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SOME CALL HIM HERO. OTHERS, A MENACE. But everyone agrees that Ahren is the best thief in the world. Whether he’s breaking into an impregnable fortress, fighting pirates, or striking the final blow in political war, Ahren is the man for the job. After being framed for murder, his reward posters have named him The Black Raven. In order to survive, Ahren finds himself drafted into the Tyenee, a secret criminal organization whose influence stretches across the world. Their missions are the most daring and most dangerous, and the penalty for failure...is death. When no one else can do it, they send The Black Raven.
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SOME CALL HIM HERO. OTHERS, A MENACE. But everyone agrees that Ahren is the best thief in the world. Whether he’s breaking into an impregnable fortress, fighting pirates, or striking the final blow in political war, Ahren is the man for the job. After being framed for murder, his reward posters have named him The Black Raven.
In order to survive, Ahren finds himself drafted into the Tyenee, a secret criminal organization whose influence stretches across the world. Their missions are the most daring and most dangerous, and the penalty for failure...is death. When no one else can do it, they send The Black Raven.
In order to survive, Ahren finds himself drafted into the Tyenee, a secret criminal organization whose influence stretches across the world. Their missions are the most daring and most dangerous, and the penalty for failure...is death. When no one else can do it, they send The Black Raven.
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''Tales of the Black Raven'' is a SwordAndSorcery {{Fantasy}} series by Seth Skorkowsky, Creator/SethSkorkowsky, the author of the best-selling ''Literature/{{Valducan}}'' urban fantasy series.
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''Tales of the Black Raven'' is a SwordAndSorcery {{Fantasy}} series by Seth Skorkowsky, the author of the best-selling ''Literature/{{Valducan}}'' urban fantasy series. It is published by Creator/RagnarokPublications.\n
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The Black Raven. In order to survive, Ahren finds himself drafted into the Tyenee, a secret criminal organization whose influence stretches across the world. Their missions are the most daring and most dangerous, and the penalty for failure...is death. When no one else can do it, they send The Black Raven.
The Black Raven. In order to survive, Ahren finds himself drafted into the Tyenee, a secret criminal organization whose influence stretches across the world. Their missions are the most daring and most dangerous, and the penalty for failure...is death. When no one else can do it, they send The Black Raven.
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SOME CALL HIM HERO. OTHERS, A MENACE. But everyone agrees that Ahren is the best thief in the world. Whether he’s breaking into an impregnable fortress, fighting pirates, or striking the final blow in political war, Ahren is the man for the job. After being framed for murder, his reward posters have named him
him The Black Raven. In order to survive, Ahren finds himself drafted into the Tyenee, a secret criminal organization whose influence stretches across the world. Their missions are the most daring and most dangerous, and the penalty for failure...is death. When no one else can do it, they send The Black Raven.
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Ahren had one of these in the past but she's since grown up to TheRival.
** [[spoiler: Sadly, she's killed a few stories later.]]
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Ahren had one of these in the past but she's since grown up to TheRival.
** [[spoiler: Sadly,TheRival. [[spoiler:Sadly, she's killed a few stories later.]]
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* FriendlyNeighborhoodGangster: The Tyenee are portrayed as this...at first. [[spoiler: It turns out they're not, at all.]]
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* FriendlyNeighborhoodGangster: The Tyenee are portrayed as this...at first. [[spoiler: It turns out they're not, at all.]]
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* GentlemanThief: Subverted. Ahren is the world's greatest thief but he's decidedly working class in his habits and tastes.
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* GentlemanThief: Subverted. Ahren is the world's greatest thief but he's decidedly working class in his habits and tastes.
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* {{Casanova}}: Like James Bond, women absolutely love the Black Raven.
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* {{Casanova}}: TheCasanova: Like James Bond, women absolutely love the Black Raven.
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* FamedInUniverse: Ahren has become the world's most famous thief--something which has its downsides.
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* BountyHunter: These start appearing in ''Sea of Quills'', showing the downside to the Black Raven's fame.
* CallingCard: The Black Raven leaves a feather of his trademark bird at every heist or murder.
* CallingCard: The Black Raven leaves a feather of his trademark bird at every heist or murder.
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The sequel, ''Sea of Quills'' was released in September of 2015.
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[[caption-width-right:224: One part James Bond, one part Gray Mouser, all badass.]]
[[caption-width-right:224: One part James Bond, one part Gray Mouser, all badass.]]
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* FriendlyNeighborhoodGangsters: The Tyenee are portrayed as this...at first. [[spoiler: It turns out they're not, at all.]]
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SOME CALL HIM HERO. OTHERS, A MENACE. But everyone agrees that Ahren is the best thief in the world. Whether he’s breaking into an impregnable fortress, fighting pirates, or striking the final blow in political war, Ahren is the man for the job. After being framed for murder, his reward posters have named him
The Black Raven. In order to survive, Ahren finds himself drafted into the Tyenee, a secret criminal organization whose influence stretches across the world. Their missions are the most daring and most dangerous, and the penalty for failure...is death. When no one else can do it, they send The Black Raven.
