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To Green Angel Tower, Part 1 (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Book 3) Paperback – January 1, 1994

by Tad Williams (Author)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 185 ratings
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New York Times-bestselling Tad Williams’ landmark epic fantasy saga of Osten Ard begins an exciting new cycle! 
 
“One of my favorite fantasy series.” —George R. R. Martin • “Groundbreaking.” —Patrick Rothfuss • “One of the great fantasy epics of all time.” —Christopher Paolini
 
Tad Williams introduced readers to the incredible fantasy world of Osten Ard in his internationally bestselling series Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn. The trilogy inspired a generation of modern fantasy writers, including George R.R. Martin, Patrick Rothfuss, and Christopher Paolini, and defined Tad Williams as one of the most important fantasy writers of our time.
 
BOOK THREE: TO GREEN ANGEL TOWER: PART I
 
The evil minions of the undead Sithi Storm King are beginning their final preparations for the kingdom-shattering culmination of their dark sorceries, drawing King Elias ever deeper into their nightmarish, spell-spun world.
 
As the Storm King’s power grows and the boundaries of time begin to blur, the loyal allies of Prince Josua struggle to rally their forces at the Stone of Farewell. There, too, Simon and the surviving members of the League of the Scroll have gathered for a desperate attempt to unravel mysteries from the forgotten past. 
 
For if the League can reclaim these age-old secrets of magic long-buried beneath the dusts of time, they may be able to reveal to Josua and his army the only means of striking down the unslayable foe....
 
After the landmark Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy, the epic saga of Osten Ard continues with the brand-new novel, The Heart of What Was Lost. Then don’t miss the upcoming trilogy, The Last King of Osten Ard, beginning with The Witchwood Crown!
 
Praise for Osten Ard:
 
“Inspired me to write my own seven-book trilogy.... It’s one of my favorite fantasy series.”
—George R. R. Martin, New York Times-bestselling author of The Game of Thrones
 
“Groundbreaking...changed how people thought of the genre, and paved the way for so much modern fantasy. Including mine.”
—Patrick Rothfuss, New York Times-bestselling author of The Name of the Wind
 
“Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn is one of the great fantasy epics of all time.”
—Christopher Paolini, New York Times-bestselling author of Eragon
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    Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Book 3
  2. Print length
    815 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    DAW Books
  5. Publication date
    January 1, 1994
  6. Dimensions
    4.25 x 2 x 6.75 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0886775981
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0886775988
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Tad Williams has held more jobs than any sane person should admit to—singing in a band, selling shoes, managing a financial institution, throwing newspapers, and designing military manuals, to name just a few. He also hosted a syndicated radio show for ten years, worked in theater and television production, taught both grade-school and college classes, and worked in multimedia for a major computer firm. He is cofounder of an interactive television company, and is currently writing comic books and film and television scripts as well. Tad and his family live in London and the San Francisco Bay Area. You can find Tad Williams at tadwilliams.com. 

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ DAW Books; First Edition (January 1, 1994)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 815 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0886775981
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0886775988
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.25 x 2 x 6.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 185 ratings

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Tad Williams is a California-based fantasy superstar. His genre-creating (and genre-busting) books have sold tens of millions worldwide. His works include the worlds of Otherland, Shadowmarch, and Osten Ard—including the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, and The Last King of Osten Ard series—as well as standalone novels Tailchaser’s Song and The War of the Flowers, plus the Bobby Dollar urban fantasies. His considerable output of epic fantasy, science fiction, urban fantasy, comics, and more have strongly influenced a generation of writers. Tad and his family live in the Santa Cruz mountains in a suitably strange and beautiful house. Visit him online at tadwilliams.com. @tadwilliams @mrstad https://www.facebook.com/AuthorTadWilliams/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel

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Deborah S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2024
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Great series. Arrived on time
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Lilly Flora
5.0 out of 5 stars As legends and fairy tales come to life the true battle for Osten Ard has begun...
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I'll admit to being a little befuddled and pissed that the last volume in this series got split in two-not only because it makes no sense (why didn't they just make it four books long with four titles) and it costs more to buy it all but I really like really long books. Once I started reading this little hissy fit passed though.

"To Green Angle Tower: Part One" details the beginning of the true resistance against high king Elias' twisted reign over Osten Ard-and the increasing presence of the Storm Kings minions in the land.

We witness as Josua fights for the freedom of his slowly growing population atop the stone of Farwell, and watch as Simon is introduced to the glory of knighthood and horror of warfare. We watch Miriamele escape from one who would use her, face and fight untold horrors, and discover a legend thought to be dead. And slowly the league of the scroll pulls its few remaining members together to try and discover what the three great swords can do that would help them.

At the same time the Sithi-enraged with the slaying of the Storm King's mother upon her discovery of his plan-have come out of their last hidden places to fight the Norns in the open.

And as wars rage and creatures from fairy tales emerge, as legends return from the dead, as an ancient evil spins a web and the forces of good fight to understand even a small part of it everyone is moving back towards the Hayholt-the ancient castle which has beneath it the ruins of the Sithi's Asu'a-and above it the one standing Sithi building-the green angel tower.

