«Hay un lugar, una montaña negra que llega al cielo… que tapa las estrellas. Búscala. Allí hallarás todas las respuestas». Con este mensaje, la misteriosa mujer de los sueños orientará el rumbo del soldado Paul Jonas y del valiente grupo infiltrado en Otherland. Pero su misión no sera fácil: La Hermandad del Grial prepara su golpe final y no está dispuesta a permitir que unos intrusos saboteen el Glorioso destino de su imperio virtual.
Tras introducirse en la ciudad de la sombra dorada, antesala de la enigmática Otherland, un grupo de hombres, mujeres y niños han logrado conformar un pequeño clan capaz de hacer frente a la maléfica Hermandad del Grial. Con el bagaje de los conocimientos adquiridos, navegan por una especie de carretera virtual con la apariencia de un río de fuego azul que los transportará por los universos virtuales que integran la mas fantástica telaraña de mundos construida en el ciberespacio.
La ciudad de la Sombra Dorada, nos lleva al futuro próximo, a través de una seductora trama en la que una conjura general, urdida desde los más altos niveles, amenaza con sacrificar nuestro planeta Tierra a cambio de la promesa de un lugar infinitamente más selecto: Otherland, un universo en el que cualquier fantasía se convierte en realidad; un mundo gobernado por los mas ricos y despiadados agentes del poder, la Hermandad del Santo Grial.
'A master storyteller' Brandon SandersonThe 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 Tanakiru - the Narrowdark - where a secret waits that
might bring Simon's people and their Sithi allies salvation - or doom.PRAISE
FOR THE WORLD OF OSTEN ARD'Groundbreaking' Patrick Rothfuss'Inspired me to
write my own seven-book trilogy.... It's one of my favourite fantasy series'
George R. R. Martin,'Not just utterly readable - an instant fantasy classic'
KIRKUS REVIEWS (STARRED)'An engrossing epic, mixing adventure, intrigue,
magic' LOCUS'With this book, The Last King of Osten Ard has achieved the
greatest possible feat for a sequel: that is, I can no longer imagine the
originals without it' TOR.COM'You'll enjoy what Williams has brought to the
table here. I know I did' DEN OF GEEK
Rite: Short Work gives ample evidence of Tad Williams as an accomplished practitioner of the short form! Within you'll find a knockout novella later expanded to novel length (Child of an Ancient City), riffs on the great fantasist Michael Moorcock (The Author at the End of Time, Go Ask Elric), along with excursions into some of his most popular creations and beyond.
The evil minions of the undead Sithi Storm King are beginning their final preparations for the kingdom-shattering culmination of their dark sorceries, drawing King Elias ever deeper into their nightmarish, spell-spun world. As the Storm King’s power grows and the boundaries of time begin to blur, the loyal allies of Prince Josua struggle to rally their forces at the Stone of Farewell. There, too, Simon and the surviving members of the League of the Scroll have gathered for a desperate attempt to unravel mysteries from the forgotten past. For if the League can reclaim these age-old secrets of magic long-buried beneath the dusts of time, they may be able to reveal to Josua and his army the only means of striking down the unslayable foe....
