title: Murder of Crows: Book One of the Pillars of Dawn
author:  Athena 
description: "<i>Murder of Crows</i> is a fantasy flush with romance, intrigue and desperate choices." -- Publishers Weekly Select
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  MASTER OF CROWS
  
  
  
  
  
  "…I can't gush enough about this book!...Master Of Crows is a lush,
  enthralling tale I'll read again and again!..."The deep and darkly sexy
  Silhara is one of my favorite heroes ever! Every time I eat an orange, I think
  of him with a sigh…Martise is everything you could hope for in a heroine."
  
  
  
  
  
  —Robin L. Rotham
  
  
  Author of Alien Overnight
  
  
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  ... Martise sucked in a sharp breath, enthralled by her first sight of the
  Master of Crows.
  
  
  A living flame in the begrimed room, he burned with a cold, still fire. Long
  scarlet robes swirled around his ankles like bloodied smoke. Taller than most
  men and lean, he wore his black hair in a tight braid that fell over his
  shoulder. The severe style accentuated a sun-burnished face neither handsome
  nor kind but carved from the same rock strewn across the courtyard. His black
  eyes and aquiline nose reminded her of those Kurman nomads she’d sometimes
  seen in the marke