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Tad Williams returns to Osten Ard, 300 years before The Dragonbone Chair

Tad Williams returns to Osten Ard, 300 years before The Dragonbone Chair
NewsMythscribe4 October 2026

The new Osten Ard epic follows bandit Flann and a band of rebels through a succession crisis, dark sorcery and war, three centuries before The Dragonbone Chair.

Tad Williams returns to Osten Ard with The Splintered Sun, a new epic fantasy set 300 years before The Dragonbone Chair. As the old King of Hernystir weakens, rival warlords contest the succession. Bandit Flann and a group of unlikely allies set out to help the king’s only legitimate heir claim his blessing, with human

and inhuman enemies on their trail. The 528-page hardcover and ebook are listed for October 6 by DAW. The prequel offers a new entry point into Williams’s best-known fantasy world while exploring an earlier period of its history. Official source. Headline image: Penguin Random House / DAW.

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