The prolific author of The Raven Heir, Stephanie Burgis, is one who loves magic, fantasy and history and has written several series for middle fiction with strong adventurous female protagonists.
Stephanie Burgis (Photo by Richard Burgis).
The Raven Heir is the first in a new fantasy series, based around triplets Cordelia, Giles and Rosalind. Each of the triplets has magical abilities and have grown up in a castle protected by their mother Kathryn’s magic in a deep part of the forest. What they didn’t know was that their mother was hiding them from a dangerous secret — the firstborn triplet is the rightful heir to the kingdom but trying to take the throne means certain death as the rival kingdoms fight for power.
Their hideout is discovered and Kathryn taken prisoner, but not before she commands the triplets to run into the forest that, up until now, has protected them but is now a source of as much danger as it is safety. Cordelia, Giles and Rosalind have to learn to harness the powers they were discouraged to use under their mother’s protection and work together to keep each other safe and reach the crown, whose possessor rules the kingdom.
A little Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones (obviously without the violence and naughty bits), Burgis weaves a magical tale of rival dynasties, danger, magic, family secrets and loyalty around the quest to return the throne to its rightful heir while creating the perfect tone of adventure and drama for middle grade readers.
The wonderful cover captures Cordelia perfectly and Burgis’ writing creates a world so vivid you can almost hear, smell and feel the forest as you turn the pages. Add in a strong plot and wonderful developed characters and you have the page-turning foundation to what is sure to be an enchanting new series for young and old alike.
—The Raven Heir by Stephanie Burgis (Bloomsbury Australia) is out now.
The Raven Heir
Cordelia and her triplets Rosalind and Giles have lived safely in the castle at the centre of the forest all their lives, protected by the spells their mother has woven. The only time Cordelia feels truly free is when she turns into a dragonfly or a blackbird and can fly beyond the great stone walls. But then one day the outside world comes to them. Two rival dukes and their soldiers have come for the triplets – because whoever is the eldest is the heir to the throne.
But their mother knows that since the Raven Crown was broken, no one has been able to rule the kingdom of Corvenne and live, and she will not give up any of her children to that death sentence...
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