![]() ![]() ![]() As the only caste in Sabor immune to the deadly sickness, Crows earn their living by not only providing a merciful end to the dying, but also burning the bodies to mitigate spread of the disease. When we last left our merry band, the prince and his illegitimate brother/body guard, Tavin, had been delivered to safety and Fie, now chieftain of a band of Crows, was setting out to deal with plague outbreaks. You must read the two books in order and, as it is impossible to review The Faithless Hawk without some serious reveals about The Merciful Crow, consider this your spoiler warning for the next few paragraphs! There is barely a moment’s relief in this novel, which is a good thing as all that action draws the characters to an enormously satisfying ending. ![]() The plague is moving across the land, the queen is intent on cementing her position by turning the people against each other, and one of our heroes appears to have given up. The Faithless Hawk includes all of the characters from the first book but increases the action and adds some major royal intrigue as the battle for the throne between Prince Jasimir and his thoroughly diabolical stepmother moves to center stage. In her sequel to The Merciful Crow, Margaret Owen returns to the kingdom of Sabor and the new chaos created by the sudden death/murder of their cruel but powerful king. The Faithless Hawk, Margaret Owen ( Henry Holt 978-4-6, $18.99, 400pp, hc) August 2020. ![]()
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