New Releases by Tad Williams

The debut novel from master storyteller Tad Williams, Tailchaser''s Song has surprised and enchanted readers for decades "A fantasy of epic proportions in the vein of Watership Down." —San Diego Union Meet Fritti Tailchaser, a ginger tom cat of rare courage and curiosity, a born survivor in a world of heroes and villains, of powerful feline gods and whiskery legends about those strange furless, erect creatures called M’an. Join Tailchaser on his magical quest to rescue his catfriend Hushpad—a quest that will take him all the way to cat hell and beyond...

The third book in New York Times-bestselling author Tad Williams''s cyberpunk fantasy series • “Tad Williams is the brightest and best of the fantasists.” ―Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods "The Grail Brotherhood has built the most powerful, sophisticated simulation network imaginable. At the same time, they have manipulated and injured the minds of thousands of children." This proclamation from the mysterious Mr. Sellars confirmed what Renie Sulaweyo had feared to be true when she first broke into the Otherland network in a desperate search for the cause of her brother Stephen''s deathlike coma. Now Renie, the Bushman !Xabbu, and their companions find themselves navigating a treacherous and ever-changing course―from a strangely unfinished land, to a seemingly endless labyrinthine House―pursuing a sociopathic killer who has stolen one of their group. To Renie''s despair she is no closer to uncovering the secrets which could help save Stephen''s life, and now it appears that something may be very wrong with the Otherland network itself. As Paul Jonas, Orlando, Renie and the rest strive to reach Priam''s Walls, in the heart of Troy, they know that their quest is running perilously short of time. For the Grail Brotherhood has finally set the date for the Ceremony when they will make their bid for the immortality, and thereby seal the fate of Earth''s children forever. But before Renie and her allies can hope to stop the Brotherhood, they must first solve the mysteries of Otherland itself, and confront its darkest secret―an entity known only as the Other.

A group of unlikely heroes goes up against the ruthless Grail Brotherhood, who are exploiting Earth''s children.

Tad Williams'' popular series Mirror World introduced a story of disaster and survival set in motion by the appearance of gigantic mirrors, just before the millennium (1999), in the world''s major cities. They are portals, through which predatory insectile aliens swarm, killing or carrying off everything in their path. Humankind''s only chance is to attack the "bugs" at their source -- in Mirror World. Sixty volunteers are bioengineered to become human weapons to enter Mirror World and beyond. In this book, a group of storytellers has taken this universe and filled it with colorful characters, unforgettable adventures, and thought-provoking new themes.

Tad Williams'' popular TechoComics series Mirror World introduced a fictional world so original and yet so compelling, so bizarre and yet so reminiscent of our own reality, that no reader who experienced it was ever quite the same again. Mirror World is a story of disaster and survival. Just before the millennium (1999), gigantic mirrors appear in the world''s major cities, bisecting streets, parks, and buildings. They are as beautiful as they are mysterious, until their terrible purpose becomes clear. They are portals, through which predatory insectile aliens swarm, killing or carrying off everything in their path. Humankind''s only chance is to attack the "bugs" at their source--in Mirror World. It is a one-way trip, and one which only flesh can make; everything inorganic--weapons, clothing, even dental fillings--disappear in the crossing. Six volunteers are bioengineered to become human weapons. Some of the biotroops pursue the Bugs through further portals--into the dark heart of the Universe. Others remain on MIrror World, setting up city states such as Shades and Looking Glass, creating a second Earth with new wonders and new evils all its own. An elite grouping of storytellers--also volunteers, hand-picked by Williams himself--has taken this audacious science fiction universe and filled it with colorful characters, unforgettable adventures, and thought-provoking new themes. The magic of their collective vision has limned a world as strange and wondrous as our own, only more so: a world in which illusion and reality are wedded inextricably. Uniting the power of modern science fiction and the magic of full-color art, Tad Williams'' Mirror World is a unique publishing event: a popular comic book transformed into literature, with its creative energy not only preserved but enhanced. As the story unfolds, a different author escorts the reader through each part of this astonishingly beautiful illustrated tale. Tad Williams himself selected the writers and approved the artist chosen to make this unique multimedia foray into the shimmering vastness of his Mirror World. You are invited to go with them...if you dare.

Simon, quatorze ans, n'a jamais quitté le château du Hayholt où il a grandi dans les jupes des chambrières. Il n'a jamais connu son père et sa mère. Un jour, il deviendra mage, pourvu que le destin lui soit favorable. Un mystère plane sur le grand château. Le roi Jean, tueur du dragon Shurakai et souverain de toutes les nations humaines, est à l'agonie. Bientôt son fils aîné, le prince Elias, ira siéger sur le Trône du Dragon. Et des complots se trament dans l'ombre. La mort du roi Jean est très attendue. Elle pourrait libérer un terrible maléfice... En fait, c'est la conquête du pays par les hommes, cinq siècles plus tôt, qui a créé le malaise. Les Sithis, anciens maîtres de la terre, ont brusquement disparu. Seraient-ils morts ? Peu plausible : ils sont immortels. Alors, il y a un problème, et Simon n'en sait rien. Seule une société plus ou moins secrète, la Ligue du Parchemin, voit venir le danger. De grands desseins sont enjeu. Pour que survive le monde, Simon devra résoudre un jour l'énigme légendaire des Epées du Pouvoir. Mais on ne l'a pas prévenu.

Tandis que l'ombre d'Ineluki, le Roi de l'Orage, s'étend peu à peu sur Osten Ard, et que le Roi Souverain Elias et son âme damnée, Pryrates le prêtre rouge, assurent leur domination sur le royaume, les chances de ceux qui veulent encore s'opposer à eux s'amenuisent. Simon, Binabik et Sludig ont trouvé Epine, l'une des trois épées qui, réunies, pourront défaire Ineluki, mais les voici maintenant confrontés à la sorcière Skodi. Quant à leurs alliés, leur situation n'est guère plus réjouissante. Il leur reste néanmoins un espoir : rejoindre la Pierre de l'Adieu, d'où ils pourront organiser la résistance. Mais il leur faudra pour ce faire traverser bien des épreuves, et peut-être trouver de nouveaux alliés : certaines des forces en présence n'ont pas encore choisi leur camp. Après Le Trône du Dragon, Le Roi de l'Orage et La Maison de l'Ancêtre, le cycle de l'Arcane des Epées se poursuit avec La Pierre de l'Adieu. Par sa maîtrise du récit et le souffle épique de cette saga, Tad Williams confirme qu'il a trouvé sa place au premier rang des grands conteurs de la Fantasy, dans le sillage de Tolkien, David Eddings ou Robert Jordan.

Fortsetzung von ädie Nornenköniginä. Breit angelegter Fantasy-Roman, angesiedelt in einer mythisch-mittelalterlichen Welt im Lande Osten Ard.