"For all of you who need some great fantasy to read while you're
waiting for The Winds of Winter...try Quillifer, by Walter Jon
Williams. WJW is always fun, but this might be his best yet, a delight
from start to finish, witty, colorful, exciting and amusing by turns,
exquisitely written." --George R. R. Martin, author of the Song of Ice
and Fire series
"Chock full of derring-do, blood and thunder, swashbuckling, and other
good stuff." --Paul di Filippo, Locus
"You have risen as far as you can, and from this point, you may only
fall. The matter is inevitable, and I need not intervene."
Quillifer's archenemy, the beautiful and vengeful goddess Orlanda,
predicts his inescapable fall from power, and Quillifer has to admit
that she may be right.
Quillifer has risen high at court. The butcher's son is now a lord, and
now is the confidential agent of the state, the caretaker of the
kingdom's secrets, and the secret lover of the young and brilliant Queen
Floria.
He finds himself surrounded by perils. The nobles are at odds with one
another, but united in despising Quillifer. Someone has brought deadly
poison into court, and Quillifer fears the Queen may be the intended
victim. Another assassination plot is aimed at Quillifer himself, and an
enemy nation has landed troops intending to topple Floria by force.
Quillifer must solve every mystery, meet every danger, and discover
every secret in order to guard himself and his love, Floria, from the
dangers that beset them.
Lord Quillifer marks the anticipated return of Walter Jon Williams, a
New York Times bestselling author and multiple award-winning fantasy
author.
