--- product_id: 345326324 title: "The Platinum Raven and other novellas" price: "AR$65414" currency: ARS in_stock: true reviews_count: 4 url: https://www.desertcart.com.ar/products/345326324-the-platinum-raven-and-other-novellas store_origin: AR region: Argentina --- # Vividly set in global iconic locations 298 pages of immersive storytelling Perfect binding for a premium feel The Platinum Raven and other novellas **Price:** AR$65414 **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > πŸ“– Unlock worlds beyond reality with The Platinum Raven – where imagination steals the show! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Platinum Raven and other novellas - **How much does it cost?** AR$65414 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.ar](https://www.desertcart.com.ar/products/345326324-the-platinum-raven-and-other-novellas) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Cerebral Storytelling Mastery:** Dive into mind-bending novellas that challenge reality and imagination. - β€’ **Global Vibes & Vivid Settings:** From Dubai’s deserts to London’s Shard, experience richly detailed worlds. - β€’ **Magical Realism Meets Tech Noir:** Explore alternate realities and dystopian futures with a Wildean twist. - β€’ **Unforgettable Characters & Plots:** Modern reimaginings of classics with gripping, suspenseful climaxes. - β€’ **Critically Acclaimed & Highly Rated:** 4 glowing 5-star reviews prove it’s a must-read for discerning readers. ## Overview The Platinum Raven and other novellas is a 298-page collection of expertly crafted stories blending magical realism, dystopian tech noir, and vivid global settings. Perfectly bound for a premium reading experience, this critically acclaimed book reimagines classic themes with modern twists, earning a perfect 5-star rating from readers. ## Description The Platinum Raven and other novellas by Rohan Quine is a paperback comprising a collection of four novellas - The Platinum Raven , The Host in the Attic , Apricot Eyes and Hallucination in Hong Kong - each novella being also available by itself as an ebook. A Distinguished Favorite in the NYC Big Book Award 2021, these four novellas are literary fiction with a touch of magical realism and a dusting of horror, celebrating the darkest and brightest possibilities of human imagination, personality and language. The Platinum Raven is a triple convulsion whereby our heroine Raven escalates herself into the Chocolate Raven and then the Platinum Raven, from London to Dubai to the tower in the hills in the desert - then back down again, forever changed. The daydreams of the downtrodden Raven propel her into a fantasy life as a more glamorous version of herself: a party girl living in the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. This latter's imagination then spawns a yet more empowered and intense version of herself, as empress of a sequence of events whose fusion of extraordinary beauty, violence and sensuality is bewitching... A Distinguished Favorite in the NYC Big Book Award 2021. The Host in the Attic is a hologram of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray , digitised and reframed in cinematic style, set in London's Docklands in a few years' time. High-flyer Jaymi discovers a secret novel online called The Imagination Thief , written by a woman named Alaia; and they meet and fall in love. In his attic he hides the prototype of a new worldwide Web-browsing hologram, for whose appearance he was the model. While this hologram deteriorates into ever more terrifying corruption, Jaymi's appearance remains forever sweet and youthful, despite his escalating evil ... until the inevitable reckoning unfolds. A Distinguished Favorite in the NYC Big Book Award 2021. In Apricot Eyes , a cat-and-mouse pursuit through the New York City night involves a preacher, a psychic and a dominatrix, broadcast live on air - until a horror is unearthed, bringing two of them together and the third to a sticky end. Beneath a waterfront waste ground in the Bronx, a monstrous population is being fattened up, by the preacher, for malign purposes. Jaymi and Scorpio are on his tracks, however, in a blast of fun that trumpets boldness, tolerance and voltage, celebrating the mystery and dangers furled just behind the surface of the everyday. A Distinguished Favorite in the NYC Big Book Award 2021. In Hallucination in Hong Kong , sliding from joy to nightmare and back, a plane-flight frames a journey into Jaymi's and Angel's polarised identities and perceptions, where past and present merge in an obsessive fantasy of love, death, horror and apocalyptic beauty. At take-off, warmed by the presence of his friend Angel beside him, Jaymi starts to doze, and enters a fog of horror in seeming to remember that their destination lies in their past, not ahead ... forcing him to explore those hellish possible events lying beneath the surface of our present and future, always ready to break through into reality. A Distinguished Favorite in the NYC Big Book Award 2021. literary fiction, litfic, magical realism, horror, dark fantasy, cyberpunk, contemporary, scifi, gay, transgender, LGBT, visionary, imagination, imagery, spectacular, Dubai, Burj Khalifa, London, Shard, New York, Hong Kong, tower, glamour, beauty, nightclub, drug, hologram, attic, corridor, Dorian Gray, subway, TV, broadcast, evangelist, concert, catatonia, mirror, nightmare Review: Rohan's latest book is a riveting read - Rohan's latest book is a riveting