The Crow
core novel 2008 The Books of Pellinor
Record
| First published | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.04 (14,312 ratings, collected 2026-09-05) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780143008903 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
The third Pellinor novel runs in parallel with the events of The Riddle, following Maerad's brother Hem, who was separated from her in childhood and is now training at the School of Turbansk in the south. As he grows into his own Bardic gift, Hem befriends Zelika, a refugee whose home school was destroyed in the war spreading across the Seven Kingdoms, and the two are drawn together by the same conflict that has shaped both their lives. With the help of a white crow named Irc, Hem eventually undertakes a dangerous infiltration of enemy territory in search of half of the Treesong, an object whose significance echoes the quest Maerad and Cadvan pursue elsewhere, as the growing war closes in around Turbansk itself.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Books of Pellinor
- Series: The Books of Pellinor core; position 3 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Alison Croggon
Notes
- From the series record (The Books of Pellinor): Original Australian first editions, published by Penguin Books Australia; US editions from Candlewick Press retitled the first volume 'The Naming' and released each book roughly a year after its original Australian edition.
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 Books of Pellinor: position 3 of 4: previous The Riddle (2004) · next The Singing (2008)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Pellinor
- Wikipedia: The Gift (Croggon novel)
- Wikipedia: The Singing
- Wikipedia: The Crow (novel)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Books_of_Pellinor
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