Synopses & Reviews
Is this the destiny he had come to find?To die in a house of secrets, to discover
not his past but his fate: doomed to
spend eternity as one more ghost
haunting the halls of Ravenscliff?
Every kid fears the monsters in the closet -- but for Devon March, the monsters are all too real. At fourteen, Devon is sent to live at Ravenscliff, a dark seaside mansion where secrets abound and the dead just won't stay that way. He learns that he is a sorcerer of the Order of the Nightwing, a three-thousand-year-old tradition of mysticism and magic -- the roots of which run deep at Ravenscliff. In a house of mysteries, he'll have to decide quickly who is friend and who is foe, because Ravenscliff's worst nightmare -- the Madman -- is coming back, and he's bringing Hell with him.
Review
"Not as charming or as breathtakingly inventive as J. K. Rowling's series nor as witty and resilient as the Buffy books, this novel is still well-constructed fun. Less horror than creepy fiction, it features some fine suspense with old-fashioned demon fighting thrown in." Timothy Capehart, VOYA
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"This first book in a new series is a dark, moody, and sometimes frightening tale with many questions and few answers." School Library Journal
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"[H]orror fiction is in short supply for this age group, and although this isn't great, the familiar allusions and melodramatic action (and occasional satire) will help sell it." Booklist
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"Mystery and fantasy fans, as well as reluctant readers, will find this novel difficult to put down. It ends with tantalizing unsolved mysteries, but as Book I in the Ravenscliff series, this one sets up readers for its sequels." Alan Review
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"The terror begins on page one and never stops! This is my kind of book filled with magic and dozens of frightening surprises." R. L. Stine
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"Sorcerers of the Nightwing is a rich, riveting, and sophisticated read. Readers will be hypnotized by its brew of New England gothic, character-driven suspense, and childhood magic. I'm hungrily awaiting the further adventures of Devon March." Christopher Rice, author of The Snow Garden
Synopsis
Is this the destiny he had come to find?
To die in a house of secrets, to discover
not his past but his fate: doomed to
spend eternity as one more ghost
haunting the halls of Ravenscliff?
Every kid fears the monsters in the closet but for Devon March, the monsters are all too real. At fourteen, Devon is sent to live at Ravenscliff, a dark seaside mansion where secrets abound and the dead just won't stay that way. He learns that he is a sorcerer of the Order of the Nightwing, a three-thousand-year-old tradition of mysticism and magic the roots of which run deep at Ravenscliff. In a house of mysteries, he'll have to decide quickly who is friend and who is foe, because Ravenscliff's worst nightmare the Madman is coming back, and he's bringing Hell with him.
About the Author
Geoffrey Huntington lives in a house by the sea not far from where the ghost of a pirate is said to eternally walk the cliffs in search of his lost gold. He is the author of Sorcerers of the Nightwing, Book I of the Ravenscliff Series, which introduced the world to the young sorcerer Devon March. Under another name, he is the author of several acclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction.
Table of Contents
Prologue: monsters in the closet -- Misery point -- House on the hill -- Creatures in the night -- Strange, precocious child -- Secret room -- Boy with talons for hands -- Woman in white -- Face of the madman -- Corpse walks -- Nightwing -- Light in the tower -- Demon's grave -- Halloween -- Into the hellhole -- Demon lives -- Epilogue: the ravens.