Brothers of the Wind (Osten Ard) Hardcover – November 2, 2021 by Tad Williams

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Author: Williams Tad

Color: Red

Package Dimensions: 24x235x454

Number Of Pages: 272

Release Date: 02-11-2021

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Set in the New York Times bestselling world of Osten Ard, this short novel continues the saga that inspired a generation of fantasists

Pride often goes before a fall, but sometimes that prideful fall is so catastrophic that it changes history itself.

Among the immortal Sithi of Osten Ard, none are more beloved and admired than the two sons of the ruling family, steady Hakatri and his proud and fiery younger brother Ineluki — Ineluki, who will one day become the undead Storm King. The younger brother makes a bold, terrible oath that he will destroy deadly Hidohebhi, a terrifying monster, but instead drags his brother with him into a disaster that threatens not just their family but all the Sithi — and perhaps all of humankind as well.

Set a thousand years before the events of Williams’s
The Dragonbone Chair, the tale of Ineluki’s tragic boast and what it brings is told by Pamon Kes, Hakatri’s faithful servant. Kes is not one of the Sithi but a member of the enslaved Changeling race, and his loyalty has never before been tested. Now he must face the terrible black dragon at his master’s side, then see his own life changed forever in a mere instant by Ineluki’s rash, selfish promise.

Review

Praise for Osten Ard

“
Inspired me to write my own seven-book trilogy…. It’s one of my favorite fantasy series.” —George R. R. Martin,
New York Times-bestselling author of
A Song of Ice and Fire

“Groundbreaking…. Changed how people thought of the genre, and
paved the way for so much modern fantasy. Including mine.” —Patrick Rothfuss,
New York Times-bestselling author of
The Name of the Wind

“Tad Williams is a master storyteller, and
the Osten Ard books are his masterpiece. Williams’ return to Osten Ard is every bit as compelling, deep, and fully-rendered as the first trilogy, and he continues to write with the experience and polish of an author at the top of his game.” —Brandon Sanderson,
New York Times-bestselling author of The Stormlight Archive

“
Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn is
one of the great fantasy epics of all time.”
—Christopher Paolini, New York Times bestselling author of
Eragon

“Building upon the revered history of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Williams has outdone himself by penning a 700-plus page novel that is virtually un-put-down-able…. Williams’ grand-scale storytelling mastery is on full display here. Not just utterly readable—
an instant fantasy classic.” —
Kirkus Reviews (starred)

“
Readers who delight in losing themselves in long complex tales of epic fantasy will be in their element here, and there is the promise of much more to come in future volumes.” —
Locus

“Panoramic, vigorous, often moving…. Williams adroitly weaves together the tales…heralding a suitably
epic and glorious conclusion.” —
Publishers Weekly

“Highly Recommended. [Williams] draws on many mythologies for the background of his fantasy epic…story spiced with
political intrigue and strong appealing heroes.” —
Library Journal

“
A grand fantasy on a scale approaching Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.” —
Cincinnati Post

About the Author

Tad Williams is a fantasy superstar. His genre-creating (and genre-busting) books have sold tens of millions of copies worldwide. His considerable output of epic fantasy and epic science fiction series, fantastical stories of all kinds, urban fantasy novels, comics, scripts, etc., have strongly influenced a generation of writers.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

The Black Worm

I now undertake to tell my master Hakatri’s story, or at least the parts of it that I myself witnessed, but even before I have begun I am already full of doubts. I cannot tell my master’s tale without telling some of my own, but I am not the same person who journeyed so long at his side. The things that happened to us changed me almost as much as they did him, and I can scarcely remember now the person I was then. Still, this Pamon Kes will do his best to tell