The goblins have killed all of our horses and most of our men.
They have enslaved our cities, burned our fields, and still they wage war.
Now, our daughters take up arms.
Galva – Galvicha to her three brothers, two of whom the goblins will kill – has defied her family’s wishes and joined the army’s untested new unit, the Raven Knights. They march toward a once-beautiful city overrun by the goblin horde, accompanied by scores of giant war corvids. Made with the darkest magics, these fearsome black birds may hold the key to stopping the goblins in their war to make cattle of mankind.
The road to victory is bloody, and goblins are clever and merciless. The Raven Knights can take nothing for granted – not the bonds of family, nor the wisdom of their leaders, nor their own safety against the dangerous war birds at their side.
But some hopes are worth any risk.
A fraught, shattering fantasy adventure, this standalone novel is set during the war-torn, goblin-infested years just before The Blacktongue Thief.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Imprint: Gollancz UK
Publication date: 27/06/2024
Series: Blacktongue Thief
Daughter's War
By Christopher Buehlman
Review by Josh
A prequel to Buehlman's Blacktongue Thief, Daughter's War wades its way through tragedy to deliver the origin story of the beloved Galvicha (Galva). Part of a new Raven unit tasked with recapturing and defending human civilisation from the seemingly insurmountable Goblin Horde, Galva's path is one paved in sorrow. Beautifully written, Buehlman delivers a heart wrenching account of war, loss and pain without it ever feeling too heavy or overly melodramatic. Galva is up against odds most would deem impossible and yet shows strength and courage throughout. With a wonderful heroine to follow through the fields of battle, this is a story well worth your time.
For fans of Covenant of Steel series, The Blacktongue Thief and The Bloodsworn Saga.
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