The Raven Scholar

This book might be part of the The Eternal Path Trilogy series.

** 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 …

** She might win the throne. She might destroy an empire. Either way, it begins with murder.**

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 . . .

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ISBN:: 978-1-5293-3988-8
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M hat The Raven Scholar von Antonia Hodgson besprochen

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Libro entretenidísimo, de ese en el que vuelan las páginas y no te das ni cuenta. Muy buen ritmo, con siempre algo nuevo con lo que tirar p'alante.

Pero no llega a nominado de Hugo ni de coña y me alarma bastante que lo sea. Los personajes son tan planos y pueriles que no podría considerarla una novela para adultos. Los malos son malísisisisimos, los buenos, tontos del culo.

Lo más doloroso, en realidad, es el potencial que tiene su universo y lo mal plasmado que está. Hodgson se niega categoricamente a usar descripciones, así que todos esos palacios, rituales, espadas y túnicas nunca acaban de definirse en nada que puedas imaginar. Por no saber, ni siquiera sabes qué pinta tienen los personajes.