Anthony Ryan's A Raven's Shadow Book 3: Queen Of Fire Gets A Cover And Official Synopsis

My first encounter with the name Anthony Ryan happened a few years ago when I was scanning for books from A to Z and surfing on the website of one of my favorite bookstores. I was looking for new authors that would interest me and lo I found Blood Song, which is the first book of the said author. The novel was an instant favorite of mine and so same is true with the author.

Some months after, the same author published Tower Lord, but still I haven't had a chance to get a copy yet. I browsed for some review and it was quite troubling because many find it not at par with its predecessor... So came the doubt if I should continue with the series... and then I decided I would. Now the third book in this planned trilogy has been revealed as well and it is called Queen of Fire.

Herein you can see the official cover and synopsis of Queen of Fire by Anthony Ryan.

Upon seeing these updates my enthusiasm has returned. So I decided that I will buy both the second and this final book together come July next year.

And here is the author showing off the manuscript of the book:

Queen of Fire manuscript (Raven's Shadow bk 3) - good job it's not double spaced pic.twitter.com/CYjiQyeoki
— Anthony Ryan (@writer_anthony) November 16, 2013

Synopsis

In the thrilling conclusion to the “deftly and originally executed” (Booklist) New York Times bestselling trilogy, Vaelin Al Sorna must help his Queen reclaim her Realm. Only his enemy has a dangerous new collaborator, one with powers darker than Vaelin has ever encountered...

“The Ally is there, but only ever as a shadow, unexplained catastrophe or murder committed at the behest of a dark vengeful spirit. Sorting truth from myth is often a fruitless task.”

After fighting back from the brink of death, Queen Lyrna is determined to repel the invading Volarian army and regain the independence of the Unified Realm. Except, to accomplish her goals, she must do more than rally her loyal supporters. She must align herself with forces she once found repugnant — those who possess the strange and varied gifts of the Dark — and take the war to her enemy’s doorstep.

Victory rests on the shoulders of Vaelin Al Sorna, now named Battle Lord of the Realm. However, his path is riddled with difficulties. For the Volarian enemy has a new weapon on their side, one that Vaelin must destroy if the Realm is to prevail — a mysterious Ally with the ability to grant unnaturally long life to her servants. And defeating one who cannot be killed is a nearly impossible feat, especially when Vaelin’s blood-song, the mystical power which has made him the epic fighter he is, has gone ominously silent...

Queen of Fire by Anthony Ryan will hit bookstores on July 7, 2015.

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The Teaser Trailer Of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Arrives

The much-awaited teaser trailer of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the seventh movie in this fantastic frachise, has landed, courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm.

This J.J. Abrams directed sequel brings back Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker to the fold. They will be joined by new cast members, including John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o, Gwendoline Christie, Crystal Clarke, Pip Andersen, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow. This movie is based on the screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan & Abrams.

Watch the official teaser trailer of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Plot Outline

A continuation of the saga created by George Lucas set thirty years after Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983).

Episode VII in the Star Wars Saga, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, flies in to theaters on December 18, 2015.

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Heart Beats & Flutters Once Again For 'No Good In Goodbye' Music Video By The Script

I know I am already late to deliver this one, but then again I am still so excited to share this new music video from The Script. It is because it features one of my favorite songs from the band's No Sound Without Silence album.

The wordplay in the lyrics, which is usual for this band, has bought me from start to end. Add a very heart-wrenching theme and topic and I am all hands down. And of course don;t forget the rhythm, the tune and the usual serving of "strange" musicality. "Strange" sounds -- the very reason why I loved this band even before they became mainstream (having a relative in Ireland helps, even I am from the Philippines) -- because returned to their homeland genre, which is very far away from the generic pop music.

And so when the new music video of the said song arrived, I was reborn once again and must fading heart started to beat it usual rhythm: dud-a-dubb, dud-a-dubb, dud-a-dubb...

Watch the new music video of No Good in Goodbye by The Script.

We all know that No Good in Goodbye is the first track in the No Sound Without Silence album -- the band's fourth -- by The Script. This 5-minute auditory bliss was written by Danny O'Donoghue (lead singer), Mark Sheehan (vocalist and guitarist), James Barry (one of the album's producer).

The band returns to their usual montage of staged "gig" moments with all the band members and gears present. It is interspersed by radiant light works or Cosmo effects, which we first gleaned on the No Sound Without Silence album cover, and some human add-ons and the singer's love-interest, that help represent each of us.

Go ahead and find the wordplays that make this song worthwhile for the ears and the brain... and so for the heart, too:

No Good in Goodbye by The Script

All the things that we've have lost 

breaking up comes at a cost 

I know I'll miss this mistake

Every word I try to choose 

either way I'm gonna lose 

can't take the ache from heartbreak

But as you walk away

you don’t hear me say

Where's the good in goodbye?

Where's the nice in nice try?

Where's the us in trust gone? 

Where's the soul in soldier on? 

Now I'm the low in lonely 

cos I don't own you only

I can take this mistake

but I can't take the ache from heartbreak

No I can't take the ache from heartbreak

No matter how it falls apart 

there's an art in breaking hearts 

but there is no fair in farewell

And when I see you in the street 

I pray to god you don't see 

the silent hell in I wish you well

But as you walk away

you don’t hear me say

Where's the good in goodbye?

Where's the nice in nice try?

Where's the us in trust gone? 

Where's the soul in soldier on? 

Now I'm the low in lonely 

cos I don't own you only

I can take this mistake

but I can't take the ache from heartbreak 

(take the ache, take the ache)

I can't take the ache from heartbreak

(take the ache, take the ache)

I can't take the ache from heartbreak

(take the ache, take the ache)

No I can't take the ache from heartbreak

(take the ache, take the ache)

(can't take the ache from heartbreak)

If I could turn back time 

then I would rewrite those lines

If I could turn back time 

then I would rewrite those lines

If I could turn back time 

I would rewrite those lines

If I could turn back time 

I would rewrite those lines, lines, lines

Where's the good in goodbye?

Where's the nice in nice try?

Where's the us in trust gone? 

Where's the soul in soldier on? 

Now I'm the low in lonely 

cos I don't own you only

I can take this mistake

but I can't take the ache from heartbreak 

(take the ache, take the ache)

I can't take the ache from heartbreak

(take the ache, take the ache)

I can't take the ache from heartbreak

(take the ache, take the ache)

No I can't take the ache from heartbreak

(take the ache, take the ache)

(can't take the ache from heartbreak)

If I could turn back time 

then I would rewrite those lines

What do you think will come next from The Script?

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