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The Wheel of Osheim: 3 Hardcover – 23 May 2016

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From the critically-acclaimed author of PRINCE OF FOOLS comes the third volume of the brilliant new epic fantasy series, THE RED QUEEN'S WAR.

All the horrors of Hell stand between Snorri Ver Snagason and the rescue of his family, if indeed the dead can be rescued.

For Jalan Kendeth getting back out alive and with Loki's Key is all that matters. Loki's creation can open any lock, any door, and it may also be the key to Jal's fortune back in the living world.

Jal plans to return to the three Ws that have been the core of his idle and debauched life: wine, women, and wagering. Fate however has other, larger, plans…

The Wheel of Osheim is turning ever faster and it will crack the world unless it's stopped. When the end of all things looms, and there's nowhere to run, even the worst coward must find new answers.

Jal and Snorri face many dangers – from the corpse-hordes of the Dead King to the many mirrors of the Lady Blue; but in the end, fast or slow, the Wheel of Osheim will exert its power.

In the end it's win or die.

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Publisher : Voyager - GB (23 May 2016)
Language : English
Hardcover : 656 pages
ISBN-10 : 0007531613
ISBN-13 : 978-0007531615
Dimensions : 14.1 x 5.4 x 20.9 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 631,040 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 1,473 in Norse & Viking Myth & Legend
- 2,708 in Dark Humour
- 2,833 in Humorous Fantasy

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‘There are special rewards in store here for readers of the Broken Empire series. Highly recommended’ ROBIN HOBB

‘Mark Lawrence is the best thing to happen to fantasy in recent years’ PETER V. BRETT

‘Marks an unbroken and steady ascent to the top of my favourite-fantasy pile. Lawrence gets better with each book he writes’ MYKE COLE

‘Reminds me of when I first discovered Gemmell and Hobb and I can't wait for the next instalment’ DAVID CHADWICK

‘The brisk adventure and black magic will leave readers eager for the next chapter in the series’ Publisher’s Weekly

‘Lawrence improves with every book he writes and if he keeps on like this, we may have to turn the ratings system up to eleven. Magnificent, and highly recommended’ Starburst Magazine

‘Mark Lawrence should be commended on another excellent book of The Red Queen’s War trilogy that gives enough information to make the reader want more’ Impulse Gamer

‘The dialogue is a humorous, frightening lullaby that flawlessly depicts this dark, disturbing universe and its meticulously constructed characters, both friends and fiends’ RT Book Reviews

About the Author

Mark Lawrence was born in Champagne-Urbanan, Illinois, to British parents but moved to the UK at the age of one. He went back to the US after taking a PhD in mathematics at Imperial College to work on a variety of research projects including the 'Star Wars' missile defence programme. Returning to the UK, he has worked mainly on image processing and decision/reasoning theory. He says he never had any ambition to be a writer so was very surprised when a half-hearted attempt to find an agent turned into a global publishing deal overnight. His first trilogy, The Broken Empire, has been universally acclaimed as a ground-breaking work of fantasy, and both Emperor of Thorns and The Liar's Key have won the Gemmell Legend award for best fantasy novel. Mark is married, with four children, and lives in Bristol.

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Excellent end to a great series

Reviewed in Australia on 9 October 2017

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Vain, selfish and cowardly, Prince Jalan Kendeth is a great disappointment to his grandmother, the formidable Red Queen whose war is the title of the trilogy. This is a great ending to the series which I thought had meandered a bit in the second book. It would be plot-spoiling to reveal much of the detail, but fans of Mark Lawrence will not be disappointed and while many will guess what eventually happens to the Wheel of Osheim the ‘how’ is what counts. Many of the loose threads in the whole Broken Empire books are tidied up nicely (e.g. the true identity of Dr Taproot the circus owner and why he has the irritating ‘watch me’ habit) and the last page or two when we discover what finally happens to Jalan came very much out of left field and had me laughing out loud on the bus ;-)

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Wow!

Reviewed in Australia on 19 March 2017

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This is truly one of the best fantasy novels I have read in a very long time. I would so far as to say this series has been on par of Robin Hobby and Sarah Douglas. Mark Lawrence has set high standards with this series and I am very excited to read more of his work.

