The Raven Scholar (Eternal Path Trilogy Book 1)

“A labyrinth of a book—vast and intricate full of fiendish twists and clever traps—with a deeply human heart at its center. It's thrilling romantic often tragic and always funny; I'm obsessed.”  —Alix E. Harrow   New York Times bestselling author of Starling House The Raven Scholar is a masterfully woven tale of imperial intrigue from an electrifying new voice in epic fantasy—in a stunning edition featuring French flaps and silver foiled cover effects!  Let us fly now to the empire of Orrun where after twenty-four years of peace the reign of Bersun the Brusque has come to an end. In the dizzying heat of midsummer seven exceptional warriors thinkers strategists compete to replace him.  When one of them is murdered it falls to Neema Kraa the emperor’s brilliant idiosyncratic High Scholar to find the killer and fight for the throne. Neema believes she is alone. But we are here to help; all she has t