The Heart of What Was Lost
core novel 2017 Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / Osten Ard
Record
| First published | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.03 (5,187 ratings, collected 2026-08-06) |
| Page count | 224 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781473646636 |
Synopsis
The Heart of What Was Lost is set in the immediate aftermath of the original Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy, following the defeat of the Storm King. The surviving Norns, the ancient and immortal people who served him, retreat north to their last stronghold, pursued by a human army determined to see the threat they pose ended for good. The novella follows this pursuit through three perspectives: a Rimmersman duke leading the human forces, a Norn commander preparing to defend her people, and a mercenary caught between the two sides, giving a close view of the war's human and Norn costs in the immediate wake of the trilogy's climactic battle.
Where it sits
- Universe: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / Osten Ard
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Tad Williams
Notes
- Bridge short novel ('A Novel of Osten Ard'), one year after To Green Angel Tower; registered Core.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / Osten Ard (standalone work): position 5 of 10: previous The Burning Man (1998) · next The Witchwood Crown (2017)
Sources
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