Book Review: The Splintered Sun (The Splintered Sun, #1) by Tad Williams
ARC provided by the publisher—Hodder—in exchange for an honest review.
Cover art by Jeff Brown
The Splintered Sun by Tad Williams
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Series: The Splintered Sun (Book #1 of 3)
Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy
Pages: 528 pages (Hardcover Edition)
Word Count: 258,000 words
Published: 6 October 2026 by DAW Books (US) and Hodder (UK)
The Splintered Sun is the start of a new incredible tale in The Osten Ard Saga accompanied with a relatively faster-paced narrative .
“When you are my age, you will be less dismayed and even less surprised by the path that life leads you. I am alive and among friends. That counts for much.”