The Raven Scholar [Paperback]

Hugo Award Finalist Goodreads Choice Award Finalist Locus Award Finalist

Best of the Year atELLE,Gizmodo,NPR,Publishers Weekly, and more! 

A labyrinth of a bookvast and intricate, full of fiendish twists and clever trapswith a deeply human heart at its center. It's thrilling, romantic, often tragic, and always funny; I'm obsessed. Alix E. Harrow, New York Timesbestselling author ofStarling House

The Raven Scholaris a masterfully woven tale of imperial intrigue and a breakout epic fantasy sensation from an electrifying new voice in the genre, Astounding Award-winning author Antonia Hodgson. 

Let us fly now to the empire of Orrun, where after twenty-four years of peace, the reign of Bersun the Brusque has come to an end. In the dizzying heat of midsummer, seven exceptional warriors, thinkers, strategists compete to replace him. 

When one of them is murdered, it falls to Neema Kraa, the emperors brilliant, idiosyncratic High Scholar, to find the killer and fight for the throne. Neema believes she is alone. But we are here to help; all she has to do is let us in.

If she succeeds, we will win an empire. If she fails, death awaits her. But we wont let that happen.

We are the Raven, and we are magnificent.

 Sharply written and intricately plotted. A masterclass in storytelling!  Ann Leckie, Hugo Award-winning author of Ancillary Justice 

 Fiendishly charming and clever, this is a book you absolutely must devour.  Tasha Suri, World Fantasy Award-winning author of The Jasmine Throne

 The Raven Scholar is as clever as its namesakeeach beloved character, each twist and each turn, is a shiny new gift. It is magnificent.  l³t