Raven's Gate
- 282
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Raven’s Gate” opens “The Power of Five” with a dark, unsettling fantasy that draws its menace from occult ritual and old folklore. Some readers find it frightening in places and rate it above the author’s “Alex Rider” books. At 282 pages it is a compact and tense first volume of five.
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About the book
Raven's Gate is the first book in The Power of Five series, written by Anthony Horowitz. It was published and released in the United Kingdom on 1 August 2005, by Walker Books Ltd and in the United States by Scholastic Press under the adjusted series title The Gatekeepers. It is followed by Evil Star, released in 2006, Nightrise in 2007, and Necropolis in 2008, with the final book Oblivion in 2012.
Reading order · The Power of Five
Full order & progress →- Raven's GateThis book
7.77.7 / 10 - Evil Star
–Not ranked yet - Nightrise
–Not ranked yet - Necropolis
–Not ranked yet - Oblivion
–Not ranked yet
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.3 across 108 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 42% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.6 | 5 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 103 | 95% |
Frequently asked
How long is Raven's Gate?
It has 282 pages — shorter than 95% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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