New York Times-bestselling Tad Williams' ground-breaking epic
fantasy saga of Osten Ard begins an exciting new cycle! The perfect
introduction to the epic fantasy world of Osten Ard, The Heart of
What Was Lost is Tad Williams' follow-up to his internationally
bestselling landmark trilogy. Osten Ard inspired a generation of
modern fantasy writers, including George R.R. Martin, Patrick
Rothfuss, and Christopher Paolini, and defined Tad Williams as one
of the most important fantasy writers of our time. A NOVEL OF OSTEN
ARD At the end of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Ineluki the Storm
King, an undead spirit of horrifying, demonic power, came within
moments of stopping Time itself and obliterating humankind. He was
defeated by a coalition of mortal men and women joined by his own
deathless descendants, the Sithi. In the wake of the Storm King's
fall, Ineluki's loyal minions, the Norns, dark cousins to the
Sithi, choose to flee the lands of men and retreat north to
Nakkiga, their ancient citadel within the hollow heart of the
mountain called Stormspike. But as the defeated Norns make their
way to this last haven, the mortal Rimmersman Duke Isgrimnur leads
an army in pursuit, determined to end the Norns' attacks and defeat
their ageless Queen Utuk'ku for all time. Two southern soldiers,
Porto and Endri, joined the mortal army to help achieve this
ambitious goal-though as they venture farther and farther into the
frozen north, braving the fierce resistance and deadly magics of
the retreating Norns, they cannot help but wonder what they are
doing so very far from home. Meanwhile, the Norns must now confront
the prospect of extinction at the hands of Isgrimnur and his mortal
army. Viyeki, a leader of the Norns' military engineers, the Order
of Builders, desperately seeks a way to help his people reach their
mountain-and then stave off the destruction of their race. For the
two armies will finally clash in a battle to be remembered as the
Siege of Nakkiga; a battle so strange and deadly, so wracked with
dark enchantment, that it threatens to destroy not just one side
but quite possibly all. Trapped inside the mountain as the mortals
batter at Nakkiga's gates, Viyeki the Builder will discover
disturbing secrets about his own people, mysteries both present and
past, represented by the priceless gem known as The Heart of What
Was Lost.
General
Imprint: |
Daw Books
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Osten Ard |
Release date: |
2019 |
Authors: |
Tad Williams
|
Dimensions: |
173 x 108 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Mass market
|
Pages: |
272 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7564-1250-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Fantasy
|
LSN: |
0-7564-1250-1 |
Barcode: |
9780756412500 |
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