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Book SynopsisThe second book of The Last King of Osten Ard!
Return to the trials of King Simon and Queen Miriamele as threats to their kingdom loom . . .
''Inspired me to write my own seven-book trilogy. It''s one of my favourite fantasy series'' GEORGE R. R. MARTIN
''A master storyteller, and the Osten Ard books are his masterpiece'' BRANDON SANDERSON
''Paved the way for so much modern fantasy. Including mine'' PATRICK ROTHFUSS
''One of the great fantasy epics of all time'' CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI
The kingdoms of Osten Ard have been at peace for decades, but now, the threat of a new war grows to nightmarish proportions.
Simon and Miriamele, royal husband and wife, face danger from every side. Their allies in Hernystir have made a pact with the dreadful Queen of the Norns to allow her armies to cross into mortal lands. The ancient, powerful nation of Nabban is on the verge of bloody civil war, and the fierce
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One of my favourite fantasy series * George R. R. Martin, author of A Game of Thrones *
Ground-breaking . . . 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 . . . Tad Williams' work is an essential part of any science fiction and fantasy library * Christopher Paolini, author of the Inheritance Cycle series *
Comparable to fantasy's most meticulously rendered realms, like Tolkien's Middle-earth and Martin's Westeros. * Kirkus *
Empire of Grass not only meets expectations, but surpasses them in almost all ways. Few authors manage to write a series with as much depth and relevance as Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn once in a career. Williams is two-thirds of the way through doing it twice * Barnes & Noble *
It's no wonder Tad Williams has inspired so many great authors of fantasy to take up the pen. His work is, and continues to be, amongst the best of the genre * Fantasy Book Review *
