title: Raven's Shadow (The Raven Duology, Book 1)
author:  Patricia Briggs 
description: <i>Ravens Shadow</i> is an excellent bookThe characters have a real interior life, with thoughts and second thoughts and feelings and the interaction between them is very good.SF Revu<br /> <br /> Patricia Briggs is a talented storyteller who enchants her audience with a spellbinding tale. <i>Ravens Shadow</i> is going on this reviewers keeper shelf.Midwest Book Review<br /> <br /> <i>Ravens Shadow</i> is an exciting and touching tale. Its self-contained enough to give the reader a satisfying sense of completion by the end, while leaving room for a sequel that will be highly anticipated.<i>RT Book Reviews</i>
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  Raven’s Shadow - Book One: Blood Song
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  By Anthony Ryan
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright 2011 Anthony Ryan
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
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  Raven’s Shadow
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Book One: Blood Song
  
  
    
  
  
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  Part I
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Raven’s shadow
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  sweeps across my heart,
  
  
  
  
  
  Freezes the torrent of my tears.
  
  
  
  
  
  Seordah poem, author unknown.
  
  
    
  
  
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  Verniers’ Account
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  He had many names. Although yet to reach his thirtieth year history had seen
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