- Family secrets, Exiles, Magic, Gods
With King Olin imprisoned and Prince Kendrick slain, the royal twins Barrick and Briony have been forced to flee their homeland. But both families and nations can hide dark and terrible secrets, and even if Barrick and Briony survive learning the astonishing truths at the heart of their own family and of Southmarch itself, they must still find a way to reclaim their kingdom and rescue their home--from traitors, tyrants, a god-king, and even the angry gods themselves.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Tad Williams
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 564
- Publisher
- Orbit, Brilliance Audio, DAW Books
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780756406417
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Robert Paul "Tad" Williams (born March 14, 1957 in San Jose, California) is an American fantasy author based in California. His works, which span epic fantasy, science fiction, urban fantasy, comics, and scripts, have sold tens of millions of copies worldwide and significantly influenced a generation of writers. Williams is known for his genre-defining and genre-blending contributions to literature, including his breakthrough novel [*Tailchaser's Song*][1], the *Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn* series, the *Otherland* series, and [*The War of the Flowers*][2]. [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2250827W [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2250810W
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