The Wheel of Osheim
From the critically-acclaimed author of PRINCE OF FOOLS comes the third volume of the brilliant new epic fantasy series, THE RED QUEEN’S WAR.All the horrors of Hell stand between Snorri Ver Snagason and the rescue of his family, if indeed the dead can be rescued.For Jalan Kendeth getting back out alive and with Loki’s Key is all that matters. Loki’s creation can open any lock, any door, and it may also be the key to Jal’s fortune back in the living world.Jal plans to return to the three Ws that have been the core of his idle and debauched life: wine, women, and wagering. Fate however has other, larger, plans…The Wheel of Osheim is turning ever faster and it will crack the world unless it’s stopped. When the end of all things looms, and there’s nowhere to run, even the worst coward must find new answers.Jal and Snorri face many dangers – from the corpse-hordes of the Dead King to the many mirrors of the Lady Blue; but in the end, fast or slow, the Wheel of Osheim will exert its power.In the end it’s win or die.
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âA triumphant conclusion ⦠Jalanâs wry narration enhances Lawrenceâs heady, enjoyable mix of court intrigue, dirty family politics, and ancient magic. Both new readers and series fans will enjoy this dark and lively epic fantasyâ
Publishers Weekly
âThe Wheel of Osheim presents everything our followers could want in a fantasy book, which is no less than one would expect from Mark Lawrenceâ
Grimdark Magazine
âLawrenceâs writing makes every page a pleasure to read ⦠The Wheel of Osheim his most outstanding contribution to the genre ⦠so farâ
Fantasy-Faction.com
âThe best book Iâve read this year, maybe the best book Iâve read for a few years ⦠I cannot recommend this trilogy highly enoughâ
FantasyBookReview.co.uk
âLawrence improves with every book he writes and if he keeps on like this, we may have to turn the ratings system up to eleven. Magnificent, and highly recommendedâ
Starburst Magazine
âThe dialogue is a humorous, frightening lullaby that flawlessly depicts this dark, disturbing universe and its meticulously constructed characters, both friends and fiendsâ
RT Book Reviews
âMark gives us a perfect second book that, just like Jalan, is far more faceted that most. Iâm already looking forward to starting it againâ
Fantasy-Faction.com
âMark Lawrence should be commended on another excellent book of The Red Queenâs War trilogyâ
Impulse Gamer
âMark Lawrenceâs growing army of fans will relish this rollicking new adventure and look forward to the next oneâ
Daily Mail
âA bit like The Wizard of Oz but with whores and goreâ
Sun
âKeeps us turning pages with a careful balance of quips and gory incidentâ
SFX
âThere are special rewards in store here for readers of The Broken Empire series. Highly recommendedâ
ROBIN HOBB, author of the internationally bestselling Realm of the Elderlings series
âMark Lawrence is the best thing to happen to fantasy in recent yearsâ
PETER V. BRETT, internationally bestselling author of The Demon Cycle
âA savage voice which is telling you a good jest while trying to drown you in storyâ
ROBERT LOW, author of The Kingdom Series and The Oathsworn Series
âReally excellent, gritty fantasy â Iâm trying to avoid comparison with A Game of Thrones, but Iâm afraid itâs right there. But funnier. Very funny indeedâ
ANTHONY MCGOWAN, author of The Knife That Killed Me
âExcellent â on a par with George R.R. Martinâ
CONN IGGULDEN
âLike ⦠Stephen Donaldson, Mark Lawrence gets the reader firmly behind the flawed saviour that he has created. Soaring fantasyâ
Sun
âDark, disturbing and horribly gripping ⦠[Prince of Thorns] is a dystopian thriller that strong-stomached readers ⦠who love the TV series Game of Thrones will find right up their streetâ
The Times
â[A] morbidly gripping, gritty fantasy taleâ
Publishers Weekly
âIn recent years, a cohort of writers including Joe Abercrombie, Mark Lawrence and Brent Weeks has resurrected heroic fantasy and placed it firmly back in the bestseller listsâ
Guardian
âDark and relentless, Prince of Thorns will pull you under and drown you in story. A two-in-the-morning page turner. Absolutely stunning ⦠jaw-droppingâ
ROBIN HOBB
âA hard-edged tale of survival and conquest in a brutal medieval world, well told and very compellingâ
TERRY BROOKS, internationally bestselling author of the Shannara books
âMarks an unbroken and steady ascent to the top of my favourite-fantasy pile. Lawrence gets better with each book he writesâ
MYKE COLE, author of the Shadow Ops series
