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by James Barclay (Author)
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  • Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; New Ed edition (10 Jul 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 057507535X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575075351
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 199,391 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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In a market already overcrowded with heroic action fantasy, it is always refreshing to discover an author who does more than tread out the usual sword-and-sorcery tale in three huge doorstopper-sized volumes. James Barclay is just such an author as he more than adequately proved with his scorching debut Dawnthief. Now, his band of slightly ageing past-their-prime mercenaries, The Raven, are back and attempting to right the wrongs from the previous story. The Dawnthief spell has been cast but it has ripped apart a hole between dimensions that will allow an invasion of dragons into Balia and signal the land's destruction. The Raven are forced into an alliance with Sha-Kaan, a dragon whose brood are fighting a desperate war in the dragon dimension. With Balia having to defend itself against armies of Wesmen, The Raven are the only ones able to help the Kaan defeat their enemies and save Balia.

What follows is, quite simply, spectacular storytelling. Barclay reads like a seasoned fantasy veteran, not a writer on only his second novel, and his plotting, characterisation and dialogue are all perfectly honed. Where he excels most though is in the action scenes and Noonshade contains some of the best sword and magic battles ever written. You can feel the air burn with the crackle of spells, almost cry out in pain yourself as a sword cuts through flesh and mourn for a slaughtered character as you would a loved one.

The plot twists and turns with energy and pace but it is the characters that make this such a real treat, especially the Raven who deserve the same cult status as Gemmell's Waylander. Each member of the Raven is a fully realised character, with plausible motivations and plenty of emotional conflict. And it's good to see the female characters getting a bit more page-time too.

The third volume of this trilogy, Nightchild, is out in 2001 and Barclay leaves us hanging wickedly on a thread with just enough questions and unresolved conflicts to be tied up in book three. The Chronicles of the Raven is one the most exciting and exhilarating series in a long time and on this showing James Barclay is a writer with a fantastic future ahead of him. Stunning stuff. --Jonathan Weir --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.



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The enthralling sequel to DAWNTHIEF takes the adventure into a new dimension. The Raven must fight to help the dragons of the Brood Kan defend the dimensional rip opened in the skies of Balaia by the casting of Dawnthief. And then they must somehow close the rip. And all the time the Wesmen are rampaging through Balaia, laying waste to its cities and besieging the mages of Julatsa in Dordova.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, fast-paced, difficult to put down., 8 Aug 2000
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This review is from: Noonshade (Chronicles of the Raven) (Paperback)
This is a superb follow up to Dawnthief. Barclay has a style that moves the action along yet allows you to build a rapport with the characters. There is no one "hero" in the Raven, all are important and all are developed characters, and as we found out in Dawnthief, they are not "immortal". The book does not have the dread symptom of the middle one in a trilogy, where it is obviously a filler for the final book. This is a tremendous story on its own (but read Dawnthief first)and keeps up the high standard set in Dawnthief. If you think Eddings, Gemmell, Salvatore, etc. are good, then read Barclay and be amazed !
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Chronicles of the Raven, 1 Sep 2003
The Raven battle to undo the damage that Denser inadvertently caused in casting Dawnthief. In doing so they must recover writings of Septern to enable them to formulate a spell in order close the rip, avoiding the still invading Wesmen, before venturing back into Beshara.
They make some unexpected alliances and get themselves into just as many sticky situations as only the Raven can.
The story is told in the same spell binding way as Dawnthief, with another superbly gripping plot.
If you liked Dawnthief, then you will love Noonshade.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Still going strong, 8 Jan 2004
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Chronicles of the Raven is now into its second book. The Raven have now lost many of their side characters. They now have three mages and two fighters. The last book concluded with the Wytch Lords being taken care, but with the unfortunate side-effect of a rip in the dimensions over the city of Parve. The college of magic at Julatsa is still under attack by the Wesmen.

Now the Raven have to seek out Septern's dimensional theories and create a spell that will take care of the dimensional rip before it grows to large. If that happens enemy dragons will invade and destroy Balia. Sha-Kahn, the dragon encountered in "Dawnthief", and his brood will help the Raven in protecting Balaia.

A great read.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The boys are back in town...
Those who felt there wasn't enough character development in the first book (Dawnthief) can rest easy in the knowledge that this book seems more character centric... Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2007 by DangermouseZilla

5.0 out of 5 stars review of the two trilogys
I think D. J Read should have a little look on Amazon and then he may realise that the 'Trilogy' are actually paired with another trilogy, which makes six. Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2007 by Ms. S. A. Morgan

2.0 out of 5 stars Tosh, pretty much.
As I approached writing this review, I had an epiphony. Wouldn't it be so simple for an author to simply set up multiple accounts on Amazon and give his own book 5 stars? Read more
Published on 10 Jul 2006 by Mr. D. J. Read

3.0 out of 5 stars the second step is stronger.
You've read Dawnthief and are thinking about trying the next one? then do it. This is how a series should progress, getting better with each step. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Continues The Excellence
With Noonshade, Barclay continues the developments in Dawnthief, and gives further insight to the world and history of Balaia, and other dimensions which interact with it... Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2003

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
This is trivial comic strip stuff - It's "Biff", "Bash", "How do you like that Mr BadGuy!". It's fast-moving and the plot comes up with the occasional surprise, but the... Read more
Published on 24 Sep 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars HERE BE DRAGONS
Dragons? check. Hard as nails mercenaries who are noble and heroic? check. Five hundred pages pf violence intrigue mystery and occassional swearing? check. Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2002

1.0 out of 5 stars the dizzy height of boredom...
I found this book the dizzy heights of boredom. James Barclay made an impression with Dawnthief - original, fast, intriguing, average use of the english language, but enough... Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Jam packed with awesome adventure and surprise
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2.0 out of 5 stars boring
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