My Books

Traitor in the Ice (2022)
The Drowned City (2021)
A Gathering of Ghosts (2018)
The Plague Charmer (2017)
The Raven’s Head (2015)
The Vanishing Witch (2014)
Liars and Thieves (A Company of Liars short story) (2014)
Falcons of Fire & Ice (2012)
The Gallows Curse (2012)
The Owl Killers (2009)
Company of Liars (2008)
The Deadliest Sin (2014)
The False Virgin (2014)
The First Murder (2012)
Hill of Bones (2012)
The Sacred Stone (2011)

Book details

Publisher: Headline Review
Publication date: March 12, 2015
ISBN: 9781472215055

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The Raven’s Head

Vincent is an apprentice librarian who stumbles upon a secret powerful enough to destroy his master. With the foolish arrogance of youth, he attempts blackmail but the attempt fails and Vincent finds himself on the run and in possession of an intricately carved silver raven’s head.

Any attempt to sell the head fails … until Vincent tries to palm it off on the intimidating Lord Sylvain – unbeknown to Vincent, a powerful Alchemist with an all-consuming quest. Once more Vincent’s life is in danger because Sylvain and his neighbours, the menacing White Canons, consider him a predestined sacrifice in their shocking experiment.

Chilling and with compelling hints of the supernatural, The Raven’s Head is a triumph for Karen Maitland, Queen of the Dark Ages.

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