Sons of the Oak

by David Farland

Overview

Certain works of fantasy are immediately recognizable as monuments, towering above the rest of the category. Authors of those works, such as Stephen R. Donaldson, Robert Jordan and Terry Goodkind, come immediately to mind. Add to that list David Farland, whose epic fantasy series continues now.

The story picks up eight years after the events of Lair of Bones and begins a new chapter in the Runelords saga focusing on Gaborn's son, Fallion. Gaborn, the Earth King, has been traveling far from his home, to strange and unknown places. While beyond the edge of the earth, he finally succumbs to the accelerated aging that comes from all of the endowments he has taken. His death is the signal for a revolution, an attack from the supernatural realms by immensely powerful immortal beings.

These forces have discovered that Gaborn's son is the resurrection of an immortal, one whose potential power is so great that he might be able to reorder the entire universe. Fallion's enemies have decided that they must control him, and failing that, destroy him. He is only a child, but he is the heir to Gaborn's kingdom, and so must flee to the ends of the earth to avoid the destruction of all that Gaborn accomplished.

One of the mightiest of contemporary fantasy epics continues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250768063
Publisher:	Tor Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/28/2007
Series:	Runelords , #5
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	438,885
Product dimensions:	4.25(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.93(d)

About the Author

David Farland (1957-2022) was the New York Times bestselling author of the Runelords fantasy series including Chaosbound, The Wyrmling Horde and Worldbinder. His other works include the Whitney Award-winning historical novel In the Company of Angels, and the young adult novel Nightingale, which won the International Book Award, the Grand Prize at the Hollywood Book Festival, and the Southern California Book Festival.

Winning first place in the 1987 Writers of the Future contest for the novella On My Way to Paradise, Farland became one of the contest’s judges in 1991. He also co-edited volume eight of the contest’s annual anthology series, subsequently editing volumes nine through fourteen, and later volumes twenty-nine through thirty-seven. As Dave Wolverton, he wrote many science fiction novels including Star Wars: The Courtship of Princess Leia, and was a finalist for the Nebula and Philip K. Dick awards.

Farland was also an English professor of creative writing at Brigham Young University where he held writing workshops. His students included Brandon Sanderson, Eric Flint, and Stephenie Meyer.

Editorial Reviews

A resounding climax. . . . The suspense is real, the action is nonstop, and the characterizations continue to convince. . . . [this is] a series that has put Farland on high-fantasy readers' maps.” —Booklist on The Lair of Bones

“The Runelords Saga comes to a gripping conclusion in David Farland's The Lair of Bones. . . . Fans of Robert Jordan and Terry Goodkind will enjoy Farland's Runelords.” —Romantic Times on The Lair of Bones

“Sometimes truly terrifying, sometimes impossibly sweet, The Lair of Bones is a tale sure to entrance any reader. This is a superb story with deeply empathetic characters.” —Sara Douglass on The Lair of Bones

“David Farland's Runelords books are among the best fantasies on the market today.” —Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling author of A Forest Of Stars and Dune: The Machine Crusade on The Lair of Bones

From the Publisher

The Runelords saga continues. Eight years have passed since the events of The Lair of Bones. Earth King Gaborn finally succumbs to his accelerated aging. The news of his demise sparks a fierce attack by immortal beings. These seemingly omnipotent forces are stung by the realization that Gaborn's son Fallion holds the potential to reorder their compliant universe. In their view, he must be controlled -- or destroyed. An epic fantasy that touches all the keys.