The Dragonbone Chair

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Author(s):

Tad Williams

First Pub:

1988

Genre(s):

Fantasy

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

See 50

Author's Note

Author's Warning

Foreward

Part One - Simon Mooncalf

1 - The Grasshopper and the King

2 - A Two-Frog Story

3 - Birds in the Chapel

4 - Cricket Cage

5 - The Tower Window

6 - The Cairn on the Cliffs

7 - The Conquerer Star

8 - Bitter Air and Sweet

9 - Smoke on the Wind

10 - King Hemlock

11 - An Unexpected Guest

12 - Six Silver Sparrows

13 - Between Worlds

14 - The Hill Fire

Part Two - Simon Pilgrim

15 - A Meeting at the Inn

16 - The White Arrow

17 - Binabik

18 - A Net of Stars

19 - The Blood of Saint Hoderund

20 - The Shadow of the Wheel

21 - Cold Comforts

22 - A Wind from the North

23 - Back into the Heart

24 - The Hounds of Erkynland

25 - The Secret Lake

26 - In the House of Geloë

27 - The Gossamer Towers

28 - Drums of Ice

29 - Hunters and Hunted

Part Three - Simon Snowlock

30 - A Thousand Nails

31 - The Councils of the Prince

32 - Northern Tidings

33 - From the Ashes of Asu'a

34 - Forgotten Swords

35 - The Raven and the Cauldron

36 - Fresh Wounds and Old Scars

37 - Jiriki's Hunt

38 - Songs of the Eldest

39 - High King's Hand

40 - The Green Tent

41 - Cold Fire and Grudging Stone

42 - Beneath the Uduntree

43 - The Harrowing

44 - Blood and the Spinning World

Internal ID:

2445

Series:

Stone of Farewell

Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn*

#1 of 4

Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn*

View this series in the book list

1) The Dragonbone Chair
2) Stone of Farewell
3) To Green Angel Tower, Part 1
4) To Green Angel Tower, Part 2

Copyright:

Dedication:

This book is dedicated to my mother, Barbara Jean Evans, who taught to me a deep affection for Toad Hall, the Hundred Aker Woods, the Shire, and many other hidden places and countries beyond the fields we know. She also induced in me a lifelong desire to make my own discoveries, and to share them with others. I wish to share this book with her.

First Sentence:

Author's Warning: Wanderers in the land of Osten Are are cautioned not to put blind trust in old rules and forms, and to observe all rituals with a careful eye, for they often mask being with seeming.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Simon let the mirror drop and covered his face with his hands.

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Added: 06-Aug-2019

Last Updated: 16-Oct-2024

23-Mar-2020

DAW Books

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 23-Mar-2020

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$9.99

Pub Series #:

797

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

amazon.com

Internal ID:

2175

Publisher:

DAW Books

ISBN:

0-886-77384-9

ISBN-13:

978-0-886-77384-7

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Michael Whelan - Cover Artist

A WAR FUELDED BY
THE DARK POWER OF SORCERY
is about to engulf the peaceful land of Osten Ard - for Prester John, the High King, slayer of the dread dragon Shurakai, lies dying. And with his death, an ancient evil will at last be unleashed, as the Storm King, undead ruler of the elvish-like Sithi, seeks to regain his lost realms through a pact with one of human royal blood. Then, driven by spell-inspired jealousy and hate, prince will fight prince, while around them the very land begins to die.

Only a small, scattered group, the League of the Scroll, recognizes the true danger awaiting Osten Ard. And to Simon - a castle scullion unknowingly apprenticed to a member of this League - will get the task of spearheading the quest for the solution to a riddle that offers the only hope of salvation, a ridde of long-lost swords of power... and a quest that will see him fleeing and facing enemies straight out of a legend-maker's worst nightmares!

THE DRAGONBONE CHAIR
The first novel in the long-awaited new
fantasy epic from he best-selling author of
Tailchaser's Song.

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First Paperback Printing, November 1989
46th printing based on number line
Canada $10.99

Other book covers for this series run

To Green Angel Tower, Part 1

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To Green Angel Tower, Part 2

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23-Mar-2020
DAW Books
Mass Market Paperback

Author(s)

Tad Williams

Awards

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