The Raven Scholar

The Raven Scholar is a labyrinth of a book - vast and intricate, full of fiendish twists and clever traps - with a deeply human heart at its centre. 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 epic fantasy at its finest: fiendish political intrigue, the ultimate trial for the throne and a shocking crime at the centre. Every character plays friend, suspect and threat - and you'll be turning the pages at midnight to unmask them. I can't wait to devour the sequel. Simply glorious! * Georgia Summers, Sunday Times bestselling author of The City of Stardust * The Raven Scholar is an immersive and enthralling epic fantasy. Fiendishly charming and clever, this is a book you absolutely must devour * Tasha Suri, World Fantasy Award-winning author of The Jasmine Throne * Twisty and clever * Claire North, author of Ithaca * The twists and turns of The Raven Scholar left me breathless. Antonia Hodgson drops us into an elaborately built, gorgeously realized world that I couldn't wait to see more of * Emery Robin, author of The Stars Undying * A conflagration of court intrigue, religious folktale, and characters with deliciously murky motivations, The Raven Scholaris a pure delight. Fantasy readers will gobble this down and curse the skies that they don't have the sequel yet * Bethany Jacobs, author of These Burning Stars * The Raven Scholar is as clever as its namesake - each beloved character, each twist and each turn, is a shiny new gift. It is magnificent * C. L. Clark, author of The Unbroken * Sharply written and intricately plotted, The Raven Scholar is a masterclass in storytelling. I can't recommend it enough! * Ann Leckie, author of the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke Award winning novel Ancillary Justice * This is how epic fantasy should be done. I adored every page: it was so meticulously plotted, so carefully built, so funny, and the characters! I could spend seven thousand pages with them * Genoveva Dimova, author of Foul Days * An astonishing feat of world building, at once expansive and intimate, propulsive and ingenious, I feel sure The Raven Scholar will take the world of fantasy by storm. Antonia Hodgson is a master story-teller and here she is at the pinnacle of her game. What a delight to know that this is the first of series * Elizabeth Freemantle, award-winning author of Disobedient * With tremendous world-building, a cast of carefully drawn characters, and an engaging plot exploring new riffs on a popular theme whilst nodding to the author's mystery fiction heritage, The Raven Scholar resoundingly hits all the right beats. Epic fantasy at its finest * Vaseem Khan, bestselling author of the Malabar House series * The Raven Scholar is a genuine fantasy masterpiece. Cut-throat courtly politics with a central mystery so twisty you might sprain something. Deliriously entertaining, periodically vicious, clever as hell and, best of all, funny. Buy now and thank me later * Grace Curtis, author of Floating Hotel * The Raven Scholar checks every box of things I love in a book. It has a compelling lead, a mystery that truly keeps you guessing, and a brutal competition for the throne. This is the kind of book that when I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about wanting to read it * Fantasy Book Critic * It is a joy for any hardened fantasy reader, but also an entry point for new readers. This is a world as fully formed as our own. Woe betide the reader who misses out on this story -- Katie Fraser * The Bookseller * A complex, inventive (and notably weighty) whodunnit set in new territory for her: an epic fantasy empire. Hodgson is one of our finest historical crime novelists, so you may find it worth investigating her ingeniously invented society even if you are resistant to fantasy * Financial Times * Brimmed with dark secrets, centuries-old betrayals and rivalries, The Rival Scholar is a masterfully woven and playful epic fantasy you'll binge-read in one day * Harper’s Bazaar Malaysia * From the first page of The Raven Scholar, you know you're in the hands of a master storyteller. This book is a pitch-perfect blend of everything I love about fantasy - an expertly realised world, ferocious prose and characters who will steal your heart. I will be bereft until the sequel * Dave Rudden, author of Sister Wake * With an intricate plot and obsession-worthy characters, The Raven Scholar subverts tropes to create a thrilling, fun, and shocking mystery * Tessa Gratton *