Read Series: The Ascendants Of Estorea
by Author James Barclay
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The Cry of the Newborn (2006)
Yes! Yes yes yes!As a fan of "The Raven" novels I'd been disappointed by "Ravensoul" and so approached this new epic somewhat cautiously, worried that James Barclay had perhaps run out of steam. I could not have been more wrong! At over 800 pages this was a bit of a slowburner to begin with - so ...
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A Shout For The Dead (2007)
So yes, finally finished and what a tale! Along with Cry of the Newborn, the two Ascendants of Estorea novels tell an absolutely perfect story. Shout for the Dead is definitely more pacey than Cry... with less of the world building and intrigue of that first novel (although the complex themes of ...