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These Dark Wings
These Dark Wings | John Owen Theobald
31 posts | 6 read | 12 to read
After her mother is killed in the Blitz and her father in the North Sea, 12-year-old Anna Cooper is sent to live with an uncle she has never met - the Ravenmaster at the Tower of London. Amid the Tower's old secrets and hidden ghosts, the ravens begin to disappear and Anna must brave the war-torn city to find them. With Nazi forces massing on the other side of the Channel, the fate of Britain might be at stake, for an ancient legend foretells that Britain will fall if the ravens ever leave the Tower.
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NotAJot
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Editing - the darkest of arts. New book coming out Spring 2021 - it‘s a doozy. 🧙🗿☠️🐗🌊🌪

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NotAJot
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Back at the Tower of London today, visiting some old friends 😜.

It was such a privilege to research and write #TheseDarkWings here on site - one of the most magical places I've ever been...

Cathythoughts Amazing shot ! 👍🏻 7y
Libby1 Excellent photo! 7y
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NotAJot
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Happy #NationalBirdDay!

'If the ravens leave the Tower, Britain will fall...'

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NotAJot
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I've always been fascinated by corvids. When I set out to write my first novel, These Dark Wings, I knew I wanted to write historical fiction, but it was the ravens that brought me to the Tower...

#RavenmasterTrilogy

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NotAJot
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Just a holiday FYI that my first novel #TheseDarkWings (ebook) is currently on sale for $0.99 at Kobo US... (sorry for the plug 😳)

#RavenmasterTrilogy #historicalfiction #YA

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NotAJot
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Holiday discounts on my first two novels, These Dark Wings and What the Raven Brings at the Tower of London gift shop...

#RavenmasterTrilogy #Ravens #HistoricalFiction #YA

Dolly Oh, I love the ravens! ❤️ 7y
NotAJot @Dolly me, too! Even after writing three books about them - they're still fascinating 🐦 7y
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NotAJot
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These Dark Wings in good autumnal company at Daunt Books!

#TheseDarkWings #RavenmasterTrilogy #historicalfiction #YA #author

scripturient Lovely autumny window display! And Daunt Books is one of my favourite bookshops in London. ❤️ 7y
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NotAJot
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Had a blast signing books at Chapters Indigo - thanks to everyone who came out.

#RavenmasterTrilogy #booksigning #historicalfiction #ya

Cathythoughts Congratulations! That's brilliant 👏👏🤸‍♀️ 7y
Ms_T Woohoo! 👏🏻🙌🏻 7y
NotAJot @Cathythoughts thanks so much! 7y
NotAJot @Ms_T thank you 🙏 7y
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NotAJot
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'Hope some people are going to show...'

(They did.)
#booksigning #RavenmasterTrilogy

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NotAJot
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If you live in NB (Canada), I'm signing books at the Chapters Indigo tomorrow from 1-3pm - come down and say hi!

#TheseDarkWings #WhattheRavenBrings #RavenmasterTrilogy

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blissfullifeproject
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To be continued ❤📖 Get your own: www.etsy.com/shop/BlpDesign 🎉

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NotAJot
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One of my favourite fan pics! (It's technically a #MiddleGrade novel, but it's for all ages 😁.) #TheseDarkWings #RavenmasterTrilogy #HistoricalFiction #YA #cutest

NovelGirl82 This looks really good! 7y
Cathythoughts What a little beauty 7y
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NotAJot
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...when your biggest fan is outside the recommended age range #TheseDarkWings #RavenmasterTrilogy #MiddleGrade #YA #HistoricalFiction

TrishTheBibliophile ❤️❤️❤️ 7y
JoeStalksBeck I LOVE this 7y
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NotAJot
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Signing hardback copies of #TheseDarkWings at the beautiful #GoldsboroBooks #Booksigning #bookshop #RavenmasterTrilogy

DeborahSmall So I'm on book buying ban but Goldsboro has 20% off this week 🙈 do they have the first book? 7y
NotAJot Hi @DeborahSmall yes they do! (But I think it's (d0 there, and I know Coles has signed copies for (cb... https://coles-books.co.uk/these-dark-wings-ravenmaster-trilogy-book-1-by-john-ow... 7y
DeborahSmall This is sold out on Goldsboro but I've been able to order the first one, thank you! 7y
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DeborahSmall Is 'What The Raven Brings' the first book? It doesn't say on Goldsboro 7y
NotAJot Hi @debroahsmall - These Dark Wings is Bk 1; What the Raven Brings is Bk 2 - but you can read it as a stand alone :). Thanks for your interest 🙏 7y
DeborahSmall I need to read books in order so I'll order this too. Thank you 7y
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NotAJot
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My debut novel #TheseDarkWings is the first book in a trilogy of novels set in London during WW2. #RavenmasterTrilogy #HistoricalFiction #YV #HeadofZeus

