Kindle Edition Amazon KateMarie Collins Category:  Fantasy Publisher: Solstice Shadows ISBN-10:  1492837970 Type: Fiction Pages: 217 Copyright: December 18, 2013 ISBN-13: 9781492837978 Price: $3.99 (eBook) Book 2 of The Raven Chronicles, sequel to Daughter of Hauk  It’s been almost two years since Arwenna banished the Demon Corse from her world. Life has been good. Idyllic, almost.  The illusion is shattered in a heartbeat during her sister’s wedding. Not only are once-dead enemies back, but they’ve stolen Arwenna’s only child, Sera.  The price Arwenna will have to pay to save her daughter is high. Can she muster the strength to make a pact that jeopardizes not just her own soul, but that of an entire world? Excerpt Blackness enveloped Arwenna. Not a gentle one, swathing her like a comfortable blanket. Rather, it chilled her to her very core. This was wrong. It wasn’t going to be a peaceful sleep. Her mouth opened to scream, but no sound emerged. The guttering light of torches flirted with the edges of the black void, slowly eating away at it. She knew she was suspended in the air. All the dreams had that in common. It was what she would see as the darkness dissipated that changed. Before, it had been a sitting room or bedroom. She hadn’t been able to recognize any of the figures in the room, or hear what they said. But the feeling of evil had remained with her for days afterwards. What was below her now was no bedchamber, though. It was something far more frightening. Torches filled the area with light and shadows; she tasted the thick smoke rising from them. A man, someone she did not know, lay on a stone altar. A robed figure moved around towards an elderly priest. A shadow behind it grabbed at the old man’s hair, pulling his head back. She could see the face. A tear rolled silently down her cheek as she watched the knife slice slowly through Father Cedric’s neck. Memories of her brief childhood with her own kind darted as fragments through her mind. His face was there almost as much as her mother’s. The metallic smell of blood assaulted her as two more figures were slaughtered. Arwenna felt the power within her build to the point where it felt as if she would explode. The people below were summoning black magic. Whatever was going on, she needed to stop it. Tapping into the reservoir of power within her, she started to hurl bolts of lightning towards the figure holding the chalice. Nothing made it through. Panic rose within her as the blood filled cup was held to the lips of the person on the slab. She could not allow the spell to be completed! The lightning bolts changed to balls of fire and ice. “Arwenna!” Joss’ voice cut through the darkness, but she ignored it. There wasn’t much time left to stop the ritual below her. And it had to be stopped, every part of her screamed at her to do so. She intensified her attacks. Panic flared as her attempts failed time and time again. The figure on the slab stirred as it fought the possession being forced onto him. Tears streamed unchecked down Arwenna’s cheeks. She’d lost, just as the man on the altar had succumbed to the magic forced on him. The new occupant swung his legs around, sitting to face the robed one who’d performed the ritual. A sword was handed to him. Slowly, his face turned to look up towards her. The smile on his face chilled Arwenna to the core. Whatever occupied that body was pure evil. She took a deep breath, preparing to let loose enough magic to decimate the scene below her.

Great Read
The second book in the Raven Chronicles does not disappoint. I loved returning to Arwenna's world. If you thought the stakes were set high in book one, hold on because they're even higher in book two. I can't wait to see what happens in the next installment.

A great second installment!
I loved Daughter of Hauk, and I am absolutely delighted that the second installment of KateMarie Collins' high-fantasy trilogy didn't disappoint! Arwenna, the heroine of Daughter of Hauk, is forced to deal with the Demon Corse again, and this time the odds she faces are even greater because her own daughter is at risk. As with the first book, Collins' deftly delineated characters drew me in and kept me hooked! If you like J.R.R. Tolkien, George R. R. Martin, Tad Williams, or other dark, epic fantasies, this is not a series to be missed.

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I received this book for a honest review. Let me say I love reading Ms. Collins books. Son of Corse is Book 2 in the Raven Chronicles and it definitely doesn’t disappoint

You’re drawn you into the magical world of Arwenna’s world. The characters and story are once again full of richness. Arwenna meets up with the nasty Demon Corse after several years and must protect her loved ones.

Ms. Collins has hooked my interest from the beginning. I can’t wait to read this one again. You don’t want to miss adding this one to your to read list.