THE LAST KING OF OSTEN ARD expands to four novels (sort of)

After the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn "trilogy" expanded to four books and after the Shadowmarch "trilogy" expanded to four books, it should be no surprise that Tad Williams has done it again. He's gone from promising three new Osten Ard novels to four.

The Last King of Osten Ard itself is still (so far) a trilogy: The Witchwood Crown will be published in early 2017 and will be followed by Empire of Grass and The Navigator's Children. However, there will now be a new bridging book set between the events of To Green Angel Tower and The Witchwood Crown. Williams hopes that this book, which will be shorter than his usual fare, can now be published in 2016 to help make up for the delay in the publication of The Witchwood Crown, which is now complete but waiting on the publishers.