Pages: 352 pages
ISBN: 0886777259
Publisher: DAW Books Inc.
Publication Date: November 1, 1996

Kane Tyler awakes, half-frozen and covered with blood, in a storm-sewer on the outskirts of Cleveland Ohio. He has no memory of what happened to him, and very little memory of his life before he awakened. Slowly he uncovers the underworld figure who has been employing him. He uncovers the man who he’s been hunting, a shadowy figure named Childe, who might not be a man, and who may have tried to kill him. He uncovers the ritualistic murder of his ex-wife, and his own daughter, who may be drawn into the maelstrom that Kane himself may be engulfed in, a maelstrom that may have turned him into something inhuman. . .

Note: This novel is now published as part of the Blood & Rust omnibus.

” It’s one of the best vampire books I’ve ever read…

Ilker Yucel, Amazon Reader

Mr. Swiniarski does a fantastic job of developing characters and plot in Raven. I read this book in January 1997 and it has stayed with me since.

Michael Butts, Amazon Reader

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