Heart of What Was Lost

from fuzzi

This book sat on my shelves for a couple years after its publication, not due to any disinterest, but because the author had set such a high standard with his previous trilogy Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn. So I started reading it with a little trepidation, afraid of ruining my memories of the volume...

from Cecrow

The Memory Sorrow and Thorn trilogy had a richness in tone and atmosphere that was never equalled by the Shadowmarch series, a paler cousin, and I feared Tad Williams would not be able to recapture it. Somehow he's done it. 'Melancholy' has been cited by others as the key ingredient, and that is ...

from Gkarlives

This is a great story for preparing readers of the original series for the Osten Ard series to come. Tad Williams takes some time to revisit a part of the story many might not have been that concerned about but he does so by explaining why you should be. In this tale you will learn more about the...

from SonicQuack

t's been about twenty years since I read the the original Memory, Thorn and Sorrow books, although I certainly have fond memories of them. I find Tad Williams' can vary in style and narrative style, some far too wordy, others just right and he's at his best in the traditional fantasy genre (in my...

from kgodey

I read Tad Williams' Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series back in 2012, and while I didn't absolutely love it, I still have pretty good memories of it. I was excited to hear that the author was finally going to be returning to the world of Osten Ard with a whole bunch of new books, beginning with this...