Blackwing: The Raven's Mark Book One Paperback

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The republic faces annihilation despite the vigilance of Galharrow&s Blackwings When a raven tattoo rips itself from his arm to deliver a desperate message Galharrow & a mysterious noblewoman must investigate a long dead sorcerer&s legacy But there is a conspiracy within the citadel traitors flesh-eaters & the ghosts of the wastelands seek to destroy them but if they cannot solve the ancient wizard&s paradox the Deep Kings will walk the earth again & all will be lost The war with the Eastern Empire ended in stalemate some eighty years ago thanks to Nall&s & Engine& a wizard-crafted weapon so powerful even the Deep Kings feared it The strike of the Engine created the Misery
- a wasteland full of ghosts & corrupted magic that now forms a No Mans Land along the frontier But when Galharrow investigates a frontier fortress he discovers complacency bordering on treason then the walls are stormed & the Engine fails to launch Galharrow only escapes because of the preternatural magical power of the noblewoman he was supposed to be protecting Together they race to the capital to unmask the traitors & restore the republic&s defences Far across the Misery a vast army is on the move as the Empire prepares to call the republic&s bluff Blackwing is a gritty epic fantasy for fans of Mark Lawrence Scott Lynch & Daniel Polansky