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Raven's Gift --- A Fantasy Novel by Tobias D. Robison
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As of July 17,2008, Raven's Gift is appearing on the web as an author-read audio book. Raven's Gift is now available -- free -- at Podiobooks.com. Please read the description of the book there. You can download selected chapters, or subscribe. And here's Here's an RSS feed.
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About Tobias D. Robison
Raven's Gift is an epic fantasy set in a pastoral medieval world that is rich in magic. Raven is a woman in her prime with a strange power that is as much a curse as a gift. Trouble follows her every step, and danger approaches at every turn. With only her wits and her nose she must defeat a dragon, a vast army, and blackhearted wizards. She begins her journey alone, but though her dark past haunts her, she finds companions who ease her pain and begin helping her make amends for a terrible mistake.
Raven's Gift is a dramatic, powerful work with an idiosyncratic heroine and intriguing forms of magic. With Raven's deep bond to nature and her pragmatic attitude towards the obstacles in her path, she manages to find her place as destiny's unsung hero in her dangerous world.
One reader has said that Raven's Gift is like South Park mets James Bond meets
Dungeons and Dragons. Although there's combat and even a military campaign in this novel, much of the action occurs in lively conversations. Even today, at the beginning of the 21st century, it is impossible to imagine making Raven's Gift into a movie -- for an unusual reason -- but if such a movie could be made, some parts of it might earn an R rating: for being earthy, rather than raunchy.
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