read. The novella "The Host in the Attic" in particular is splendidly Wildean: in it, his novel "The Imagination Thief" itself drives forward the plot of "The Host in the Attic". He is a veritable Imagination Thief! Review: The Platinum Raven novellas are cerebral works full of brilliant imagery and invention - This series of novellas are all well crafted and designed to draw the reader in to the shifting realities of their settings. The title novella Platinum Raven in fact has two young women in the two narratives one the Chocolate Raven in a vividly evoked Dubai and the Platimum Raven in the Shard in London- also very vividly described. There are elements of magical realism and alternate reality throughout At times the two Ravens appear to communicate but the levels of reality are enigmatic and intiguing . The Host in the Attic is a beautifully reinterpreted version of The Portrait of Dorian Gray set in a high tec dystopian world and a sinister computer global company- Mainframe Corporation which appears to permeate every level of society. The hologram corporate image logo is in essence Dorian . All the main characters from Wilde's novel are here in more modern form. It has a tremendous and horrific climax. The horror novella Apricot Eyes is a fast paced horror tale in a nightmarish New York. Hallucination in Hong Kong is a mysterious tale of past and present , dreams and waking with horror and love themes. The whole collection is a roller coaster of at times nightmarish perceptions and strange surreal happenings brilliantly imagined. The tales leave a lasting impression and I recommend highly . ## Features - Pages Count - 298. Binding type - Perfect. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Customer Reviews | 5.0 out of 5 stars 4 Reviews | ## Images ![The Platinum Raven and other novellas - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71x2iSEbpIL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rohan's latest book is a riveting read *by D***N on 27 April 2014* Rohan's latest book is a riveting read. The novella "The Host in the Attic" in particular is splendidly Wildean: in it, his novel "The Imagination Thief" itself drives forward the plot of "The Host in the Attic". He is a veritable Imagination Thief! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Platinum Raven novellas are cerebral works full of brilliant imagery and invention *by A***D on 13 October 2014* This series of novellas are all well crafted and designed to draw the reader in to the shifting realities of their settings. The title novella Platinum Raven in fact has two young women in the two narratives one the Chocolate Raven in a vividly evoked Dubai and the Platimum Raven in the Shard in London- also very vividly described. There are elements of magical realism and alternate reality throughout At times the two Ravens appear to communicate but the levels of reality are enigmatic and intiguing . The Host in the Attic is a beautifully reinterpreted version of The Portrait of Dorian Gray set in a high tec dystopian world and a sinister computer global company- Mainframe Corporation which appears to permeate every level of society. The hologram corporate image logo is in essence Dorian . All the main characters from Wilde's novel are here in more modern form. It has a tremendous and horrific climax. The horror novella Apricot Eyes is a fast paced horror tale in a nightmarish New York. Hallucination in Hong Kong is a mysterious tale of past and present , dreams and waking with horror and love themes. The whole collection is a roller coaster of at times nightmarish perceptions and strange surreal happenings brilliantly imagined. The tales leave a lasting impression and I recommend highly . ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A One-Man War Against Mediocracy *by J***S on 30 March 2014* You know how it feels when you come out of a really good comedy night and think you're funnier than you actually are, but no one else is laughing? Then you'll understand why I am to trying to resist the temptation to be clever with words. I would also be doing the author a dis-service. Because, although Rohan Quine is a master of words, his world is also accessible, and it's a place you definately need to visit. With echoes of Jennifer Egan's Good Squad, Quine captures all that is beautiful, but he doesn't shy away from all that is ugly. What links the four novellas together is that his characters are all searching for that something beyond the everyday, beyond the ordinary, and Quine is a god, having them dole out kindness and justice. In his world, everything that is commonplace would be anialated. This is the kind of read you have to give yourself up to. It worked far better for me once I stopped trying to analyse what the author was trying to do and to second-guess where we were going next. (Are all of the characters in The Platinum Raven figments of each other's imagination? for example. Are we in the future? Oh wait, Jon Snow is still reading the news...) When you emerge on the other side with a greater understanding of what it means to be 'that animal called human,' then that will be the time to stop and ask, 'What just happenned?' --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.ar/products/345326324-the-platinum-raven-and-other-novellas](https://www.desertcart.com.ar/products/345326324-the-platinum-raven-and-other-novellas) --- *Product available on Desertcart Argentina* *Store origin: AR* *Last updated: 2026-05-20*