“QUIRKY CHARACTERS, LOADS OF GREAT ACTION SEQUENCES, AND [FORD’S] TRADEMARK BRAND OF HUMOR.” Booklist

THE BONE RAIDERS (THE RAKADA #1)

Out 12 August 2025 - Orbit Books

You don't mess with the Rakada. The people living in the grasslands of the Tapestry call them the Bone Raiders, from their charming habit of displaying the bones of those they kill on their horses and armor.

But being a raider is tough these days. There's a new Great Khan in the Tapestry. He's had it with the raider clans, and plans to use his sizeable military to do something about it. And then there are the araatan: fire-breathing lizards the size of elephants, roaming the grasslands in search of dwindling food supplies.

Sayana is a Rakada scout, and she loves her job. But if she wants to keep it, she's going to have to do something drastic. Like convincing her clan to ride araatan, instead of horses. Sayana doesn't quite know how to get that done without being eaten and/or cooked alive, but she'd better figure it out fast—or she and her clan, along with every other raider in the Tapestry, will be wiped out.

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WHAT REVIEWERS ARE SAYING

“GRITTY YET BUOYANT...AMID THE RELENTLESS ACTION, FORD DRAWS FROM MONGOL HISTORY TO FULLY DEVELOP HIS RAKADA PROTAGONISTS, SHOWING THEIR MORAL QUANDARIES AND ETHICAL UNEASINESS. THIS IS A PROMISING START.” Publishers Weekly