Empire of Grass

Another satisfying read as the overarching story starts to take shape (all is not well in Osten Ard!). So much of my enjoyment of this ongoing series comes from Williams's writing. It's beautiful to read and although the pacing is often slow, there's rarely much fluff from page to page. 

In truth, the reason I started Williams's original series was because I saw Michael Whelan's incredible cover art for this novel and it made me want to read the entire series so I could put this book on my shelf. Seven books later and I've finally finished that book that caught my eye so many moons ago. Sadly, DAW chose not to commission more cover art from Whelan for future books in the series. Luckily, I'm now invested in the story itself, so the cover art is less important! (Although, I do like the art from book #3 – Into the Narrowdark).

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