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Different and refreshing

Reviewed in Australia on 4 October 2018

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As usual a well written book in a very interesting way and thoroughly entertaining, found it refreshing and fun having such a different main character, cowardly, dodgy and despicable and thoroughly believable seemingly somehow more honest great series

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Great end to the series

Reviewed in Australia on 9 January 2019

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Fast paced ending to the trilogy. I think there's definitely room for a couple more books in this series. Snorri deserves a book or two!

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Great end with some interesting character development

Reviewed in Australia on 21 August 2016

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Pretty well tied together at the end, the story stayed true to the characters but definitely let the reader have a few wins!! Great work anyway!

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Wheel of Osborn is damn right as good as the rest

Reviewed in Australia on 23 August 2016

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The Third and final instalment in this trilogy really had me going and was better than the previous book. A much recommended read if you're a fan of the teilogy

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Goos read

Reviewed in Australia on 17 February 2020

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Ending was a bit disappointing.

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Loved it!

Reviewed in Australia on 29 July 2016

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Another must read book In mark Lawrence's amazing series.

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Ross

I loved the first half of this book - Jalan is ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 May 2018

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Actually 3.5/5

The conclusion of the Red Queen's War trilogy is a significant improvement over the previous book, The Liar's Key. Though again this is a book of two halves: the first half following Jalan as he travels home from the Afriquan desert and is tasked with defending his home city from invasion; the second half sees him meet up with old friends and travel back to the eponymous Wheel to try and halt mankind's destruction and stop "the wheel" from turning.

I loved the first half of this book - Jalan is a much easier character to like/put up with on his own, and the city defence against siege was some of the most enjoyable of Lawrence's work, for me.

The second half was a definite nose-dive. Jalan goes back to being an insufferable coward (and given his companions say and do very little this makes these scenes quite a trudge). And it seems as if this was the chance to suddenly explain the point of the earlier "companion" Broken Empire trilogy and cram in loads of science and philosophy. Suddenly we went from knowing next to nothing but occasional hints to being repeatedly told what had happened 1100 years ago and what is still happening. And then in the last few pages, all back to normal, having no idea what was real or not.

At the end of The Liar's Key, I had such anticipation for this book: Jalan and Snorri entering Hell to try and bring back Snorri's family. This became such a massive anti-climax - the whole journey through Hell was covered in about 20 pages total and nothing of any import happened at all. It was a complete let-down.

One of the standout aspects of The Broken Empire trilogy was how two different timelines were maintained and meshed together beautifully at the perfect pace. Here we have an element of that, but Lawrence seems to feel the need to have a reason for Jalan to be experiencing the other timeline (in Liar's Key is was due to a magic spell which had unexpected recurring side-effects, here it is either through having flashbacks at inappropriate times or being told a story by Snorri) - it just totally jars when this suddenly has to happen.

The conclusion of the book I found very unsatisfying - too many key events/characters/plot points were suddenly thrown into one room fighting for attention and resolution - and what were meant to be epic foes to be bested were defeated fairly easily. And then the actual climax - a complete load of philosophical nonsense completely unravelling everything (not in a "woah, that blew my mind" way, more of a "well, what was the point then and what about ... ").

Overall a mostly great book but with some downright annoying aspects and a deeply unsatisfactory ending.

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James Tivendale

Absolutely stunning book and series.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 February 2017

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he Wheel of Osheim was the only book I could have possibly read next following on from the ultimate cliffhanger at the conclusion of the previous story. So, apologies to other authors whose books I have still to review but I simply had to find out what events would follow the prior outing and also, to see how The Red Queen's war against a mirror floating mage lady concluded. In addition, to review how the two ladies movements of the pieces on the world's chess game would lead to a culmination and how the developments would affect The Broken Empire.

I was suprised by how The Wheel Of Osheim threw us into the action and the way it started. I expected to find our companions traipsing through the netherworlds. Instead, we are reintroduced back into the mind of Jalan in his world as he falls out of a desert's sky being pursued viciously by a succubus. His self-centered self-interest, his immense luck, and his personally misunderstood bravery lead him through this dilemma and he finds himself trekking across these heated wastelands with an entourage of important occupiers of the local city. This left me slightly confused. What happened in Hell? Where is Snorri?

