{"product_id":"blood-song-ravens-shadow-1-by-anthony-ryan-softback-english-edition","title":"Blood Song (Raven's Shadow #1), by Anthony Ryan (softback, english edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e🇬🇧 This Book Is In English \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe truth can cut deeper than any sword.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlood Song\u003c\/strong\u003e by Anthony Ryan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e(Raven's Shadow, Book 1 of 3)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe epic first novel in the internationally bestselling Raven's Shadow series — an enthralling tale of desperate battles, deadly politics, and dark adventure.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVaelin Al Sorna is the Sixth Order's newest recruit. Under their brutal training regime, he learns how to forge a blade, survive the wilds, and kill a man quickly and quietly — all in the name of protecting the Realm and the Faith. But war is coming. Vaelin must draw upon the very essence of his strength and cunning if he is to survive the coming conflict. Yet as the world teeters on the edge of chaos, he will learn that the truth can cut deeper than any sword.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe have fought battles that left more than a hundred corpses on the ground and not a word of it has ever been set down. The Order fights, but often it fights in shadow, without glory or reward. 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