Night Calls the Raven

The Master of the Tane #2

by Thomas Rath

Waking in a Tjal-Dihn camp, Thane is unable to remember who he is or where he has been. Desperate to feel connected and with nowhere else to go, he asks to participate in the Tjal adoption ceremony that, if successfully completed, will assure him an honorable place in Tjal society. What he doesn't realize is that to fail is to forfeit his life. Dor struggles to understand his growing feelings for Tam as he helplessly watches her dranlok addiction consume her, threatening to take her away as it drains her will to live.

Jack fights to convince the HuMans they are in danger of extinction but is disregarded by an inept king's apathy toward his own people. Meanwhile, Bedler's numbers continue to swell in anticipation of the coming massacre that will surely catch the HuMans, and the rest of the free races, in its wake of complete annihilation.

With hope swiftly fading, all life hangs on the ability of a handful of soldiers to hold back the deadly tide while the sun quickly sets on a doomed world as night calls the raven.

364 pages, Paperback

First published August 31, 2005

Reviews

[George · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good progression to the story of the trilogy but a little slow at times. Don't feel it could stand on its own like some books in trilogies but a decent book. The main thing that bugs me throughout the series is the misused homonyms. "He grabbed the horses main" and other examples. Really needs to have someone read it and help with those edits. They jar you out of the escape and immersion into the story.