Crow's Revenge

Nargis faces deadly new foes and the unintended consequences of bringing back the rain in this ?action-packed? (Kirkus Reviews) middle grade fantasy sequel to Storm Singer from Rick Riordan Presents author Sarwat Chadda.

A year has passed since Nargis overthrew the centuries-old tyranny of the winged garudas by freeing the storm goddess Monsoon and bringing the rains back to the desert. Now, Nargis has everything she could have wished for?fame, wealth, respect. But success comes with a price, and an old foe, the crow assassin Sickle, is sharpening her talons for a piece of Nargis...literally.

Instead of waiting for Sickle to strike, Nargis and her friends journey beyond Bharat to defeat the assassin once and for all. There, Nargis discovers the price of her success. The rains she freed have brought flood and devastation to villages across the country. And the vulnerability of that desolation has drawn the fabled bat-winged rakshasas, the ancient enemies of the garudas, out of hiding?hungry for garuda blood.

With the shadow of war looming between the garudas and rakshasas, Nargis is faced with a choice?ally with the assassin sworn to end her life or watch Bharat be torn apart.