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Call of the Raven is a historical novel set in the 1840's New Orleans and Virginia. While the central theme is the brutality of slavery, the issue of revenge and to what lengths a person would go to seek that revenge is the challenge faced by Mungo St John, the main character in this novel. As the son of a wealthy plantation owner, Mungo defends slavery, yet his character is also loving and compassionate and finds many aspects of slavery abhorrent. In pursuit of his revenge, good versus evil is never quite as black and white as we would like them to be.
The novel is a well written, fast paced adventure Nicholas the reader to become immersed in and I found I could not put it down.
The ending did come as a surprise to me it settled in my mind what side of the coin Mungo landed on. It also clearly left an opening for the next novel.