Nightchild (2001)

by James Barclay

Series: Chronicles of the Raven (3)

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Conversations
358	3	73,007	(3.38)	None
A mother and gifted child go into hiding to escape the colleges of magic who wish to control the child. As the hunt goes on, the girl starts to test her powers and nature itself begins to turn on Balaia. Can her father, Denser of The Raven, find the child before the world is ripped apart? Can The Raven afford to let her live?… (more)

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

Magpiebooks, jcm790, LLonaVahine, Kakamay, wolfric0, TaliaMarine, ajbaybook, bibliotecadetorio

▾Tags

▾LibraryThing Recommendations

▾Lists

None

▾Will you like it?

▾Conversations (About links)

No current Talk conversations about this book.

▾Member reviews

English (2) French (1) All languages (3)

date ▼ | votes

Showing 2 of 2

la banda, sciolta ormai da 5 anni, si riunisce x salvare la figlia della coppia di maghi. Fallisce ma nel farlo... salva il mondo (

)

LLonaVahine | May 22, 2024 |

In my opinion, this third in the Chronicles trilogy is the worst of them because it centres on Denser and Erienne and I like them the least. However, that doesn't detract from Barclay's taut pacing and action. (

)

Tselja | May 2, 2010 |

date ▼ | votes

Showing 2 of 2

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

▾Other authors

» Add other authors (1 possible)

▾Series and work relationships

Belongs to Series

Chronicles of the Raven (3)

▾Awards and Honors

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Canonical title

Nightchild

Original title

Alternative titles

Original publication date

2001

People/Characters

Important places

Important events

Related movies

Epigraph

Dedication

First words

Jarrin had fished the waters north of Sunara's Teeth all of this long life.

The covered carriage rattled along the western edge of Thornewood, heading in the direction of Varhawk Crags on a rutted and overgrown trail.

Quotations

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Anders, Lou (Pyr)

Blurbers

Original language

Canonical DDC/MDS

Canonical LCC

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English

None

▾Book descriptions

A mother and gifted child go into hiding to escape the colleges of magic who wish to control the child. As the hunt goes on, the girl starts to test her powers and nature itself begins to turn on Balaia. Can her father, Denser of The Raven, find the child before the world is ripped apart? Can The Raven afford to let her live?

▾Library descriptions

No library descriptions found.

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

Haiku summary