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James Barclay
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  • Paperback: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz (13 Nov 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575082844
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575082847
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 3 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 156,125 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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With Nightchild James Barclay brings his remarkable debut trilogy to a stunning and startling conclusion. The book picks up from the previous entry as the Raven are faced with a terrible moral dilemma: Lyanna, the daughter of Raven warrior Denser and mage Erienne, has been blessed (or cursed) with the power of The One. This power is threatening the very land of Balaia and the four magic colleagues who are desperate to control the power or stop it--even if that means killing a five year old girl. Erienne, fearful for the life of her daughter, goes into hiding and the Raven have little time to find her. When they do, they face a terrible choice that none of them want to make. Nightchild is a cracking finale to what has been a real treat for fans of action-based fantasy. Barclay's prose and characterisation has improved massively with each book and this last in the trilogy is the most satisfying yet. The characters are all like good friends and their relationships have never before been this complicated or tested so much to the limit. Barclay doesn't hold back as usual in the battle scenes which are as exciting and adrenline-pumping as always, but neither has he ever been one to take the easy route with characters and many readers will be surprised by the denouement which, while effectively tying up many loose ends, also opens up possible avenues for future books. The Raven stories have been some of the best new fantasy novels in many a year and will deservedly be cherished for future generations by many fans. They may lack the minute detail of Robert Jordan's epic Wheel of Time series or the sweeping historical feel of George RR Martin's Song of Ice and Fire, but James Barclay has shown lovers of action fantasy everywhere just exactly how it should be done. --Jonathan Weir --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Four years down the line, after the Raven saved Balaia, with the help of some interdimensional dragons;The Kaan, the Raven are thrown together in the name of their code, to help a friend.

The Unknown has settled down with his wife in the Rookery, Hirad is looking after the Kaan dragons, Ilkar is head mage of the fallen Julatsa college of magic, and Denser, Erienne and their child Lyanna are having a bit of a problem.

Erienne is forced to flee Balaia fearing for the life of her child Lyanna. Since loosing her too sons to the evil Witch Hunter Black Wing Selik, she is determined that Lyanna will grow up to rekindled the spirit of the 'One'. "One magic, one mage".

Denser is left cold and turns to the only people he know he can rely on and trust, The Raven. Although they are all now following their own destinies, the call for help from another Raven member is too much to be ignored and slowly the group come together.

The Raven have aged, and James Barclay has included many nuances that indicate these are not the people they used to be, but they are driven on by their code and friendship. This book sees the first real test on the Raven as a group, as they are involved in their own in-fighting whilst trying to complete an almost overwhelming task, against all odds (in true Raven stylee).

As in the other two books in this trilogy we get the "up close and personel" accounts of each battle, you sense the emotions of each of the characters that we now know so well, and in a portentous finale, you are pulled into a scene which is will have you realing in emotion and tension.

This book sees the return of Selik (Black Wing witch hunter)and his evil will to see Erienne "the bitch" dead. James Barclay captures the hatred and repulsiveness of this man very well, almost giving a sicknes to the atmosphere every time this man appears.

General Darrick is back, but this time we see him in a different light. The clean cut spritely general is seen fighting alongside the Raven, but in doing so commiting an act of treason against his homelands.

The Kaan are seen helping Hirad in a gesture to help secure their passage back to their dimesion.

This book, once again was an emotional rollercoaster, packed with blood curdling action and dialogue. I hope James Barclay does not abandon Balaia, and maybe we will see it rise again under the power of the 'One'.

I do not want this to be over....

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Simply sensational! Barclay has pulled out the stops this time. Nightchild brings the Raven back together five years after the events of Noonshade. True to form Barclay has allowed the humanity of his heroes to shine through; they're all a little bit older, they have built lives away from the Raven and they're not sure whether they should even be getting back together. But don't worry this is no soap opera - they do get together and the action kicks in in a major way. Barclay writes action brilliantly and this book has some of the best fight scenes I've read; especially when the Protectors are wreaking their own particular sort of havoc. Nightchild provides fight after fight and plenty of breathless races against time inbetween the fights. But Barclay is growing all the time as a writer and the worries and the dilemmas that the Raven faced at the start of the book become ever more important as the action hots up; this is no straightfoward hack em up adventure (tho' there's plenty of hacking). The Raven have always been flawed heroes, it's what makes them so easy to like, and now these flaws are turning into real problems. This is action-fantasy of the highest order and unlike all too many other fantasy series its remained lean and exceptionally mean - there's no padding here; just loads of first-class action and heroes you can believe in. Long live the Raven? I certainly hope so.
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OK follow-up to the previous two - but not quite as good. If you like the Raven characters it is definately worth a read and you need to read it if you intend to read the rest of the series.
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