Agent: Russell Galen, Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency. The land of Alban is not a comfortable place, Flint is not a comforting man, and Neryn is up to the challenges of both. Shadowfell Series, Book 1 By: Juliet Marillier Narrated by: Henrietta Meire Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins 4.5 (195 ratings) Try for 0. Neryn’s gifts lie in seeing, listening, and asking, and the turning points are marked by belief, not battles. Her novels and short stories have won numerous awards. She also wrote the Sevenwaters series, including Flame of Sevenwaters and Seer of Sevenwaters.

Marillier presents a classic quest in the high fantasy tradition, but there are no noble warriors to be found in this first book in a planned trilogy. Born in New Zealand in 1948, Juliet Marillier is the author of the Blackthorn & Grim series of historical fantasy novels, including the books Tower of Thorns and Dreamer’s Pool. How much of an agent Neryn might be, only Flint and the Good Folk, the fae, seem to guess. On the day the narrator, 15-year-old Neryn, loses her last connection to family and home, Flint is there to extricate her from disaster and set her on the path of destiny, no longer a victim but an agent in the struggle against aĬruel king who has twisted and poisoned his realm.

These four powerful beings have been increasingly at odds with human kind, and Neryn must prove her worth to them. Flint, unlike Strider, is younger than he looks, but he’s every bit as skillful. Raven Flight: A Shadowfell novel by Juliet Marillier (Author) (345) Neryn has finally found the rebel group at Shadowfell, and now her task is to seek out the elusive Guardians, vital to her training as a Caller. For those who wish that Tolkien had explored the character of Aragorn more deeply, Marillier (the Sevenwaters trilogy) provides the next best thing.

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