BookishMarginalia Interesting premise! 7y
NotAJot @BookishMarginalia thanks! 🙏 7y
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NotAJot
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Love to write? Live in London? I host free creative writing sessions for 16-18 year-olds at the Tower of London in October. For more details and to apply, visit here: http://www.thesedarkwings.com/workshop/ #TheseDarkWings #RavenmasterTrilogy

BookishMarginalia That sounds so cool! 7y
NotAJot @BookishMarginalia thanks! We ran it last year and it was lots of fun 7y
CrowCAH Too bad I'm too old for this workshop; I'm a creative writer, too!!! 7y
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NotAJot @CrowCAH do you live in London? We're thinking about opening it up to all ages for 2018...🤞 7y
CrowCAH @NotAJot unfortunately, no. In Michigan, USA. But I have London and Bath, England, on the bucket list to travel to! 7y
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NotAJot
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Well, they can't all be good reviews :) Me receiving some direct feedback 😂#TheseDarkWings #RavenmasterTrilogy

southerninlaw 🙊🙊🙊 7y
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'If the ravens leave the Tower, Britain will fall.' #TheseDarkWings #RavenmasterTrilogy #HistoricalFiction #YA

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A quick note on my inspiration behind #TheseDarkWings and the #RavenmasterTrilogy. #HistoricalFiction #YA #WW2 #Blitz #TowerofLondon

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NotAJot
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Here's me talking about story inspiration in #PopUpFestivalMagazine #TheseDarkWings #RavenmasterTrilogy

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My first two novels, #TheseDarkWings and #WhatTheRavenBrings, are featured in a raven-centric display at the #TowerOfLondon #RavenmasterTrilogy

MrBook Someday 🤞🏻🤞🏻. Welcome to @Litsy ! We hope you enjoy your stay with us 😊👍🏻. We're the most positive, tight-knit, passionate bibliophile community you'll meet. Careful: this'll take over your life. 😂👏🏻🙌🏻 7y
NotAJot Ha ha - thanks! 7y
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Jilljemmett
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Beware when the ravens leave the tower...


#junetunz (Brokedown Palace)


#bookstagram #bookblog #bookblogger #bibliophile #books #fiction #ya #youngadult #ravens #toweroflondon

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Inked.and.nerdy
These Dark Wings | John Owen Theobald
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I wanted to like this so badly. London, WWII, twelve year old Anna is orphaned to the war and sent to live with her uncle who lives at the Tower of London.. I will read anything set during WWII, but unfortunately this book was stale. There was no clear plot and the conflict within it between the characters wasn't really there. Unfortunately I can't recommend this to anyone.

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Inked.and.nerdy
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When you'd much rather be spending your Saturday night reading... But you're stuck at work until 2am (or 3am like last Saturday...) AND gotta be back at 11am tomorrow 😑😑👎🏻👎🏻 #idratherbereading

OSChamberlain You're not alone. I'm at work now and get off at 3am too 😢 8y
BooksTeasAndBookishThings ☹️that stinks 8y
Sue 😔 8y
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Inked.and.nerdy
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Sitting here watching videos on "restorative circles" before diving into my paper on conflict management, wishing I was folded between the pages of a fun book... But alas, priorities of being an adult puts a damper in that... At least I can do it in a cute tank! #grownupproblems #lifeofagraduatestudent

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Laura317
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A book a girl and Tower Ravens at the Tower of London. Since I don't have a good picture of the cover, I substituted for a picture of my boy at the Tower of London. And no - the guard didn't smile. 😀

LauraBeth He's adorable 😀😀 8y
LauraBeth ❤️ that you have a heart for adoption 😀 8y
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kspenmoll Cutie!!! 8y
Megabooks So cute! 8y
Laura317 @LauraBeth 😊 @kspenmoll and @Ebooksandcooks Thanks! I'm rather partial to him myself! 8y
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Inked.and.nerdy
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Look what I did today!!! My first ever library card!!!! 😁😁😁😁😁I had never really considered using the library before but the Litsy community showed me how wonderful an asset it can be and I can't wait to start checking out books!! Seemed fitting for #nationalbookday

MrBook WOOHOO!!! 🙌🏻👌🏻 8y
LauraBeth ❤️❤️😀 8y
SFPublicLibrary 👍🏽👍🏽📚📚 8y
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cuiuup Yay! 8y
sprainedbrain Jealous! I live in a tiny town where the tiny library is open literally 7 hours per week... All when I'm working. 😐 8y
aLmYbNeNr Yay!!!! 8y
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Inked.and.nerdy
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Jack is determined to gain my attention over this book.. holding my hand and digging under my iPad and pushing it up with his nose, until he fell asleep there and is now snoring lol. ❤️❤️

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book.happy
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Mehso-so

This book was all right. It was pretty slow and I'm still not totally sure what the point was ha. #24in48 #readathon

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jlondon1963
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Just finished and loved it from beginning to the the end. It was the cover art and the sentence "If the Ravens leave the tower, Britain will fall." Picked this one up in February visit to Scottsdale, AZ wonderful Indie bookstore The Poisoned Pen.

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