Elfsorrow (Legends of the Raven 1) Review

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Elfsorrow (Legends of the Raven 1) ReviewElfsorrow is the first book in a second series about a group of mercenaries called the Raven. To be clear, if you have not read all previous books then you are going to end up guessing at a lot of stuff that is going on. If I had it to do over again, I would have read the previous series, The Chronicles of the Raven first because it sounds like a great story just based on all the information that I had to figure out from context.
Elfsorrow takes place on two different continents and tracks about four different storylines. The first is a group of highly skilled mages and fighters who work as a group known as the Raven. There are many different, interesting characters in the Raven ranging between a mourning mother/female mage who has just lost her child, a former general in the army of one of the Magic Colleges(think an order/school of magic), a shapeshifter who has returned from being a wolf and is still getting used to being human, and a former soul-sworn warrior from a different Magic college. These are characters with lots and lots of backstory that I didn't know, but I was still fascinated about.
The second storyline is of a fanatic rabble-rouser who is trying to turn the populace of one continent against all magic users. Again, there is more to his story that Elfsorrow tells, but clearly, he's motivations and convictions truly match with some of the most heinous. The phrase the End Justifies the Means truly fits.
The third storyline is about a group of Elves who are guarding a magic shrine/temple in the heart of the second continent. They are elite warriors and combat magi whose dedication to what they are doing makes them very prejudiced. It's a believable combination and their storyline almost struck me as tragic.
The fourth storyline chronicles an expeditionary force who is seeking after artifacts and other sources of magic. Their motivations for what they are doing start out very obscure, but even as you grow to dislike what they are doing, there are characters in the midst of this storyline who are admirable, honorable!! Very good stuff!
I really liked Elfsorrow because James Barclay does things that I have not seen in a long time. He takes time to actually incorporate tactics and strategy into some of the combat situations. Things like camouflage and positioning of different types of combatants and the effects of spells on an opposing force are all details that he does not neglect. If you like detailed fantasy this is a really good book, but you may want to take time to read the other series first!
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