The Navigator's Children
core novel 2024 Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / Osten Ard
Record
| First published | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.56 (2,537 ratings, collected 2026-08-06) |
| Page count | 1300 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780756418557 |
| First-edition date | 2024-11-12 |
| First-edition publisher | DAW Books (Astra) |
| First-edition country | US |
Synopsis
The concluding volume of the Last King of Osten Ard series opens with the Hayholt itself under siege, as the immortal Norns attack the ancient stronghold that once belonged to their own kin, the Sithi. The deathless Norn Queen Utuk'ku is driving her people toward the Vale of Mists, known as Tanakiru, where an ancient secret is said to be hidden. Prince Morgan and the renegade Norn warrior Nezeru travel together into the valley, their bond deepening as they face both wonders and horrors along the way, while Queen Miriamele works to defend the Hayholt and uncover the truth behind the traitorous councilor Pasevalles. The renewed war between humans and Norns reaches its final, decisive phase as these threads are drawn together.
Where it sits
- Universe: Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn / Osten Ard
- Series: The Last King of Osten Ard core; position 4 of 4 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Tad Williams
Notes
- 'The fourth and final Last King of Osten Ard novel', the sequence is complete.
- From the series record (The Last King of Osten Ard): Planned as trilogy; concluding volume split (2021) into two, complete at four books (2024).
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 the series The Last King of Osten Ard: position 4 of 4: previous Into the Narrowdark (2022)
Sources
- https://astrapublishinghouse.com/product/the-navigators-children-9780756418557/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tad_Williams
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