The Dragonbone Chair Deluxe Hardcover - Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams

Book Synopsis

**Now in a special deluxe edition with sprayed edges, premium cover effects, map, and bonus content!**

Now, after over 38 years in print, a deluxe edition of the first book in master storyteller and New York Times-bestseller Tad Williams' beloved, internationally bestselling series Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, which inspired a generation of writers, among them George R. R. Martin and Patrick Rothfuss

"Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn proved there was an appetite not only for epic fantasy but for the complexity that Williams brought to the genre." --Vulture

"One of my favorite fantasy series." --George R. R. Martin
"Groundbreaking." --Patrick Rothfuss
"One of the great fantasy epics of all time." --Christopher Paolini

This special edition of The Dragonbone Chair will publish in Fall 2026 to coincide with the brand new prequel, The Splintered Sun, set hundreds of years before the events of this novel.

A war fueled by the powers of dark sorcery is about to engulf the peaceful land of Osten Ard--for Prester John, the High King, lies dying. And with his death, the Storm King, the undead ruler of the elf-like Sithi, seizes the chance to regain his lost realm through a pact with the newly ascended king. Knowing the consequences of this bargain, the king's younger brother joins with a small, scattered group of scholars, the League of the Scroll, to confront the true danger threatening Osten Ard.

Simon, a kitchen boy from the royal castle unknowingly apprenticed to a member of this League, will be sent on a quest that offers the only hope of salvation, a deadly riddle concerning long-lost swords of power. Compelled by fate and perilous magics, he must leave the only home he's ever known and face enemies more terrifying than Osten Ard has ever seen, even as the land itself begins to die.

About the Author

Tad Williams is a fantasy superstar. His genre-creating (and genre-busting) books have sold tens of millions of copies worldwide. His considerable output of epic fantasy and epic science fiction series, fantastical stories of all kinds, urban fantasy novels, comics, scripts, etc., have strongly influenced a generation of writers.