Blackwing – Ed McDonald

At the edge of a ruined world, survival means trusting the wrong people for the right reasons.

Ryhalt Galharrow makes his living in the shadow of the Misery, a wasteland warped by devastating magic. When a mysterious summons draws him into a dangerous mission, he uncovers a threat to the defences that stand between humanity and its enemies.

Ed McDonald’s dark fantasy blends a hard-bitten mercenary’s perspective with strange magic, desperate alliances and a world scarred by war. Expect grit, intrigue and a protagonist forced to confront more than the monsters beyond the frontier.

Blackwing is book one of the Raven’s Mark trilogy, followed by Ravencry and Crowfall. If you liked the morally complicated characters of Joe Abercrombie’s The Blade Itself or the military grit of Glen Cook’s The Black Company, you’ll enjoy this atmospheric fantasy.

A paperback in Very Good condition: minor shelf wear, clean and intact pages, and a tight binding.