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The Perfect Fantasy Novel for These Uncertain Times
The last book in Tad Williams’s influential Osten Ard series has a strong anti-authoritarian streak.
Set in a world called Osten Ard, the series follows the granddaughter of a dying king, Miriamele, and a kitchen boy named Simon as they try to stop her corrupt father, Elias, from ascending the throne. In time, Simon discovers that the tale of Miriamele’s grandfather, Prester John, and his throne, the vaunted Dragonbone Chair, is based in part on a lie: The old king had never slain a dragon as he’d claimed. Studio interest in fantasy remains insatiable following the global success of HBO’s Game of Thrones, albeit with mixed results, so it’s not hard to imagine the panoramic Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn on screens someday.
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