This is more or less the premise of The Dragonbone Chair, the first book in Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy by Tad Williams. And Simon-a kitchen boy in the royal castle of Hayholt-will involuntarily find his fate tangled in all the chaos to unfold caused by the inevitable death of John, the scourge of the Sithi and wielder of the sword Bright-Nail. The vengeful undead ruler of the Sithi, The Storm King, aims to seize this chance to return and regain his lost realm. A civil war for The Dragonbone Chair is about to start. “He who is certain he knows the ending of things when he is only beginning them is either extremely wise or extremely foolish no matter which is true, he is certainly an unhappy man, for he has put a knife in the heart of wonder.”Ī war fueled by the powers of dark sorcery is about to engulf the land of Osten Ard as John the Presbyter-the Lord of Erkynland and High King of all Osten Ard and bane of the dragon Shurakai-is near his death.
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And I have no doubt I will reread The Dragonbone Chair, and I’m assuming the rest of the series as well, again and again in the future. Not including books I reread, I believe this is the fourth book to receive a 5-star rating from me this year. People have told me I would love The Dragonbone Chair, the first book in Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy, or The Osten Ard Saga, and they were right. I had a lot of high expectations going into The Dragonbone Chair, and all of it was met or exceeded. If there’s a tiny seed of regret, it would have to be why didn’t I read this sooner.
I don’t regret reading The Dragonbone Chair. And now that The Navigator’s Children, the final book in The Osten Ard Saga, is slated to be released soon, this feels like it is the right time for me to start my journey into the world of Osten Ard. But I’ve been waiting for the completion of The Last King of Osten Ard, the second series in The Osten Ard Saga, to be completed before I start reading the series. It’s not like I didn’t want to read it sooner. The Dragonbone Chair and the entire Osten Ard Saga has been in my TBR pile for five years now. To say I was excited to read The Dragonbone Chair is an understatement. To want too much was worse than greed: it was stupidity-a waste of precious time and effort.” “When you stopped to think about it, he reflected, there weren’t many things in life one truly needed. The Dragonbone Chair is an absolutely brilliant transition from classic to modern epic fantasy. Published: 25th October 1988 by DAW Books Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Classic Fantasy Series: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn (Book #1 of 3), The Osten Ard Saga (Book #1 of 7) This review is a copy of the transcript of my video review on The Dragonbone Chair.
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