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The Raven Tower

by Ann Leckie

Gods, rulers, and the price of protection

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    Shortlisted for the 2020 World Fantasy Award

    Shortlisted for the 2020 World Fantasy Award.

  • Author recognition

    Ann Leckie is described as a New York Times bestselling author

    Described as a New York Times bestselling author.

AlbakiReads Editorial

Gods, rulers, and the price of protection

In the kingdom of Iraden, divine protection is bound to political authority: the god Raven chooses a human ruler, whose office depends on a blood sacrifice. The story’s central tension grows from that arrangement and from a secret hidden beneath the god’s tower in the port city of Vastai. As the threat to Iraden takes shape, the novel brings questions of power, obligation, and the entanglement of gods and people into an epic-fantasy setting.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in epic fantasy built around gods and political authority.
  • For readers who enjoy stories about the costs and obligations attached to power.
  • For readers seeking a fantasy setting shaped by a port city, a divine ruler, and concealed history.

Themes

Divine power and human ruleSacrifice and obligationPolitical authoritySecrets and history

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Book overview

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 WORLD FANTASY AWARD
Gods meddle in the fates of men, men play with the fates of gods, and a pretender must be cast down from the throne in this masterful first fantasy novel from Ann Leckie, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke Awards.

"Absolutely wonderful. . .utterly brilliant." -- The New York Times Book Review

For centuries, the kingdom of Iraden has been protected by the god known as the Raven.

He watches over his territory from atop a tower in the powerful port of Vastai. His will is enacted through the Raven's Lease, a human ruler chosen by the god himself. His magic is sustained by the blood sacrifice that every Lease must offer. And under the Raven's watch, the city flourishes.

But the Raven's tower holds a secret. 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.
"It's a delight to read something so different, so wonderful and strange." -- Patrick Rothfuss

For more Ann Leckie, check out: Ancillary JusticeAncillary SwordAncillary Mercy
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