{"product_id":"raven-9781613168004","title":"Raven [Faye, Lyndsay]","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eLyndsay Faye\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn orphaned young woman in antebellum Maryland is pulled into a maelstrom of passion, pain, and occult power in this Gothic homage to the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI died a fortnight ago this coming Thursday. It was a terrifically unpleasant experience--being murdered, I mean to say.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Raven Helen Allan has always been haunted by witchcraft. Since the death of her beloved mother, she has soothed herself by speaking words into spells--a proclivity enhanced by time spent with her aunt's library of occult books. She also finds a self-destructive solace in transmuting the pain in her heart onto her flesh. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After an itinerant childhood spent first with her mother's traveling theater troupe and then being passed around from relative to relative, Raven is relieved to finally settle down with Aunt Berenice in her Baltimore townhouse--even if her aunt spends most evenings in a laudanum haze. There she finds a long-sought sense of belonging with the family of enslaved workers in her aunt's household, especially the brilliantly odd youngest daughter Pym. Raven's infatuation with her friend only grows more intimate as the girls become women together. But when the household is threatened with financial ruin, Raven must set out to earn her own living. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Taking a job as a paid companion, Raven arrives at the crumbling Moldavia Manor. Her charge is a delicate young invalid named Lenore Legrand who haunts the Gothic structure like a phantom. Living with them is Lenore's devoted older cousin Trevanion, who shares Raven's interest in the occult and devotes his days to searching ancient texts for an Elixir of Life that might cure his cousin. Raven finds herself inexorably drawn to both cousins as well as to the secrets hidden in the shadows of Moldavia Manor. Will she find the answers she seeks in Trevanion's alchemical texts? What is the meaning of glowing green light emitted from the tower windows? And is Raven truly narrating this story from beyond the grave--if so, who murdered her? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gothic and atmospheric, Raven is an aching tale of loss, freedom, death, and resurrection by the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eJane Steele\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDust and Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781613168004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/03\/2026 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLyndsay Faye\u003c\/b\u003e is the internationally bestselling author of eight critically acclaimed novels and two short story collections. She has been published in fifteen languages, nominated for two Edgar Awards, and received an American Library Association award for Best Historical Novel. A notable writer of Sherlock Holmes pastiches including \u003ci\u003eDust and Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eObservations by Gaslight\u003c\/i\u003e, she also particularly enjoys upending classical literature, as in \u003ci\u003eJane Steele\u003c\/i\u003e, which transforms Jane Eyre into a feminist serial killer. A true New Yorker in the sense that she was born elsewhere, Faye lives in Queens with her husband Nicholas and her cat Prufrock.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45533344039088,"sku":"9781613168004b","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pandemoniumbooks.com\/products\/raven-9781613168004","provider":"Pandemonium Books and Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}