It’s been . . . fun, in a strange, painful way, because it’s really hard work, and I love a challenge. But it’s also hard work and a challenge, so it’s slower than if I was just writing a final volume from scratch. And sometimes it makes my head really hurt. But, like I said, challenge. Want to help us defray the cost of domains, hosting, software, and postage for giveaways? Donate here:

The Last King of Osten Ard Series by Tad Williams - Goodreads The Last King of Osten Ard Series by Tad Williams - Goodreads

Happy Into the Narrowdark release day! I know many of you are chomping at the bit to read and discuss so I've pinned 4 separate discussion threads to the r/TadWilliams subreddit.First up, the books will be given their own titles. The first volume - now Book III of The Last King of Osten Ard - will be called Into the Narrowdark. The second - now Book IV of the untrilogy - will retain the original title of The Navigator's Children. Panoramic, vigorous, often moving…. Williams adroitly weaves together the tales…heralding a suitably epic and glorious conclusion.”— Publishers Weekly

Into the Narrowdark (The Last King of Osten Ard, 3) Into the Narrowdark (The Last King of Osten Ard, 3)

BILL CAPOSSERE, who's been with us since June 2007, lives in Rochester NY, where he is an English adjunct by day and a writer by night. His essays and stories have appeared in Colorado Review, Rosebud, Alaska Quarterly, and other literary journals, along with a few anthologies, and been recognized in the "Notable Essays" section of Best American Essays. His children's work has appeared in several magazines, while his plays have been given stage readings at GEVA Theatre and Bristol Valley Playhouse. When he's not writing, reading, reviewing, or teaching, he can usually be found with his wife and son on the frisbee golf course or the ultimate frisbee field. Anyway, at that point, I split the final volume into two parts, Into The Narrowdark(I’ll call it IND; it’s out now!) and The Navigator’s Children(called NVCfrom now on). I put aside the half of the story which would become NVC(and finalized INDwhile also writing Brothers of the Wind( BotW). This whole process took about a year, during which time I made many changes to various plots in INDwhile leaving NVC‘s first draft still unfinished, a sort of time-capsule of What I Had Planned, though many, many necessary changes/new ideas/improvements had come to me during the preparation of INDand BotWfor publication, and they changed what NVCwould be in many ways. Tad had been working on the next volume in THE LAST KING OF OSTEN ARD for some time, when he realized that he would not be able to fit all of the story in one volume that would be publishable, so he and his publishers decided to split the book into two, smaller more manageable volumes. Rest assured, these volumes will still be Tad-sized (i.e. quite gargantuan). Tad has now published the third book – now called Into the Narrowdark in the US and the UK. He is has also finished the – now – fourth and final book that will now be The Navigator’s Children. US und UK publication will most likely be sometime in 2024. Wow, I really enjoyed hearing about your process and the complexity of events that you faced as you over came the obstacles. Keep up your excellent work, it shows. Love your work.The books also look like they might come out sooner than expected, with the publishers considering a spring 2022 release for the first volume and a late summer 2022 release for the second, just a few months later. Previously the publishers had been considering 22 October 2022 for the first volume and an early-to-mid-2023 release date for the second, so it appears they've shuffled things up, which is good news. The discussions are in 10 chapter increments since there are 40 chapters. I felt it would be best for people to pop in to these individual threads since I'm sure we will be reading at different paces. Just remember, these threads will have spoilers for the full 10 chapters and so on as indicated in the title! Meanwhile, a deadly army of Norns led by the ageless, vengeful Queen Utuk’ku, has swept into Erkynland and thrown down the fortress of Naglimund, slaughtering the inhabitants and digging up the ancient grave of Ruyan the Navigator. Utuk’ku plans to use the Navigator’s fabled armor to call up the spirit of Hakatri, the evil Storm King’s brother. If you’re reading this book, then you’ve read the earlier ones (I assume) and quite possibly others in Williams’ collection of work. In which case you probably began Into the Narrowdark with eyes wide open in terms of pacing. Williams, probably more than any other author I know, take his time in unspinning his story and shading in his characters. His books tend to be long, his plots tend to be drawn out, and his scenes do not always feel like they drive the plot forward (that isn’t to say they have no purpose, just plot movement isn’t necessarily it), and that holds true here as well.