• Empire of Grass

  • The Last King of Osten Ard, Book 2
  • By: Tad Williams
  • Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
  • Length: 36 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (27 ratings)

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Empire of Grass

By: Tad Williams
Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
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Publisher's summary

Following on from The Witchwood Crown, Empire of Grass: The Last King of Osten Ard, Book 2 continues the story of one of the best loved fantasy epics of all time - Memory, Sorrow and Thorn, the inspiration for Christopher Paolini and George R. R. Martin.

©2018 Robert Paul 'Tad' Williams, published by permission of DAW Books (P)2018 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

Critic reviews

"One of my favourite fantasy series." (George R. R. Martin, author of A Game of Thrones)

"Ground-breaking... changed how people thought of the genre and paved the way for so much modern fantasy, including mine." (Patrick Rothfuss, author of The Kingkiller Chronicle)

"One of the main reasons I started writing fantasy... Tad Williams' work is an essential part of any science fiction and fantasy library." (Christopher Paolini, author of the Inheritance Cycle series)

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Loved every POV

I don't know what to say, so much is happening, so many POVs and somehow I don't dread any of the perspectives. I honestly find most characters interesting and the character growth of the less worldly characters goes through is just *chefs kiss*!

The world is large and yet everything is so cohesive and enough stuff happening that I cant tell how the story will get where I know it will get. I hope that makes sense, I'm a serial predictor and a lot of books have a hard time not being too predictable for me. This one though, love it.

When books get too political I can sometimes find it a drag but here everything is really told through the characters lived experiences and its just really good. I think this book is better than the previous one in this series and I'm so looking forward to continuing with the next!

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