TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Wilbur A. AU - Addison,Corban TI - Call of the raven T2 - Ballantyne series SN - 9781785767944 (hardback) U1 - 823.92 23 PY - 2020/// CY - London PB - Zaffre Publishing KW - Suspense fiction KW - Action and adventure fiction KW - Plantations KW - Louisiana KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Fiction KW - Survival KW - Slavery KW - fast KW - Revenge KW - New Orleans (La.) KW - New Orleans KW - UK & IRL historical fiction KW - UK & IRL adventure fiction KW - Adult fiction KW - Historical KW - Print KW - Thrillers (Fiction) KW - lcgft KW - Adventure stories KW - Historical fiction N1 - "Bound by love. Driven by revenge." -- Cover N2 - The son of a wealthy plantation owner and a doting mother, Augustus Mungo St John is accustomed to the wealth and luxuries his privilege has afforded him. That is until he returns from university to discover his family ruined, his inheritance stolen and his childhood sweetheart, Camilla, taken by the conniving Chester Marion. Fuelled by anger, and love, Mungo swears vengeance and devotes his life to saving Camilla - and destroying Chester. Camilla, trapped in New Orleans and powerless to her position as a kept slave and Chester's brutish behaviour, must learn to do whatever it takes to survive. As Mungo battles his own fate and misfortune to achieve the revenge that drives him, and regain his power in the world, he must question what it takes for a man to survive when he has nothing, and what he is willing to do in order to get what he wants ER -