Empire of Grass, book two of THE LAST KING OF OSTEN ARD, has been published on May 7th, 2019 in the US by DAW Books and in the UK by Hodder & Stoughton. A German translation is scheduled for publication in spring 2020. Publications dates for other countries & translations have not yet been set.
The book has been published simultaneously on both sides of the Atlantic in hardcover and e-book formats. The unabridged audiobook will be published by both publishers on July 2nd, 2019. Andrew Wincott will narrate.
Set in Williams’ New York Times bestselling fantasy world, the second book of The Last King of Osten Ard returns to the trials of King Simon and Queen Miriamele as threats to their kingdom loom…
The kingdoms of Osten Ard have been at peace for decades, but now, the threat of a new war grows to nightmarish proportions.
Simon and Miriamele, royal husband and wife, face danger from every side. Their allies in Hernystir have made a pact with the dreadful Queen of the Norns to allow her armies to cross into mortal lands. The ancient, powerful nation of Nabban is on the verge of bloody civil war, and the fierce nomads of the Thrithings grasslands have begun to mobilize, united by superstitious fervor and their age-old hatred of the city-dwellers. But as the countries and peoples of the High Ward bicker among themselves, battle, bloodshed, and dark magics threaten to pull civilizations to pieces. And over it all looms the mystery of the Witchwood Crown, the deadly puzzle that Simon, Miriamele, and their allies must solve if they wish to survive.
But as the kingdoms of Osten Ard are torn apart by fear and greed, a few individuals will fight for their own lives and destinies—not yet aware that the survival of everything depends on them.
Daw Books has also published brand-new mass-market paperbacks of the two previous installments, The Heart of What Was Lost and The Witchwood Crown, in January and February 2019 respectively.
So long to wait!