The more I read this series the more I see common themes with the `Lord of The Rings"-but its nothing that goes so far as to be stealing or even heavy borrowing-just a lot of fantasy standards. Evil has a mountain stronghold, lots of creep looking allies...ect. So where William's "Otherland" series was heavy on character mystery I think this series is more straight forward-or at least the great mysteries have little to do with the personalities and motives of the characters themselves. But who really knows? William's has suprised me before and I'm sure it will happen at least once more before the series is finished. I'm off to the last book to find out.

Five stars.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2012
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To Green Angel Tower part 1 is an action packed ride centered around a battle between the king's army and a ragtag band of survivors. Stone of Farewell saw the characters trying to discover a place of sanctuary to escape an oncoming storm and showed us a society in a summer paradise untouched by the omnipresent winter. This book sees all that plunge straight into chaos.

At the beginning Snowlock has just returned from his adventures in the north and the detours he took along the way and meets up with Josua and company. After a good bit of planning, scouting and preparation, the people of Sesuad'ra under Josua are forced to make a last stand against an approaching army. As they're undermanned and overwhelmed, things aren't looking too good for the survivors.

Tad Williams does an excellent job of keeping things realistic on this front. This is no romantic depiction of war: it's bloody and extremely violent, loud, chaotic, and repulsive -- like stepping into hell on earth -- and good doesn't automatically triumph against evil. And Tad's writing here covers these descriptions of this hell as fluently as he did that of the summer paradise of Jao é-Tinukai'i. He also throws in a few surprising twists with this battle and the Sithi, not to mention there's a few shocking deaths. It's all extremely well done.

Miri's story in the south also concludes in this volume. Without getting into it too much, it's suffice to say that some of the weirdest events in the story take place there, though it was very good overall. In the end, everything is concluded in a satisfying manner and there's even some downtime at the end for a few mysteries of the plot to be solved.

5/5 for this book and the series as a whole.
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Markus
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Seller
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2023
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Item arrived on time and as described!
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Richard
5.0 out of 5 stars Well-written fantasy
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2023
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I enjoyed this. Characters were developed; not just flat, quick sketches. The story did not depend only on plot.
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5.0 out of 5 stars NOT JUST A FILLER BOOK! A Story beyond compare..FANTASTIC and flawlessly pulled together
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2005
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Tad does it again!

I admit, this series is very long, I promise you will not notice it and it is worth every second. I just finished this book and I am already on page 220 of the final book :( DO NOT WORRY NO SPOILERS HERE!

I am actually sad. I was not an avid reader before I discovered Tad Williams. This series continues to go strong. I do not want it to end.

This book had a lot of really great battles and it continued to build characters. I was worried at first because how can someone write a series with 4, 800+ page books and not have it be boring...but my worries proved unfounded.

I breezed through this epic. Usually center books are just fillers and really do not carry on the story in any necessary exciting fashion. This book is the exception.

I recommend this book and do not miss one page! Every piece of information (although it may seem useless at the time) is needed later!

Tad Williams's writing style and use of language is wonderful to read. Do not miss this one!

I cannot wait to see what happens next!
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Greg Strandberg
3.0 out of 5 stars A Good End (Part 1)
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2013
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I read this book when I was in China and liked it a lot. I might have liked it more if I didn't read it while I should have been teaching. Have you ever read in a class of 50 screaming students?

It's quite the long book, and I can see why they put it into two volumes. I do, however, think that this series is much more geared toward younger, teen readers.
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Sideshow
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in Canada on May 1, 2024
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Read this book many years ago. Look forward to read again
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Otmar F.
5.0 out of 5 stars Certainly one of the best fantasy book series
Reviewed in Germany on December 30, 2019
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Obwohl seit "Otherland" Tad Williams-Fan, kam ich erst kürzlich auf "Memory, Sorrow and Thorn". Vielleicht, weil es in den Fantasy-Hitlisten nicht ganz oben steht, oder weil ich schlechte Rezensionen las.
Angeblich "zäh, langatmig, langweilig" usw., auch von Leuten, die wie ich z.B. "The Wheel of Time" lasen mit seinen 11000 Seiten oder die drei ersten Bände von "The Stormlight Archive" oder "The Song of Ice and Fire".
Tad Williams kam mit seiner mittelalterlichen Welt vor den anderen, und ich bin gespannt, wann diese seine Trilogie ins Fernsehen findet.
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5.0 out of 5 stars fast delivery, good product
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 12, 2019
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amazing book
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Scott
1.0 out of 5 stars Not Great
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 27, 2023
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I suppose for £3.83 I shouldn’t complain too much but this book is falling apart, literally turn a page and they are falling out, flicked through to about half way and as soon as you put the slightest bit of pressure on the spine the pages are coming out! Not ideal for an 800 page paperback! Nothing wrong with the story as i have enjoyed the two books previously, but likely going to have to put it down and invest in a better copy!
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1.0 out of 5 stars Not Great
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 27, 2023
I suppose for £3.83 I shouldn’t complain too much but this book is falling apart, literally turn a page and they are falling out, flicked through to about half way and as soon as you put the slightest bit of pressure on the spine the pages are coming out! Not ideal for an 800 page paperback! Nothing wrong with the story as i have enjoyed the two books previously, but likely going to have to put it down and invest in a better copy!
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