VAELIN AL SORNA RETURNS<b><br /><br />Anthony Ryan&apos;s debut novel <i>Blood Song</i>—the first book of the Raven&apos;s Shadow series—took the fantasy world by storm. Now, he continues that saga with <i>The Wolf&apos;s Call</i>, which begins a thrilling new story of razor-sharp action and epic adventure.</b><br /><br /><i>Peace never lasts.<br /></i><br /> Vaelin Al Sorna is a living legend, his name known across the Realm. It was his leadership that overthrew empires, his blade that won hard-fought battles - and his sacrifice that defeated an evil more terrifying than anything the world had ever seen. He won titles aplenty, only to cast aside his earned glory for a quiet life in the Realm&apos;s northern reaches.<br /><br /> Yet whispers have come from across the sea - rumours of an army called the Steel Horde, led by a man who believes himself a god. Vaelin has no wish to fight another war, but when he learns that Sherin, the woman he lost long ago, has fallen into the Horde&apos;s grasp, he resolves to confront this powerful new threat.<br /><br /> To this end, Vaelin travels to the realms of the Merchant Kings, a land ruled by honor and intrigue. There, as the drums of war thunder across kingdoms riven by conflict, Vaelin learns a terrible truth: that there are some battles that even he may not be strong enough to win.