changed how people thought of the genre and paved the way for so much modern fantasy, including mine' - Patrick Rothfuss, author of The Kingkiller Chronicle 'One of the main reasons I started writing fantasy. Martin, author of A Game of Thrones 'Ground-breaking. Praise for Tad Williams 'One of my favourite fantasy series' - George R. But as the kingdoms of Osten Ard are torn apart by fear and greed, a few individuals will fight for their own lives and destinies-not yet aware that the survival of everything depends on them. And over it all looms the mystery of the Witchwood Crown, the deadly puzzle that Simon, Miriamele, and their allies must solve if they wish to survive. But as the countries and peoples of the High Ward bicker among themselves, battle, bloodshed, and dark magics threaten to pull civilizations to pieces. The ancient, powerful nation of Nabban is on the verge of bloody civil war, and the fierce nomads of the Thrithings grasslands have begun to mobilize, united by superstitious fervor and their age-old hatred of the city-dwellers. Their allies in Hernystir have made a pact with the dreadful Queen of the Norns to allow her armies to cross into mortal lands. Simon and Miriamele, royal husband and wife, face danger from every side. The kingdoms of Osten Ard have been at peace for decades, but now, the threat of a new war grows to nightmarish proportions. Set in Williams' New York Times bestselling fantasy world, the second book of The Last King of Osten Ard returns to the trials of King Simon and Queen Miriamele as threats to their kingdom loom. With a cast of hundreds - humans, giants, dragons, trolls, Sithi and Norn - The Witchwood Crown is epic fantasy as it used to be: classic, grand and sweeping and evidence that Tad Williams is the greatest living writer of the form. And finally the greatest artefact of all, the Witchwood Crown, will be hers. Her sorcerers will bring a demon back from death, her warriors will seek the world for living dragon's blood. And in the frozen North, in Nakkiga, the mountain fortress, Ineluki's ally, the Norn Queen, wakes from her deep, decades-long sleep and tells her followers that she will sleep no more. A journey of redemption and discovery beckons in the darkening world. His son and heir John Josua is years dead and his grandson, Morgan, is a wastrel. Simon's dreams have deserted him, old allies die and betrayal and assassination threaten. Osten Ard has been at peace ever since, ruled by Simon Snowlock, kitchen boy made king, and Miriamele, King Elias' only child. An instant fantasy classic' - Kirkus ************ Thirty years ago Ineluki, the Storm King, was destroyed and his armies scattered. Tad Williams' work is an essential part of any science fiction and fantasy library' Christopher Paolini, author of the Inheritance Cycle series 'One of the main reasons I started writing fantasy. Martin, international bestselling author of A Game of Thrones 'One of my favourite fantasy series' George R. PRAISE FOR THE MEMORY, SORROW & THORN SERIES Orlando cannot refuse, little knowing that the deadly interface between truth and reality remains dangerously open. Today, cleared of its past troubles, Orlando opens it again, but the moment he does so he is challenged with a near impossible quest: to rescue a Peach Maiden who has been abducted to the demon-ruled Metal Isle. This part of the sim was closed years before when it was revealed it was attached to the real world. Today he has come to the Great Wall of China in the Ming Dynasty. When Orlando Gardiner's physical body died, his mind was lost to the massive simworld known as Otherland. An incredible Novella set in the Otherland Universe by New York Times bestselling author Tad Williams.
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