MASTERCLASS IN CRAFT AND TENSION' V.L. BOVALINO <BR>'FIENDISHLY CHARMING AND CLEVER' TASHA SURI<BR><BR>Win the throne or destroy an empire. Either way, it begins with murder.<BR><BR>After twenty-four years, the Emperor of Orrun's reign is at an end. In the dizzying heat of mid-summer, seven exceptional warriors, trained at rival monasteries, will compete to replace him.<BR><BR>Then one of them is murdered.<BR><BR>It falls to the brilliant but idiosyncratic scholar Neema Kraa to investigate. But as she hunts for a killer, darker forces are gathering . . .<BR><BR>PRAISE FOR THE RAVEN SCHOLAR<BR>'The Raven Scholar is an intricately plotted historical mystery steeped in gothic charm and intellectual intrigue'
<BR>'Truly one of the best epic fantasy books I've read in a long time'
<BR>'I have NEVER rooted a romance more'
<BR>'This book is simply "Magnificent"'
<BR>'Mature and sensible, but still idealistic, emotional, passion-driven [characters]'