Stone of Farewell

Stone of Farewell is a 1990 fantasy novel by Tad Williams, the second volume of his Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy. The saga develops the narrative started in The Dragonbone Chair and focuses primarily on Simon, a former kitchen servant in the largest castle in the land.

Stone of Farewell
First edition
AuthorTad Williams
Cover artistMichael Whelan
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesMemory, Sorrow, and Thorn
GenreFantasy
PublisherDAW Books
Publication date
August 1990
Media typePrint (hardback and paperback)
Pages608 (hardback)
ISBN0-88677-435-7
OCLC22143548
813/.54 20
LC ClassPS3573.I45563 S76 1990
Preceded byThe Dragonbone Chair 
Followed byTo Green Angel Tower 

Plot summary

The previous volume saw Simon wound a dragon with the mystical sword Thorn, splashing himself in dragon’s blood, leaving himself deeply scarred (physically and emotionally). Now bearing the sobriquet "Snowlock", he and his companions leave the mountains in search of the mysterious "Stone of Farewell".

Meanwhile, Josua "Lackhand", brother to the king, leads a motley band of survivors after the disastrous events at Naglimund.

Princess Miriamele, having escaped before the siege of Naglimund, gets caught up in events that demonstrate the evil powers surrounding her father.

Princess Maegwin of Hernystir leads her people deep underground, where they discover secrets that may help turn the tide in a war thought to be hopeless.

Finally, a power rises in the North, but its true implications may not yet be fully revealed.

Reception

In Locus, Carolyn Cushman called the novel "an epic fantasy you can get lost in for days, not just hours".[1]

Kat Hooper of fantasyliterature.com gave The Stone of Farewell a rating of 3.5 out of 5 and a mixed review, calling it "excessively lengthy" and saying it "is everything we’ve come to expect from a middle book in a well-written traditional medieval-style epic fantasy trilogy".[2]

References
  1. "Stone of Farewell". locusmag.com. July 1990. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  2. "The Stone of Farewell: A long rambling middle book". Retrieved 5 April 2019.
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