Big Tome Energy Book Club SEPTEMBER - The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson

Join us at our next meeting for Big Tome Energy, Dear Reader's own fantasy book club. Each month, we will read a different fantasy, romantasy or science fiction book then meet at the bookstore to discuss over bites and bevvies with bookish friends! 

Meeting Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026

Meeting Time: 7pm

Book Selection: The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson

About the Book:

The Raven Scholar is a masterfully woven tale of imperial intrigue from an electrifying new voice in epic fantasy—in a stunning edition featuring French flaps and silver foiled cover effects! 

Let us fly now to the empire of Orrun, where after twenty-four years of peace, the reign of Bersun the Brusque has come to an end. In the dizzying heat of midsummer, seven exceptional warriors, thinkers, strategists compete to replace him. 

When one of them is murdered, it falls to Neema Kraa, the emperor’s brilliant, idiosyncratic High Scholar, to find the killer and fight for the throne. Neema believes she is alone. But we are here to help; all she has to do is let us in.

If she succeeds, we will win an empire. If she fails, death awaits her. But we won’t let that happen.

We are the Raven, and we are magnificent.