title: The Black Raven: Book Two of the Dragon Mage
author:  Katharine Kerr 
description: <i>The Black Raven</i> is Book Two of The Dragon Mage and the 10th volume of the Deverry series, a fantasy epic consisting of three interrelated quartets. As Katherine Kerr says, the past and the present are woven together in these novels, and the final volume will link with the first to reveal an overall design akin to a Celtic knot threading back and forth upon itself. This is a strange, pseudo-Celtic world in which reincarnation is a reality and past lives forever affect the present in surprising and unexpected ways. So, while <i>The Black Raven</i> can stand alone, it is advisable that readers begin with the first book, <i><a href="/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553565214/${0}">Daggerspell</a></i>.
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  > Power’s Shadow:
  
  Richard Parks
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2015, 2018 Richard Parks
  
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  > DEDICATION
  
  To the memory and legacies of Ursula K. Le Guin, Andre Norton, and Tanith Lee
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > 1 Sela
  
  "The problem with The Arrow Path or any route to power is that it tends to
  attract two sorts of people-- those who seek power for its own sake and those
  who seek it as a means to an end. You'd be hard pressed to choose which of the
  two is capable of the greater evil."
  
  —Black Kath's Tally Book
  
  "Girl, am I to understand that you are threatening me?"
  
  Marta eyed her would be robber with mixed curiosity and amusement, but the
  raven on her shoulder was just amused. Its croak sounded very much like a
  chuckle.
  
  The girl in question stepped away from the scraggly bramble bush she'd been
  hiding behind and took a firmer grip on her sword. She wasn't that much
  younger than Marta, though her bedraggled condition and the obvious fear in
  her eyes made her l