Raven's Strike (The Raven Duology, Book 2) [Mass Market Paperback]

Patricia Briggs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2, 2010

The Traveler Seraph must use all her cunning and ability as a Raven mage to track down an unimaginable force of destruction known as the Shadowed.

 

Editorial Reviews

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"A talented storyteller who enchants her audience." —Midwest Book Review

About the Author

Patricia Briggs lives in Montana with her husband, children, and six horses.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Ace (November 2, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0441013120
• ISBN-13: 978-0441013128
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #326,301 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Patricia Briggs is the author of the New York Times bestselling Mercy Thompson urban fantasy series. She lives in Washington state with her husband, children, and a small herd of horses.

Customer Reviews

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60 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars pleasant continuation -- not a stand alone book, August 23, 2005

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Margaret P. "mhp2027" (Boulder, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Raven's Strike (The Raven Duology, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

"Raven's Strike" starts where "Raven's Shadow" left off. The family is traveling home, worrying about the damage dad (Tier) took while imprisoned. The escaped ringleader will likely seek vengence on them, so they also worry that the daughter (left with relatives) will be attacked. Upon reaching their farm, the family discovers that Tier is suffering severe magical damage and will shortly die without help. While deciding what to do, Phoran (their king) shows up incognito, in desparate need of help. Roughly speaking, this book enumerates the continuing adventures of the same people who appeared in the first book.

The first half is wonderfully written and highly entertaining -- nothing new, but fun nonetheless. The second half of the book was a disapointment. The second half relied too much on gods and powerful allies and too little on wit -- what I've liked best about Briggs' other books is how the characters make clever use of their assets to defeat foes. Briggs reveals new information that in essence changes everything we know of magic & Travelers & the Shadowed. I my opinion, these events & all did not fit well with the mood and setting of the previous book. To be fair, the other reviewers enjoyed these revelations.

If you enjoyed Brigg's previous book, you'll get your money's worth. Lively entertainment, fast paced and enjoyable, well suited to pass a lazy afternoon or long airplane ride.

27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Briggs does it again!, July 26, 2005

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Jessica G. "lilac_jive" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Raven's Strike (The Raven Duology, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

Patricia Briggs ends her latest duology spectacularly, with all that you expect to see from her. Mysteries posed in the first book are finally getting some attention, and Seraph also must deal with the dangers her family has been put in.

As usual, Briggs puts in a lot of wit and charm in this book, mkaing her characters even more endearing. If you were worried that the romance was going to get to sappy in this book, have no fear- although the love is there, its far from nauseating. The story is adeptly paced, keeping you reading from beginning to end.

If you read "Raven's Shadow" a while ago, I recommend rereading it before you pick this up, just to save any early confusion (you don't have to, but it'll take a while to remember everything). If you haven't read this series, or even any of Briggs' books, I highly recommend all of her books. She never seems to disappoint.

32 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWESOME, August 8, 2005

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Elaine C McTyer "avid reader" (Dawson, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Raven's Strike (The Raven Duology, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

Raven's Strike is the second in a series, it can stand alone, but is better if you read Raven's Shadow first.

Seraph is a Raven Mage, a Traveler, in the previous book she was saved by Tier, a soldier, who somehow bares the Order of Owl. There are 6 Orders and Tier is the only one she knows of who is not a traveler. The Travelers were sent out from an ancient city to face the shadows in the world. There were 544 clans of Travelers, but tokens from 224 have made their way to Seraph. Therefore these clans are no more.

In some unknown and unexplained way all of Seraph and Tier's children are Ordered. Jes is Eagle or Guardian, Lehr is Hunter, Rinnie is Cormorant or Weather-witch. It is almost impossible for so many orders to be born in one family. Seraph is the last of her clan.

Now a shadowed One walks the earth and somehow she and her family and friends must overcome something that has only been defeated once, and that by the most massive human army ever seen.

Wonderful story, better than RAven's Shadow and that is an awesome book too. If you like fantasy and romance and magic this one is for you.