The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 12 books · 1988 to 2024

Tad Williams

FantasyScience fictionEpic and high fantasyCyberpunk

Tad Williams's Osten Ard books follow Simon, a kitchen boy who becomes a hero and then a king, and his grandson Morgan thirty years later. His Otherland quartet is set in a vast virtual-reality network.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip.

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Tad Williams books in order

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Osten Ard

3 books · Set in invented worldsEpic and high fantasy
  1. 1The Dragonbone Chair1988With SimonBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Stone of Farewell1990With SimonBuy on Amazon
  3. 3To Green Angel Tower1993With SimonBuy on Amazon

The Last King of Osten Ard

5 books · Set in invented worldsEpic and high fantasy
  1. 1The Heart of What Was Lost2017Buy on Amazon
  2. 2The Witchwood Crown2017With MorganBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Empire of Grass2019With MorganBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Into the Narrowdark2022With MorganBuy on Amazon
  5. 5The Navigator's Children2024With MorganBuy on Amazon

Otherland

4 books · Set in invented worldsCyberpunk
  1. 1City of Golden Shadow1996With Renie SulaweyoBuy on Amazon
  2. 2River of Blue Fire1998With Renie SulaweyoBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Mountain of Black Glass1999With Renie SulaweyoBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Sea of Silver Light2001With Renie SulaweyoBuy on Amazon

Characters

10 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Osten Ard

Otherland