The New York Times bestselling Ravenโs Shadow Trilogy was a perfect read for โfans of broadscale epic fantasy along the lines of Robert Jordanโs Wheel of Time series and George R. R. Martinโs Song of Ice and Fire novels.โ Now, Anthony Ryan begins a new saga, The Draconis Memoria...*
Throughout the vast lands controlled by the Ironship Trading Syndicate, nothing is more prized than the blood of drakes. Harvested from captive or hunted Reds, Greens, Blues and Blacks, it can be distilled into elixirs that bestow fearsome powers on the rare men and women known as the Blood-blessed.
But not many know the truth: that the lines of drakes are weakening. If they fail, war with the neighbouring Corvantine Empire will follow swiftly. The Syndicateโs last hope resides in whispers of the existence of another breed of drake, far more powerful than the rest, and the few who have been chosen by fate to seek it.
Claydon Torcreek is a petty thief and an unregistered Blood-blessed who finds himself pressed into service by the Protectorate and sent to wild, uncharted lands in search of a creature he believes is little more than legend. Lizanne Lethridge is a formidable spy and assassin facing gravest danger on an espionage mission deep into the heart of enemy territory. And Corrick Hilemore is the second lieutenant of an Ironship cruiser whose pursuit of ruthless brigands leads him to a far greater threat at the edge of the world.
As lives and empires clash and intertwine, as the unknown and the known collide, all three must fight to turn the tide of a coming war, or drown in its wake.
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Review
_โ The Waking Fire _is part Indiana Jones , part Pirates of the Caribbean , and part Mistborn. Itโs got wonderful, memorable characters and great actionโฆI loved it.โโDjango Wexler, Author of The Price of Valor
Praise for the Ravenโs Shadow trilogy __
โAll fantasy readers should rejoice.โโMichael J. Sullivan, author of the Riyria Revelations series
โRyan hits all the high notes of epic fantasy.โโPublishers Weekly
โA powerful epic.โโSFFWorld.com
โHeroic epic fantasy.โโFantasy Book Critic
โA page-turner.โโ Booklist
About the Author
Anthony Ryan is the author of the Ravenโs Shadow novels, including Blood Song , Tower Lord and Queen of Fire. The Waking Fire is the first novel in the Draconis Memoria series. He lives in London, where he is at work on his next book.