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MediaDB / «Shadow of the Raven" by Patricia Briggs: download fb2, read online
About the book: 2007 / They say that once the magicians from the City, obsessed with a thirst for knowledge, summoned a terrible Pursuer from the darkness - and only miraculously managed to curb him and imprison him within the city walls , they themselves fled and turned into restless vagabonds - Wanderers. They say that in order to prevent Evil from breaking out of the Prison City, the Wanderers founded five magical orders, each of which bears the name of a bird. And they also say that not one of those who by birthright belongs to the Wanderers will escape the fate destined for him... So they say. But the wife of the farmer Thayer Sir, who comes from the family of Wanderers, once saved by him from certain death, does not believe in idle tales... for the time being. For now her husband has been kidnapped by cruel warlocks who planned to free the Stalker, and in Sera herself and her three children magical abilities are awakening more and more, looking for a way out…