Was a long time ago and the Raven is still a powerful god whose will and wantsĪre communicated through his Instrument to the Raven’s Lease, a human ruler who God who together the Silent Forest has kept the port of Vastai and its human inhabitants That war has been fought against the forces of the Raven, a They fought together in a war to avenge some wrongdoingsĭone to the people who has worshiped them and this is when things started to Have a BFF, the Myriad, who has arrived on Earth on a meteorite and has advisedĪnd kept The Hill company. Time, The Strength and Patience of the Hill has seen things. Pay attention to this bit, with “carefully chosen words”, a god can do To enforce) can drain a god’s power for a long time or even kill them. True) and that speaking an untruth (or rather, something they don’t have power Words are inescapably true (as long as they have sufficient power to make them With people yes, but there are rules to that.

Through the use of language, the gods communicate Of language, of speaking and communicating is of utmost important here. – come and go, has seen oceans change and learned to communicate. Is both local and large, epic and personal. Us their story through time since The Beginning) in first person, a story that The Strength and Patience of the Hill – is the one narrating the novel, telling Is the thing: the god – one of the Ancient Ones, a literal rock who is known as To him and he becomes well, a Chosen One. Glance perhaps we have seen it all: a young farmer’s son is off to win hisįortune as a soldier in service to an heir and then becomes embroiled with theįates of humans and gods, especially when one special God starts to pay attention The first words in Ann Leckie’s utterly fantastic standalone novel The Raven Tower, her debut Epic FantasyĪfter the multiple award-winning Science Fiction Ancillary series. How did we get this book: Review copy from the publisher Its foundations conceal a dark history that has been waiting to reveal itself…and to set in motion a chain of events that could destroy Iraden forever. And in seeking to help Mawat reclaim his city, Eolo discovers that the Raven’s Tower holds a secret. It is into this unrest that the warrior Eolo–aide to Mawat, the true Lease–arrives.

And they have made their own alliances with other gods. The kingdom borders are tested by invaders who long for the prosperity that Vastai boasts. And under the Raven’s watch, the city flourishes.īut the power of the Raven is weakening. His magic is sustained via the blood sacrifice that every Lease must offer. His will is enacted through the Raven’s Lease, a human ruler chosen by the god himself. He watches over his territory from atop a tower in the powerful port of Vastai. For centuries, the kingdom of Iraden has been protected by the god known as the Raven.

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