# Palaces of the Crow

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- Book: [Palaces of the Crow](https://www.bookquiver.com/ray-nayler/palaces-of-the-crow) ([Palaces of the Crow.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ray-nayler/palaces-of-the-crow.md))
- Authors: [Ray Nayler](https://www.bookquiver.com/ray-nayler)
- Publisher: W N
- ISBN: 978-13-9963-760-2
- Published: 2026-05-21
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

From the Locus and Hugo Award-winning author Ray Nayler, this haunting novel blends history and speculative wonder into a story of survival, loyalty and the fragile beauty of life in the darkest of times.'an extraordinary science fiction novel' SFX MAGAZINE'constantly surprising, moving and thought-provoking' GUARDIAN'a must-read author' SFF WORLDJune 1941, Eastern Europe. As the German blitzkrieg tears across a divided continent, four young lives are thrown into chaos: Neriya, a young Jewish girl who dreams of becoming a scientist; Czeslaw, an underage Polish deserter fleeing the Red Army; Kezia, a Roma horse trader whose family is on the run from Soviet collectivisation; and a nameless,, abandoned boy who cannot speak. Driven deep into the Lithuanian woods, they form an unbreakable bond with one another and with a flock of crows whose uncanny intelligence hints at a secret older and stranger than they could ever have imagined.