# The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson (Paperback)

**The _Sunday Times_ bestseller** **from an electrifying new voice in epic fantasy** **\- a masterfully woven tale of imperial intrigue, cutthroat competition, and one scholar's quest to uncover the truth.**  
  
**'IT'S THRILLING, ROMANTIC, OFTEN TRAGIC, AND ALWAYS FUNNY' ALIX E. HARROW**  
**'SIMPLY GLORIOUS!' GEORGIA SUMMERS**  
**'FIENDISHLY CHARMING AND CLEVER' TASHA SURI  
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**_She might win the throne. She might destroy an empire. Either way, it begins with murder._**  
  
After twenty-four years on the throne, it is time for Bersun the Brusque, emperor of Orrun, to bring his reign to an end. In the dizzying heat of mid-summer, seven contenders will compete to replace him.  
  
Trained at rival monasteries, each contender is inspired by a sacred animal - Fox, Raven, Tiger, Ox, Bear, Monkey, and Hound. An eighth - the Dragon proxy - will be revealed only once the trials have begun. Eight exceptional warriors, thinkers, strategists - the best of the best.  
  
Then one of them is murdered.  
  
It falls to the brilliant but idiosyncratic Neema Kraa to investigate. But as she hunts for a killer, darker forces are gathering.  
  
If Neema succeeds, she could win the throne - whether she wants it or not. But if she fails, she will sentence herself to death - and set in motion a sequence of events that could doom the empire . . .  
  
**PRAISE FOR _THE RAVEN SCHOLAR_**  
'_The Raven Scholar_ is an intricately plotted historical mystery steeped in gothic charm and intellectual intrigue' **⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐**  
'**Truly one of the best epic fantasy books I've read in a long time**' **⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐**  
'I have NEVER rooted a romance more' **⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐**  
**'This book is simply "Magnificent"**' **⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐**  
'Mature and sensible, but still idealistic, emotional, passion-driven \[characters\]' **⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐**

## Details

- **Price:** 8.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** Hodder & Stoughton
- **Type:** Antonia Hodgson
- **Tags:** All Books, Fantasy

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