The raven clan takes pride in three things: The education of their children, the fierceness of their warriors, and how they care for their own.Despite this, Pedrek, a retired raven warrior, finds a raven clan boy alone in a remote mountain village, ignorant of his heritage as well as cursed. He looks like a dreaded half-breed, with one human arm and one black raven's wing.Can Pedrek break the curse and bring the boy fully into the clan? Or has he been too long on his own?Read the novel inspired by this short story, "The Raven and the Dancing Tiger", as well as its sequels.This story was inspired in part by the two ancient songs, "The Three Ravens" and "The Twa Corbies". Leah Cutter writes page-turning, wildly imaginative fiction set in exotic locations, such as a magical New Orleans, the ancient Orient, rural Kentucky, Seattle, Minneapolis, and many others.She writes fantasy, science fiction, mystery, literary, and horror fiction. Her short fiction has been published in magazines like "Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine" and "Talebones", anthologies like Fiction River, and on the web. Her long fiction has been published both by New York publishers as well as small presses.Read more books by Leah Cutter at www.KnottedRoadPress.com.Follow her blog at www.LeahCutter.com.
