title: When Shadows Fall: The First Book of the Small Gods (Volume 1)
author: Mr Bruce Blake
description: Bruce Blake lives on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. When pressing issues like shovelling snow and building igloos don't take up his spare time, Bruce can be found taking the dog sled to the nearest coffee shop to work on his short stories and novels. Actually, Victoria, B.C. is only a couple hours north of Seattle, Wash., where more rain is seen than snow, and the dog is too small to pull a sled. Since snow isn't really a pressing issue, Bruce spends more time trying to remember to leave the "u" out of words like "colour" and "neighbour" then he does shovelling (and darn those double l's). Bruce has been writing since grade school but it wasn't until a few years ago he set his sights on becoming a full-time writer. Since then, his first short story, "Another Man's Shoes" was published in the Winter 2008 edition of Cemetery Moon, another short, "Yardwork", was made into a podcast in Oct., 2011 by Pseudopod and his first Icarus Fell novel, On Unfaithful Wings, was published to Kindle in Dec., 2011. The second Icarus Fell novel, All Who Wander Are Lost, was released in July, 2012, and the third, Secrets of the Hanged Man, in July 2013. Sept., 2013 saw the publication of Blood of the King, the first book in the Khirro's Journey epic fantasy trilogy, followed by second book, Spirit of the King, in Dec., 2012, and the third, Heart of the King in Jan., 2013. He has plans for more Icarus novels, several stand alones, and several more books in the Small Gods series.
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  WHEN
  
  
  RAVENS
  
  
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  The Fourth Book of the Small Gods
  
  
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  Bruce Blake
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  #  When Ravens Call (The Fourth Book of the Small Gods)
  
  
  
  
  
  Blood has been spilled on the altar of the Evenstar. As the prophecy
  forewarns, the return of the banished is nigh.
  
  
  The forgotten scroll spoke of unbelievable things: A man from across the sea,
  a barren mother, a living statue, and the return of the Small Gods.
  Unbelievable, and yet the pieces for the second coming of the Small Gods are
  drawn together by fate’s hand, destined to bring evil back to the world.
  
  
  Those who would stop them are s