Malice of Crows
core novel 2017 The Shadow
Record
| First published | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.91 (882 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| Page count | 365 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316502351 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
In this third installment of the Shadow series, Ranger Rhett Walker pursues the necromancer Bernard Trevisian, who has possessed the body of a young girl named Meimei and continues to threaten the fragile order Rhett and his diverse posse have fought to protect. When tragedy befalls Rhett's captain, he and his companions, several of them decidedly nonhuman themselves, are forced to confront Trevisian largely on their own, without the backup they once relied on. The journey brings them up against poisonous monsters and other dangerous creatures of the weird West, alongside unexpected allies such as a gorgon who may prove more helpful than fearsome, all while Rhett continues coming to terms with his own identity with the steady support of the makeshift family he has gathered around him.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Shadow
- Series: The Shadow core; position 3 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Lila Bowen
Notes
- From the series record (The Shadow): A completed four-book weird-western dark fantasy following Nettie Lonesome/Rhett Walker, a mixed-race, gender-fluid monster hunter in an alternate 1870s Texas populated by vampires, shifters, and figures from indigenous and frontier folklore.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Shadow: position 3 of 4: previous Conspiracy of Ravens (2016) · next Treason of Hawks (2018)
Sources
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