Wyntertide: Rotherweird Book II
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'Intricate and crisp, witty and solemn: a book with special and dangerous properties' Hilary Mantel on Rotherweird
'Baroque, Byzantine and beautiful - not to mention bold' - M.R. Carey on Rotherweird
WELCOME BACK TO ROTHERWEIRD
For four hundred years, the town of Rotherweird has stood alone, made independent from the rest of England to protect a deadly secret.
But someone is playing a very long game. An 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 Equinox.
Wynter is coming . . .
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'Intricate and crisp, witty and solemn: a book with special and dangerous properties' Hilary Mantel on Rotherweird
'Baroque, Byzantine and beautiful - not to mention bold' - M.R. Carey on Rotherweird
WELCOME BACK TO ROTHERWEIRD
For four hundred years, the town of Rotherweird has stood alone, made independent from the rest of England to protect a deadly secret.
But someone is playing a very long game. An 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 Equinox.
Wynter is coming . . .
Title: Wyntertide: Rotherweird Book II
Author: Caldecott, Andrew
ISBN: 9781784298036
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Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Publication Date: 2019-04-04
Number of Pages: 496
Weight: 0.2601 kg
A history-tragic-comedy all rolled into one, Rotherweird is intricate and crisp, witty and solemn: a book not unlike other books, but with special and dangerous properties. Line by line, silent and adroit, it opens a series of trap-doors in the reader's imagination
* HILARY MANTEL, two-time Man Booker prize winner *Baroque, Byzantine and beautiful - not to mention bold. An enthralling puzzle picture of a book * M.R. CAREY, bestselling author of The Girl With All the Gifts *
Beautifully handled sequel that cooks up a banquet of dark delights. Once again, we are captivated by the compelling alchemy of plot, place and people: the quirks, the mysteries, the saintliness and the sheer bloody evil * Daily Mail *
To his lawyerly eye for detail he adds a conjurer's flourish in Wyntertide, the darkly hypnotic sequel to last year's bestseller Rotherweird . . . Rotherweird, Caldecott's fictional English town, has antecedents in Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast, C S Lewis's Narnia books and, inevitably, a certain bespectacled boy-wizard * Sunday Telegraph *
Darkly hypnotic -- Ed Power * The Daily Telegraph *
I loved every single thing about it. Wyntertide perfectly continues the journey that began in Rotherweird. Highly recommended * The Eloquent Page *
Wyntertide builds on all the best parts of its predecessor, introducing the reader to the wider history of Rotherweird, while relishing its small town drama * SciFiNow *
Even better than the first book . . . Seamlessly structured and reads at a galumphing pace . . . As Wynter's go, this is one cold snap that's very welcome indeed. 10/10 * Starburst *
I'd strongly recommend you to read it, and to keep reading * Blue Book Balloon *
Fiendishly plotted and carefully crafted * SFCrowsnest *
Caldecott's writing is literally spellbinding * The Digital Fix *
Well-written, an intriguing world and premise * Cannonball Read *
Enjoyable and highly original * Pile by the Bed *
Wonderfully inventive once again with that Heath Robinson feel that I noted last time. The characters are rich and vivid * Books and More Books *
Rollicking blend of historical fiction and fantasy, mixed together with an abundance of intricate (often word-related) puzzles, Wyntertide is a wonderful sequel to Rotherweird. I loved the characters, and found the curious mix of Elizabethan and modern setting and sensibility very appealing * Boffins Bookshop *
Compelling . . . the love child of Gormenghast and Hogwarts * Guardian on ROTHERWEIRD *
This novel is a remarkable achievement. It's also extremely funny, in a typically British sort of way . . . a delightful Harry Potter for grown-ups * Sunday Independent on ROTHERWEIRD *
Sublime . . . Call me greedy, but I'm already itching to return to Caldecott's universe * Irish Times on ROTHERWEIRD *
Truly, sinisterly magical. 10/10
* Starburst on ROTHERWEIRD *I LOVE this book. It just did something to me. I was utterly immersed from page one . . . This is a novel of magnificence and detail, of science and nature * FANTASTICAL LIBRARY on ROTHERWEIRD *
What an enjoyable read! So vividly written, I could visualise every winding street and twisting chimney of Rotherweird . . . If you like Ben Aaronovitch, Neil Gaiman or Susanna Clarke, this book is for you!
* Book Geek Girl on ROTHERWEIRD *Highly recommended, I think novel will eventually be viewed as a modern classic * The Eloquent Page on ROTHERWEIRD *
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