It is a time of darkness, dread, and ultimate testing for the realm of Osten Ard, for the wild magic and terrifying minions of the undead Sithi ruler, Ineluki the Storm King, are spreading their seemingly undefeatable evil across the kingdom. Martin, Patrick Rothfuss, and Christopher Paolini, and defined Tad Williams as one of the most important fantasy writers of our time. The trilogy inspired a generation of modern fantasy writers, including George R. Tad Williams introduced listeners to the incredible fantasy world of Osten Ard in his internationally best-selling series Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn.

Kat Hooper of gave The Stone of Farewell a rating of 3.5 out of 5 and a mixed review, calling it 'excessively lengthy' and saying it 'is everything we’ve come to expect from a middle book in a well-written traditional medieval-style epic fantasy trilogy'.New York Times best-selling author Tad Williams' landmark epic fantasy saga of Osten Ard begins an exciting new cycle! In Locus, Carolyn Cushman called the novel 'an epic fantasy you can get lost in for days, not just hours'. Princess Maegwin of Hernystir leads her people deep underground, where they discover secrets that may help turn the tide in a war thought to be hopeless.įinally, a power rises in the North, but its true implications may not yet be fully revealed. Princess Miriamele, having escaped before the siege of Naglimund, gets caught up in events that demonstrate the evil powers surrounding her father. Meanwhile, Josua 'Lackhand', brother to the king, leads a motley band of survivors after the disastrous events at Naglimund. Now bearing the sobriquet 'Snowlock', he and his companions leave the mountains in search of the mysterious 'Stone of Farewell'. The previous volume saw Simon wound a dragon with the mystical sword Thorn, splashing himself in dragon’s blood, leaving himself deeply scarred (physically and emotionally). The saga develops the narrative started in The Dragonbone Chair and focuses primarily on Simon, a former kitchen servant in the largest castle in the land. Stone of Farewell is a 1990 fantasy novel by Tad Williams, the second volume of his Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy.

Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams