Ray Nayler in Conversation with Brent Cassell

  • July 1, 2026

The author of Palaces of the Crow comes to Vienna, VA, on Sun., July 5th, at 5 p.m.!

Ray Nayler in Conversation with Brent Cassell

Join us at Bards Alley for an event with sci-fi writer Ray Nayler, the Locus- and Hugo-winning author of The Mountain in the Sea and The Tusks of Extinction. He will be in conversation with Bards Alley Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club leader Brent Cassell to discuss his brand-new release, Palaces of the Crow.

In Palaces of the Crow, four young teens caught between Nazis and the Red Army survive winter in the woods with the help of a flock of highly intelligent crows with a magnificent secret of their own to protect...

Hosted by Bards Alley Bookshop, 110 Church St., NW, Vienna, VA. Learn more here.

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