Excerpt from Palaces of the Crow by Ray Nayler, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

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Palaces of the Crow by Ray Nayler

Palaces of the Crow

A Novel

by Ray Nayler
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  • May 19, 2026, 384 pages
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"Always where she is not," her mother would say.

"Like a young woman I once knew," her father would reply.

Buster cawed again, so loudly she was afraid everyone in the shtetl would wake up.

"Okay, okay. I'm coming."

She quickened her step.

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