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The Witchwood Crown

The Last King of Osten Ard, Book 1

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The Witchwood Crown

By: Tad Williams
Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
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'Fawless epic fantasy . . . An instant fantasy classic' - Kirkus

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Thirty years ago Ineluki, the Storm King, was destroyed and his armies scattered. Osten Ard has been at peace ever since, ruled by Simon Snowlock, kitchen boy made king, and Miriamele, King Elias' only child. But now age weighs upon their reign. Simon's dreams have deserted him, old allies die and betrayal and assassination threaten. His son and heir John Josua is years dead and his grandson, Morgan, is a wastrel. A journey of redemption and discovery beckons in the darkening world.

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. Humanity must be destroyed. Her sorcerers will bring a demon back from death, her warriors will seek the world for living dragon's blood...

And finally the greatest artefact of all, the Witchwood Crown, will be hers.

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.

©2017 Beale Williams Enterprise (P)2017 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Classics Fantasy Fiction Royalty

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This book is a fantastic example of the best writing Tad Williams has ever done, and the performance is truly out of this world. I immediately downloaded the sequel and will be listening to anything else performed by Andrew Wincott. A must-have if you enjoyed the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series!

What a performance! What a way to come back to Ost

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i really cant wait for the next hook which is not available for a few months yet

a brilliant creation

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In the second series in Osten Ard, we revisit old friends and embark on a grand adventure of massive scale. Williams takes a lot of time to develop the story, too much to my liking. The first series was already a bit slow, but the new series really lacks tempo, and frankly is a bit long-winded. The story itself is very good, however, so I am continuing listening.

Grand but slow

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Wow, what a book! I really enjoyed the original series of Memory, Sorry and Thorn, but this is even better. Much better actually. In the years since writing the original (1988?) he has become a much better writer. The story is more complex and engaging: every chapter is excellent and has great twists and turns. His characters are more detailed and believable. Two of them this time are a comedy double act and the humour is great - he has learned to write comedy since 1988. I laughed out loud at several points. And Andrew Wincott does superb character acting, not missing a single nuance of a sentence - he is really plugged in.

I am counting the days until the next one as this, in my opinion, has been set up with this book as one of the best fantasy saga's of all time, topping just about everything else I have read. And this book in itself is just a joy from start to finish. I wish I could contact the author and reader to say "Superb work guys! Superb." If you like fantasy then you can't go without this in your collection in my opinion.

Can't wait for the next one - absolutely excellent

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some interesting twists and reveals! enjoyable to listen along to though I did find myself drifting off at some points and had to rewind numerous times....but I am 6 books in so it becomes a bit like a background story at times.

good yarn

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It is rare that an epic fantasy is continued, but this is truly what many of us yearn for when a story finishes and the characters we have grown to know and care about are gone. As here, Simon, Binabik and many more return as older and wiser people living their lives only to realise all is not a quiet in the forests and mountains as they had presumed

Well worth reading and enjoying

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As much as I love the original series, I found this book to be so much more. I high recommend to old fans, new fans and general fantasy fans. Excellent.

Eclipses MS&T

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Love these tad Williams books really love the trolls and there quirky voices and sayings would be awesome to have little friends like them.

Awesome

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Great story with a twisting and turning plot very well narrated with a great scope of voices.

Tad Williams at his best

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This has a slow beginning as we reacquaint ourselves with the characters but is an engrossing story, leaving me anxious to continue the tale. Well narrated.

A long awaited continuation of the Dragonbone Chair trilogy.

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