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The Heart of What Was Lost
by Tad Williams
I'm not gonna lie...it was reeeeally strange reading such a short book that was written by Tad Williams. Usually I put one of his books in my backpack and I feel that motherfucker in there like a deadly weapon waiting for me to bludgeon somebody to death with it.
Not so with The Heart Of What Was Lost. I mean, I get it...its just a story that bridges MS&T and The Last King of Osten Ard together. It's not meant to be a full-length, epic, Tad Williams masterpiece. It is a tool that tidies up a few loose ends and sets the stage for what we are about to get with the new trilogy.
And that's the cool thing about all of it. Most normal authors would have probably written a forward or a prologue explaining things in a few paragraphs or, at the most, a couple of pages and be done with it. However, Tad ain't no normal author; He's a freaking word Wizard! And so, he created this story, and by doing that he added another layer of history and depth onto Osten Ard that just makes the whole world that much richer and more alive!
The Heart of What Was Lost might be short in length but it put a twist on everything that I thought I knew and surprised me in ways I wasn't expecting.
Not everything is always what it seems - and this story proves that. I thought it was a good thing to hate the White Foxes. They were evil and deserved to die. The good guys win and the bad guys lose. That's how stories work, right? Well, not if you're Tad Williams it isn't. Dude is a tricky mother-fucker and now my head is spinning and I don't know what to think.
I'll tell ya this much though - I am so freaking stoked to read [b:The Witchwood Crown|31185918|The Witchwood Crown (The Last King of Osten Ard, #1)|Tad Williams|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1487523588s/31185918.jpg|41114872] now it's down-right ridiculous!
And I guess that's really what this book is. An appetizer. And god damn is it ever tasty!
Not so with The Heart Of What Was Lost. I mean, I get it...its just a story that bridges MS&T and The Last King of Osten Ard together. It's not meant to be a full-length, epic, Tad Williams masterpiece. It is a tool that tidies up a few loose ends and sets the stage for what we are about to get with the new trilogy.
And that's the cool thing about all of it. Most normal authors would have probably written a forward or a prologue explaining things in a few paragraphs or, at the most, a couple of pages and be done with it. However, Tad ain't no normal author; He's a freaking word Wizard! And so, he created this story, and by doing that he added another layer of history and depth onto Osten Ard that just makes the whole world that much richer and more alive!
The Heart of What Was Lost might be short in length but it put a twist on everything that I thought I knew and surprised me in ways I wasn't expecting.
Not everything is always what it seems - and this story proves that. I thought it was a good thing to hate the White Foxes. They were evil and deserved to die. The good guys win and the bad guys lose. That's how stories work, right? Well, not if you're Tad Williams it isn't. Dude is a tricky mother-fucker and now my head is spinning and I don't know what to think.
I'll tell ya this much though - I am so freaking stoked to read [b:The Witchwood Crown|31185918|The Witchwood Crown (The Last King of Osten Ard, #1)|Tad Williams|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1487523588s/31185918.jpg|41114872] now it's down-right ridiculous!
And I guess that's really what this book is. An appetizer. And god damn is it ever tasty!