The Ravener: Kill the Messenger

The Guild of Raveners is a prestigious and mysterious brotherhood dating back centuries. They employ independently operating contractors, Raveners, who travel throughout the Imperial Republic of Lanterra offering many different specialized services to any client willing to pay the price. These services include transporting sensitive correspondence and valuable packages, exploring and guiding travelers through uncharted territories, investigating crimes, and tracking missing persons or fugitives from justice. Farrek is among the best of his class, but work has been sparse of late. He needs a quick and easy job for some quick and easy coin.

He finds one with an Elite businessman who requires the expedient retrieval of a small but important package from a lawless trade city on the outskirts of the country. The journey is long and the city itself is full of potential dangers, but it’s nothing Farrek can’t handle. The job is a simple one…or so he thinks.

He soon learns that his client is not the only one after this mysterious package. A ruthless band of mercenaries, a sadistic assassin, and a rival Ravener, who happens to share a history with Farrek, are after it as well, and they’ll stop at nothing to get it before he does.

As the bullets start flying and the swords start swinging, Farrek’s only true ally is his feisty raven companion, Yasmine. Together they must race against the others to complete the job and stay alive in the process.

A swashbuckling, action-packed adventure set in the fictional land of Lanterra, with elements of steampunk sci-fi and medieval fantasy, KILL THE MESSENGER is the first book in THE RAVENER SERIES.