MY REVIEW:
Raven’s Ladder is the third book in the Auralia’s Thread series. Because I missed the second volume, it was difficult for me to pick up the story in this sequel. My suggestion to anyone thinking about reading Raven’s Ladder would be to read all the books in order and preferably within a short amount of time. These books are built upon each other and it would be easy to miss everything that is going on without the information in previous ones.
As in Auralia’s Colors, the author has painted a masterpiece of words. Raven’s Ladder is filled to the brim with intriguing characters, strange and wonderful creatures, and unusual geography. Characters range from courageous and heroic to manipulating and evil. Cal-raven’s quest to deliver his people to a safe place and to establish New Abascar, leads them through adventures, challenges, and dangers. Fantasy lovers should definitely check out this series.
This book was provided for review by the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Following the beacon of Auralia’s colors and the footsteps of a mysterious dream-creature, King Cal-raven has discovered a destination for his weary crowd of refugees. It’s a city only imagined in legendary tales. And it gives him hope to establish New Abascar.
But when Cal-raven is waylaid by fortune hunters, his people become vulnerable to a danger more powerful than the prowling beastmen––House Bel Amica. In this oceanside kingdom of wealth, enchantment, and beauty, deceitful Seers are all too eager to ensnare House Abascar’s wandering throng.
Even worse, the Bel Amicans have discovered Auralia’s colors, and are twisting a language of faith into a lie of corruption and control.
If there is any hope for the people of Abascar, it lies in the courage of Cyndere, daughter of Bel Amica’s queen; the strength of Jordam the beastman; and the fiery gifts of the ale boy, who is devising a rescue for prisoners of the savage Cent Regus beastmen.
As his faith suffers one devastating blow after another, Cal-raven’s journey is a perilous climb from despair to a faint gleam of hope––the vision he sees in Auralia’s colors.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Jeffrey Overstreet is the author of The Auralia Thread, the fantasy series which begins with Auralia’s Colors, a thrilling adventure twice-nominated for a Christy Award, and Cyndere’s Midnight. He is an award-winning film critic and columnist, his work appearing in many publications including Image, Paste, and Christianity Today. He is also the contributing editor for Seattle Pacific University’s Response magazine. Jeffrey writes in the coffee shops of Shoreline, Washington, with his wife, Anne.
