The Wolf's Call
core novel 2019 Raven's Shadow
Record
| First published | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.26 (6,887 ratings, collected 2026-08-24) |
| Page count | 432 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780451492531 |
Synopsis
The Wolf's Call opens the Raven's Blade series five years after the events of Queen of Fire. Vaelin Al Sorna, the legendary warrior of the earlier trilogy, has withdrawn from public life and war to live quietly, deliberately avoiding further conflict and the fame it brought him. His peace ends when he learns that Sherin, a woman from his past, has fallen into the hands of the Steel Horde, an army sweeping across the sea under a leader who claims divine authority. Reluctant but unable to turn away, Vaelin is drawn back into the field, navigating the fractured politics of the Venerable Kingdom's merchant rulers as he searches for a way to reach Sherin and gauge the true scale of the Horde's threat, aware that this may be an enemy even he cannot defeat alone.
Where it sits
- Universe: Raven's Shadow
- Series: Raven's Blade core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Anthony Ryan
Notes
- From the series record (Raven's Blade): Complete direct sequel duology to Raven's Shadow, continuing Vaelin Al Sorna's story in the same continuity.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Raven's Blade: position 1 of 2: next The Black Song (2020)
Sources
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