The City of Ravens

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The City of Ravens
Paperback edition cover
Author	Richard Baker
Cover artist	William O'Connor
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	The Cities
Genre(s)	Fantasy novel
Publisher	Wizards of the Coast
Publication date	December 2000
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	312 (Paperback edition)
ISBN	ISBN 0-7869-1401-7 (Paperback edition)
Followed by	Temple Hill

The City of Ravens is a fantasy novel by Richard Baker that is set in city of Raven's Bluff in the Forgotten Realms fictional universe. It is the first novel in the "Cities" series. It is followed by Temple Hill and various other novels by various authors such as Drew Karpyshyn and Mel Odom. It follows a petty thief called Jack Ravenwild, who is hired by the beautiful Elana to find a very special book. In the same tenday (the Realms equivalent of a week), he resorts to spying on another perfect woman, a mage called Zandria, to try to get information. But also the beautiful Illyth invites him to the game of masks, and at the same time he fears for his friend Anders, wanted by the evil Brothers Kuldath for stealing their ruby. Soon Jack finds both good and evil people following him through the streets of Ravens Bluff.