This leads to the narrative being split into two distinct proportions. The modern day Jalan adventures and also after about ten percent into the book we begin to taste the precisely placed flashback sections that carry on throughout the majority of the tale, into the adventures that took place in Hel/Hell. The pacing and placements between the two sections are exquisite and although I was surprised by the way the story commenced, it works wonders in fitting the puzzle together as both of the storylines progress. The flashbacks themselves are told in two different ways. The scenes in Hell are despondent and thrilling. These segments had an Epic feel to them as the characters traversed through unspeakable horrors in the barren inexistence as Aeneas and Odysseus had walked through similarly composed chaos in their times. The history researched by Mark in creating this world including religions, mythology, military factions etc... needs to be acknowledged and appreciated.

The current day happenings see Jalan sharing drinks with some dude named Jorg, Jalan acting as a Marshall for the Red Queen during an intense siege scene and in addition, highlights certain confrontations that are computer game boss battle-esque. The highly intricate action sequences made me feel like I was playing The Legend of Zelda because I could picture the action, environment, and the involved characters pending difficulties so clearly. Some of the composed battles are huge and certain revelations/ plot progression made it so I couldn't take my eyes from the pages. At the start, with how #3 began, for some reason, I thought this tale would be quite linear but I couldn't have been more wrong. A huge amount of the World's map is covered again and such a great amount of action takes place that I could probably write a 5000-word review yet, this would include spoilers, notes about emotions and characters destinies/outcomes. I could have extended what I have written here, however; because I don't want to reveal the direction the story takes, which of the players are involved, which enemies cross paths, what the results of characters ultimate goals are or what happens to this world that is, unfortunately; speeding out of control due to the magic being used. There is a larger science fiction influence in this segment of the trilogy, with the destruction of the world looming due to the mechanics of the empire. Although I would love to talk about what characters turn up here, I will not, because that is where a lot of my enjoyment came from so I don't want to take that experience away from others. I thought that all the threads tied themselves up nicely. I loved reading this trilogy and believe a TV series combining the actions of The Red Queen's War and The Broken Empire which could run concurrently would be exceptional. The mind in these books is perhaps the most powerful, but also, the most dangerous weapon. Mark's work is excellent. The Game of Thrones comparisons are there due to both being complex, character-driven narratives within a Medieval-like fantasy world but I prefer this trilogy to A Song of Ice and Fire, and it is concluded! Absolutely stunning book and series.

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Ken usman-smith

Watch me. A triumph of magic, murder and talent.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 August 2020

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A stunning future history of magic and faded echoes of a science that tinkered and broke everything.
A character so unlikeable that you love a around him to offset his weakness.
A book so full of timeless truths that you pause as another drops echoing into the mind you are expanding by reading this.
It's long, it's complex, it's mesmerising and its full of life and death.
I am awed by the talent behind the keyboard that's birthed this monster that ate every moment of my days and nights since I started reading it
Buy it.
Love it.
Fear it.
Above all know, you will reread it over and over.

Cameron H.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 June 2017

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Mark has had me enthralled since the prince of thorns. Until a few weeks ago I had fallen out of touch with his publishings . It was only after a reminder that I returned back to his works, and I'm glad I did, they have more definitive nature to them. Other authors seem reluctant to let go of a series and fins a way to string it along, or feel compelled to tie every loose end. Marks work is more natural then that, there is no cliffhanger, the saga is let to run its course, and so you can lower the book with a sense of fulfilment. Thinking yourself finished, then slowly, over time lured back to his works. Marks works are the wheel under Osheim you may resist it for day or for years, but, eventually it brings you back and you wonder whether it was every really your decision.

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I rediscovered my love for Jalan in this final instalment

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 July 2017

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I rediscovered my love for Jalan in this final instalment, his humour and internal monologue raised above the constant complaining and back to that wry person I found so appealing in the first book. The plot and action was tighter, with some cracking fight scenes that brought real surprises, my favourite involving a certain religious stone artefact belonging to Jalan's father. There are proper laugh out loud moments here, but overall the book is much darker; not just because it deals with the end of things, but because the ways Lawrence deals with the themes of duty, family, and personal morality hit right to the heart of human nature, the good and bad of it. Right to the end our heroes are challenged, lies and half truths still hold power. It was cleverly done and I enjoyed how it was brought together.

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