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Wyntertide

Rotherweird, Book 2

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Wyntertide

By: Andrew Caldecott
Narrated by: Kris Dyer
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Welcome back to Rotherweird.

The town of Rotherweird has been independent from the rest of England for 400 years to protect a deadly secret.

Sir Veronal Slickstone is dead, his bid to exploit that secret consigned to dust, leaving Rotherweird to resume its abnormal normality after the travails of the summer...but someone is playing a very long game.

Disturbing omens multiply: a funeral delivers a cryptic warning; an ancient portrait speaks; the Herald disappears - and democracy threatens the uneasy covenant between town and countryside.

Geryon Wynter's intricate plot, centuries in the making, is on the move. Everything points to one objective - the resurrection of Rotherweird's dark Elizabethan past - and to one date: the Winter Solstice.

Wynter is coming....

©2018 Andrew Caldecott (P)2018 Quercus Editions Limited Fantasy Fiction

Critic Reviews

"Intricate and crisp, witty and solemn. Line by line, silent and adroit, it opens a series of trap-doors in the reader's imagination." (Hilary Mantel, Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall)

"Baroque, Byzantine and beautiful - not to mention bold. An enthralling puzzle picture of a book." (M. R. Carey, best-selling author of The Girl with All the Gifts)
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Definitely have the next one ready to go for when you finish this one, it leaves a lot unresolved.
Same issue as the first, so complex I had to read it twice before moving on. I feel like I need to make notes or read with a friend so I can debrief to someone. 4 stars for the narrator as occasionally he mispronounces words, but generally he does a great job of distinguishing between the huge cast of characters.

Just as complex as the first, have the next one lined up.

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Don’t be afraid of the detail, the need to keep stopping , thinking and recapping. You are meant to. This is not a story for the lovers of Harry Potter or like novels. It’s more like his dark materials crossed with the once and future king. You will reach the end and be horrified and wish the third edition was ready to go. Damn it yer honour! Get weaving and let’s have the third and hopefully last edition of this labyrinthine series. I totally loved them.

Don’t be afraid

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