The War of the Flowers

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The War of the Flowers
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Tad Williams
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:704
Dimensions(mm): Height 178,Width 109
Category/GenreFantasy
ISBN/Barcode 9781473641211
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint Hodder Paperback
Publication Date 1 March 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

A masterpiece of the imagination, THE WAR OF THE FLOWERS is a truly epic novel which once again pushes the boundaries of fantasy fiction into new and unexplored territory. In the great city, in the dimly lit office of an impossibly tall building, two creatures meet. Gold changes hand, and the master of the House of Hellebore gives an order: 'War is coming. The child must die.' In our own world, a young man discovers a manuscript written by his great uncle. It seems to be a novel - a strange fairy tale of fantastic creatures and magical realms. But it is written as a diary ... as if the events were real ... as if his uncle had journeyed to another world. For the young man, the fantasy is about to become reality.

Author Biography

Tad Williams is a California-based fantasy superstar. His genre-creating (and genre-busting) books have sold tens of millions worldwide, in twenty-five languages. His considerable output of epic fantasy and science fiction book-series, stories of all kinds, urban fantasy novels, comics, scripts, etc., have strongly influenced a generation of writers: the Otherland epic now plays as an MMO on steam.com. Tad is currently immersed in the creation of The Last King of Osten Ard, planned as a trilogy with two intermediary novels. He, his family and his animals live in the Santa Cruz mountains in a suitably strange and beautiful house. @tadwilliams @mrstad

Reviews

This standalone fantasy is the genuine article ... the plot reaches an intricate, inevitable and gloriously satisfying climax - Starburst A masterpiece of fairytale worldbuilding ... a wondrous tale set in a fascinating world - Locus This is a clever and tricky book - Time Out It's a brilliantly engaging fantasy ... warmly entertaining and top-notch stuff - SFX