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	Fritz Agency Christian Dittus
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English
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Fantasy

QUILLIFER

Walter Jon Williams

From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Walter Jon Williams comes an adventurous epic fantasy about a man who is forced to leave his comfortable life and find his fortune among goddesses, pirates, war, and dragons.

Quillifer is young, serially in love, studying law, and living each day keenly aware that his beloved homeport of Ethlebight risks closure due to silting of the harbor. His concerns for the future become much more immediate when he returns from a summery assignation to find his city attacked by Aekoi pirates, leading to brigands in the streets and his family and friends in chains.

First, he has to survive the night. Then, he has to leave his home behind and venture forth into the wider world of Duisland, where he can find friends and allies to help avenge his losses and restore Ethlebight to glory. His determination will rock kingdoms, shatter the political structure of Duisland, and change the country forever.

Walter Jon Williams is the author of thirty volumes of fiction, in addition to works in film, television, comics, and the gaming field. Williams has appeared on the bestseller lists of The Times and The New York Times. He is a world traveler, scuba diver, and a black belt in Kenpo Karate. He has twice been awarded the Nebula Award.

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Book Published 2017-10-01 by Saga Press

Comments

"Williams' swashbuckling tale is reminiscent of George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman Papers series in the maleadventure tradition, and it is enriched with the splendiferous vocabulary of likable Quillifer's invented words."

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. Walter Jon WIlliams is always fun, but this may be his best yet, a delight from start to finish, witty, colorful, exciting and amusing by turns, exquisitely written. There's a dash of Cugel and a dollop of Flashman in Quillifer, son of Quillifer, but this butcher's boy remains uniquely his own man. I loved meeting him and look forward to seeing him again. Fortunately, Walter tells me that the next book, QUILLIFER THE KNIGHT, is already complete and in the pipeline. George R. R. Martin

"A thoroughly enjoyable series of historical adventures in a faux-Europe."

"In this sprawling, lively episodic adventure, Williams (Angel Station) returns to his swashbuckling historical fantasy roots while exploring new territory. Williams excels at setting up conflicts and other entanglements, skillfully maneuvering Quillifer across the landscape and into increasingly engrossing situations."

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