Into the Narrowdark
The Last King of Osten Ard, Book 3
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Andrew Wincott
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Tad Williams
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The New York Times bestselling world of Osten Ard returns in the third Last King of Osten Ard novel, as threats to the kingdom loom....
The High Throne of Erkynland is tottering, its royal family divided and diminished. Queen Miriamele has been caught up in a brutal rebellion in the south and thought to have died in a fiery attack. Her grandson Morgan, heir to the throne, has been captured by one of Utuk'ku's soldiers in the ruins of an abandoned city. Miriamele's husband, King Simon, is overwhelmed by grief and hopelessness, unaware that many of these terrible things have been caused by Pasevalles, a murderous traitor inside Simon's own court at the Hayholt.
Meanwhile, a deadly army of Norns led by the ageless, vengeful Queen Utuk'ku, has swept into Erkynland and thrown down the fortress of Naglimund, slaughtering the inhabitants and digging up the ancient grave of Ruyan the Navigator. Utuk'ku plans to use the Navigator's fabled armor to call up the spirit of Hakatri, the evil Storm King's brother.
Even the Sithi, fairy-kin to the Norns, are helpless to stop Utuk'ku's triumph as her armies simultaneously march on the Hayholt and force their way into the forbidden ogre-guarded valley of Tanakirú - the Narrowdark—where a secret waits that might bring Simon's people and their Sithi allies salvation—or doom.
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- lisa hird
- 15-06-24
Wow!
Love this series so much and this book did not disappoint. Love Tad Williams writing. Can't wait for the next one in the series.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-08-22
worth the incredible wait.
After what felt like forever this addition didn't let me down. narration was excellent and the story was in the same class as the previous books.
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- Ross Kitson
- 17-03-25
excellent third book of epic fantasy
Tad Williams third book in his sequel series, the Last King of Osten Ard is actually the sizeable first half to the final installment (the second half of which, namely book 4, has just been released). This fact determines much of the tone and structure as it's evident that a lion's share is set-up with minimal resolution.
The myriad story arcs and characters make this ambitious in every sense, and it's some of the best epic fantasy I've read in a while, not least as we are returning to an already developed setting. The aging of key characters and the development of new ones gives us a cast of perhaps twenty, whose orbits and paths interweave. Some of it can feel slow, with our sporadic updates on half the book seeming to be lost or wandering. Yet Tad is such an excellent prose writer, with frequent but well articulated similes, that its a minor comment. There are some sequences that genuinely had me on the edge of my seat, some excellent twists, and some fascinating characters among the norns that round out the enemy culture beyond bland faceless enemy. As ever Tad's lore is well written and not excessive. The world here feels realistic and 'lived in.'
And Morgan with his 'girlfriend' the half-elf Nezeru provide some of the funniest and most engaging moments in the series. And Miriemele and the insane fisherman sequence was so incredibly tense I felt like I was watching it from behind my hands.
All in all, remarkable. I'm reading / listening to a few quicker books before the massive book 4, but remain hugely excited to see where it's going.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-08-22
Excellenr
A must for any fans of the earlier books - it moves along too quickly!
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- mgogo
- 15-08-22
Loved it!
Fantastic reading by Andrew Wincott as usual. Can't wait for the final installment in 2023.
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- Louise
- 31-07-22
Excellent
Story continues at a breath taking pace, can't wait for the final part. As per usual, Andrew provides excellent narration.
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- The Geezer
- 23-03-23
well worth your time.
this one so far is the best in the series for me, i felt a sense of loss at the end of the book knowing i now have to wait many more months until the fourth and final book in the series. great stuff this
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- Chris King
- 28-07-22
Tad Williams / Andrew Wincott Masterclass.
Wether you buy the book or audiobook, or both like I did you will not be disappointed.
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- JoP
- 17-08-22
Each book in 'The Last King' series gets better!
I eagerly await the final installment of this series as the main characters mature and develop. Tad Williams' skill in interweaving so many different stories and characters into a whole is masterful. The first two books didn't appeal to me as much as the 'Memory, Sorrow and Thorn' series, but this book is up with the best of them. Unlike the earlier series, I found the switch from one perspective to another much easier to follow and Andrew Wincott's narration is always excellent.
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- harriet hayllar
- 10-03-24
Another banger
Can’t wait til next instalment. Tad certainly knows how to weave a story. He is like taliesien himself
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