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“A powerhouse epic of humans and gods at war, deeply imagined and profoundly thrilling…[with] echoes of Shakespeare and Le Guin.”
— Lev Grossman, #1 New York Times bestselling author
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“A wonderful exploration of gods, mortals, and divinity. It’s as if Hamlet were told from the point of view of Elsinore Castle addressing a mostly oblivious Horatio.”
— New York Times Book Review
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“[Leckie’s] fantasy novel is packed with family intrigue, throne-room maneuvering, and nods to Hamlet…It’s deeply focused world-building.”
— NPR
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“Narrator Adjoa Andoh lends diverse accents and impressive power to this compelling fantasy…Andoh’s skill with a dynamic range of voices will propel listeners through the tales of powerful gods, complex political machinations, and revenge. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
— AudioFile
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“Highly recommended for…anyone looking for exciting and boundary-pushing fantasy.”
— Booklist (starred review)
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“This impressive piece of craftsmanship cements Leckie’s place as a powerful voice in both SF and fantasy.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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I've been reading fantasy my whole life. After all these years, it's a delight to read something so different, so wonderful and strange.
— Patrick Rothfuss
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A powerhouse epic of humans and gods at war, deeply imagined and profoundly thrilling. There are echoes of Shakespeare and Le Guin in The Raven Tower, but its strange dark brilliance could only have come from Ann Leckie.
— Lev Grossman
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Leckie's tale takes on a mythic, metafictional quality...and the story's elements weave into a stunning conclusion. This impressive piece of craftsmanship cements Leckie's place as a powerful voice in both SF and fantasy.
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Absolutely wonderful. The god's voice is mesmerizing, tender and careful....feels closer to the register of folk tale than epic, and is all the more riveting for that.
— New York Times Book Review
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Leckie has an ear for language, an eye for character and a gift for creating new worlds and cultures... [her] examination of power, politics and governance is fascinating and well-conceived.
— St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Sharp, many layered, and, as always for Leckie, deeply intelligent.
— Kirkus (starred review)
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Leckie has a gift for using language both as worldbuilding and as plot device ... The Raven Tower spins out its mysteries before gleefully setting fire to them in the last few pages.
— NPR
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The Raven Tower is an enormously compelling novel. It may draw inspiration from Hamlet, but...it reweaves the fabric of Shakespeare's play into cloth of a different color entirely. Leckie's worldbuilding is deep and thorough, showing us the edges of a broad, rich, complicated world, and her characters are fascinating.
— Tor.com
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Leckie has created an enthralling and well-realized fantasy world, full of not only magic and gods but also characters representing a broad spectrum of gender and sexuality. Highly recommended for...anyone looking for exciting and boundary-pushing fantasy.
— Booklist (starred review)
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Leckie's first foray into fantasy is every bit as exciting as her 2013 sci-fi debut, Ancillary Justice."—Bustle
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Part epic of diplomacy, part meditation on the unknown, this fantasy debut from the author of the modern sci-fi classic Ancillary Justice is a knotted rope that slowly comes unteased until it all unravels, satisfyingly and compellingly, at the end.
— Slate
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The Raven Tower is a unique, intricate fantasy set in a fascinating world of gods who are at once formidable and vulnerable. Original and powerful -- I loved it. Highly recommended for fans of N. K. Jemisin or Guy Gavriel Kay.
— Django Wexler
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A gripping story that's one part mystery, one part a new history of the world, The Raven Tower is an incredible fantasy, told by one of the most unique voices I've had the privilege of reading.
— S. A. Chakraborty
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Earthsea's elegance meets Sanderson's clever magic in this talon-sharp saga of divinity and revenge. Ann Leckie is unstoppable.
— Seth Dickinson