title: The Book of the Crowman (The Black Dawn)
author: Joseph D' Lacey
description: <u>Praise for the Black Dawn Duology:</u><br /><br />"D'Lacey's passages are rife with urgency, and...its message on environmental issues, meticulous setting of scene, and successful intertwining of the characters' narratives makes for an engaging read."<br />-<b>Publishers Weekly</b><br /><br />A bold beginning to a new duology from the brilliant DLacey  where two children embark on a search for meaning that is riddled with ambiguity about the nature of the saviour they seek and which, ultimately, provides a siren call to live in harmony with the land.<br />-<b>Alison Littlewood</b>, author of<i>A Cold Season</i><br /><br />I highly recommend this to any fans of horror, post-apocalyptic type books. Loved it, loved it - I want the next one already.<br />-<b>Thoughts of a Scot<br /><br /></b>"...full of powerful and beautiful passages that while written for this fictional Earth, are also very strongly advocating for us as a people to take better care of the Earth we live on."<br /><b>-Wilder's Book Review<br /><br /></b>Spectacular is the word Id use to describe the novel. Nothing else can capture the reading experience.<br /><b>-The Founding Fields<br /></b><br />"It's dark and it's grim, but it's also magical...wondrous, even."<br /><b>-Beauty in Ruins</b>
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