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* {{Antihero}}: Ahren is a thief who wants to get rich and be infamous as the world's best thief. Those are the entirety of his motivations and while he has a certain code of honor, it seems very-very flexible as events permit.
* ArtifactOfDoom: There are a number of these Ahren is hired to steal. They tend to have horrible side-effects.
* CartwrightCurse: In true Pulp fashion he doesn't get to stay with the women he seduces.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Ahren had one of these in the past but she's since grown up to TheRival.
* ClassyCatBurglar: Ahren's two love interests in the book are both these.
* CircusOfFear: Ahren joins one of these to bring the group down from the inside.
* CityOfAdventure: Every city the Black Raven visits seems to be one of these, full of secret societies and tombs and weird magic.
* ConsummateProfessional: Ahren is a job-focused technician amongst thieves who rarely let's emotions get in the way of business.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Ahren is more Neutral on the alignment scale but resents the abuse of the poor, destitute, and helpless. He also gets offended that the world's greatest thief sometimes gets assigned to shake down businessmen as part of the Tyenee.
* FemmeFatale: Ahren meets a number of these on his journeys.
* FrameUp: Ahren is subject to one during his first mission. Ironically, it works out for him because the murder he's accused of is what helps catapult him from an unknown thief of above-average skills to a world-famous rogue.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodGangsters: The Tyenee are portrayed as this...at first. [[spoiler: It turns out they're not, at all.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: The Black Raven goes from being an average sailor with a background in thievery to the world's most infamous rogue.
* GentlemanThief: Subverted. Ahren is the world's greatest thief but he's decidedly working class in his habits and tastes.
* LovableRogue: A DownplayedTrope example as Ahren has very little of the flamboyant personality usually associated with this trope.
* MysteriousStranger: Most of the stories present Ahren as one of these. The reader gets very little insight into his character or motivation and must judge them by his actions and responses.
* RedBaron: Ahren's name as the Black Raven is famous throughout the land.
* TheStoic: Ahren rarely shows emotion and maintains a cool professionalism without.
* SwordAndSorcery: ''Tales of the Black Raven'' is an homage to the old Fritz Leiber stories.
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SOME CALL HIM HERO. OTHERS, A MENACE. But everyone agrees that Ahren is the best thief in the world. Whether he’s breaking into an impregnable fortress, fighting pirates, or striking the final blow in political war, Ahren is the man for the job. After being framed for murder, his reward posters have named him
The Black Raven. In order to survive, Ahren finds himself drafted into the Tyenee, a secret criminal organization whose influence stretches across the world. Their missions are the most daring and most dangerous, and the penalty for failure...is death. When no one else can do it, they send The Black Raven.
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* {{Antihero}}: Ahren is a thief who wants to get rich and be infamous as the world's best thief. Those are the entirety of his motivations and while he has a certain code of honor, it seems very-very flexible as events permit.
* ArtifactOfDoom: There are a number of these Ahren is hired to steal. They tend to have horrible side-effects.
* CartwrightCurse: In true Pulp fashion he doesn't get to stay with the women he seduces.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Ahren had one of these in the past but she's since grown up to TheRival.
* ClassyCatBurglar: Ahren's two love interests in the book are both these.
* CircusOfFear: Ahren joins one of these to bring the group down from the inside.
* CityOfAdventure: Every city the Black Raven visits seems to be one of these, full of secret societies and tombs and weird magic.
* ConsummateProfessional: Ahren is a job-focused technician amongst thieves who rarely let's emotions get in the way of business.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Ahren is more Neutral on the alignment scale but resents the abuse of the poor, destitute, and helpless. He also gets offended that the world's greatest thief sometimes gets assigned to shake down businessmen as part of the Tyenee.
* FemmeFatale: Ahren meets a number of these on his journeys.
* FrameUp: Ahren is subject to one during his first mission. Ironically, it works out for him because the murder he's accused of is what helps catapult him from an unknown thief of above-average skills to a world-famous rogue.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodGangsters: The Tyenee are portrayed as this...at first. [[spoiler: It turns out they're not, at all.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: The Black Raven goes from being an average sailor with a background in thievery to the world's most infamous rogue.
* GentlemanThief: Subverted. Ahren is the world's greatest thief but he's decidedly working class in his habits and tastes.
* LovableRogue: A DownplayedTrope example as Ahren has very little of the flamboyant personality usually associated with this trope.
* MysteriousStranger: Most of the stories present Ahren as one of these. The reader gets very little insight into his character or motivation and must judge them by his actions and responses.
* RedBaron: Ahren's name as the Black Raven is famous throughout the land.
* TheStoic: Ahren rarely shows emotion and maintains a cool professionalism without.
* SwordAndSorcery: ''Tales of the Black Raven'' is an homage to the old Fritz Leiber stories.
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