Wyntertide: Rotherweird Book II

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'Intricate and crisp, witty and solemn: a book with special and dangerous properties' Hilary Mantel on Rotherweird 'Baroque, Byzantine and beautiful - not to mention bold' - M.R. Carey on Rotherweird WELCOME BACK TO ROTHERWEIRD For four hundred years, the town of Rotherweird has stood alone, made independent from the rest of England to protect a deadly secret. But someone is playing a very long game. An intricate plot, centuries in the making, is on the move. Everything points to one objective - the resurrection of Rotherweird's dark Elizabethan past - and to one date: the Winter Equinox. Wynter is coming . . .

Andrew Caldecott is a KC, an occasional playwright and author of the bestselling Rotherweird trilogy, Rotherweird, Wyntertide and Lost Acre, all published by Jo Fletcher Books. Momenticon, the first in a new speculative fiction series, will be followed by Simul. Andrew lives in London.

A history-tragic-comedy all rolled into one, Rotherweird is intricate and crisp, witty and solemn: a book not unlike other books, but with special and dangerous properties. Line by line, silent and adroit, it opens a series of trap-doors in the reader's imagination - HILARY MANTEL, two-time Man Booker prize winner Darkly hypnotic - The Daily Telegraph Wyntertide perfectly continues the journey that began in Rotherweird - The Eloquent Page Wyntertide builds on all the best parts of its predecessor, introducing the reader to the wider history of Rotherweird, while relishing its small town drama - SciFiNow Baroque, Byzantine and beautiful - not to mention bold. An enthralling puzzle picture of a book - M.R. CAREY, bestselling author of The Girl With All the Gifts Compelling . . . the love child of Gormenghast and Hogwarts - Guardian on ROTHERWEIRD Even better than the first book . . . Seamlessly structured and reads at a galumphing pace . . . As Wynter's go, this is one cold snap that's very welcome indeed - Starburst I'd strongly recommend you to read it, and to keep reading - Blue Book Balloon