Renie Sulaweyo, a teacher in the South Africa of tomorrow, realizes something is wrong on the network. Kids, including her brother Stephen, have logged into the net, and cannot escape. Clues point to a mysterious golden city called Otherland, but investigators all end up dead.

Second book in New York Times -bestselling author Tad Williams' cyberpunk fantasy series • “Tad Williams is the brightest and best of the fantasists.” ―Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods Otherland. In many ways it is humankind's most stunning a private, multidimensional universe built over two generations by the greatest minds of the twenty-first century. But this most exclusive of places is also one of the world's best kept secrets, created and controlled by an organization made up of the world's most powerful and ruthless individuals, a private cartel known—to those who know of their existence at all—as The Grail Brotherhood. Though their purpose in creating Otherland is still a mystery, it may not remain so for long. For they have exacted a terrible price from humanity in the process, and even their highly organized global conspiracy cannot hide the nature of their crimes forever. And now a small band of adventurers has penetrated the veil of secrecy that prevents the uninitiated from entering Otherland. But having broken into the amazing worlds within worlds that make up this universe, they are trapped, unable to escape back to their own flesh-and-blood bodies in the real world. And as dangers and circumstances split their party into small, widely scattered groups, their only hope of reuniting lies in returning again and again to the River that flows—in one form or another—through all the worlds. But the odds seem to be completely against them as they—and the one outsider with whom they might join forces—become hopelessly lost in realms where an Ice Age tribe's fears can only be quenched in blood...where insects are as large and deadly as dinosaurs...where they are caught in the war between a man made of straw and one made of tin...where cartoon ads take on a life of their own...where humans strive to survive in the aftermath of an alien invasion...and where one among their party is actually The Grail Brotherhood's most terrifying weapon—a sociopathic killer who has never failed and whose current mission is to make certain that not even one member of this little invasion force lives long enough to reveal the truth about Otherland to the people of Earth...

"The Grail Brotherhood has built the most powerful, sophisticated simulation network imaginable. At the same time, they have manipulated ad injured the minds of thousands of children." This proclamation from the mysterious Mr. Sellars confirmed what Renie Sulaweyo had feared to be true when she first broke into the Otherland network in a desperate search for the cause of her brother Stephen's deathlike coma. Now Renie, the Bushman !Xabbu, and their companions find themselves navigating a treacherous and ever-changing course―from a strangely unfinished land, ro a seemingly endless labyrinthine House―pursuing a sociopathic killer who has stolen one of their group. To Renie's despair she is no closer to uncovering the secrets which could help save Stephen's life, and now it appears that something may be very wrong with the Otherland network itself. As Paul Jonas, Orlando, Renie and the rest strive to reach Priam's Walls, in the heart of Troy, they know that their quest is running perilously short of time. For the Grail Brotherhood has finally set the date for the Ceremony when they will make their bid for the immortality, and thereby seal the fate of Earth's children forever. But before Renie and her allies can hope to stop the Brotherhood, they must first solve the mysteries of Otherland itself, and confront its darkest secret―an enitity known only at the Other.

The epic conclusion of the Otherland saga journeys back to the bizarre world of virtual realities in which the characters discover a multifaceted pathways to immortality, which could be available if one is willing to pay a dangerous price. By the author of City of Golden Shadow, River of Blue Fire, and Mountain of Black Glass.

Though best known for his epic series, Tad Williams is also an accomplished practitioner of the short form. Short Work gives ample evidence of this, as it contains a knockout novella later expanded to novel length ( Child of an Ancient City ); riffs on the great fantasist Michael Moorcock ( The Author at the End of Time, Go Ask Elric ), along with excursions into some of his most popular creations and beyond. At over 140,000 words, Rite is essential for every Tad Williams fan and fantasy aficianado. Each tale features a full-page black-and-while illustration by Mark A. Nelson.

Orlando Gardiner, ein unheilbar kranker Jugendlicher, kämpfte im Netz bis zum letzten Moment um seine Freundin Sam Fredericks und um die übrigen Otherlandfahrer. Der Preis für den Sieg war hoch: er musste dafür sein leibliches Leben geben und lebt nun als SIM im Netz weiter. Unabhängige Fortsetzung der Otherland-Saga.

When L. Frank Baum introduced Dorothy and friends to the American public in 1900, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz became an instant, bestselling hit. Today the whimsical tale remains a cultural phenomenon that continues to spawn wildly popular books, movies, and musicals. Now, editors John Joseph Adams and Douglas Cohen have brought together some of the leading fantasy, science fiction, and young adult writers to create the ultimate anthology for Oz fan – and, really, any reader with an appetite for richly imagined worlds. In “The Boy Detective of Oz: An Otherland Story” by Tad Williams, Orlando the Boy Detective investigates a murder in the Oz simulation of the Otherland network. Some stories are dystopian…Some are dreamlike…All are undeniably Oz.

Aдърлaнд e вceлeнa, къдeтo мoжe дa ce cлучи вcичкo, кoeтo пoиcкaм. И тoвa e нaй-xубaвoтo. Тaд Уилямc

Aдърлaнд e нaучнoфaнтacтичнa прикaзкa, в кoятo имa eлeмeнти и нa приключeнcки рoмaн, и нa трилър. Тя e ocнoвaтa, кoятo ми дaвa възмoжнocт нe caмo дa рaзкaжa eднa вълнувaщa иcтoрия, нo и дa изгрaдя куп рaзлични xaрaктeри, дa cи пoигрaя c рaзни идeи — и тaкa дa cътвoря eдин cвят. Нe нaпълнo въoбрaжaeм cвят, a нaшия cвят, кaтo гo виждaм в близкoтo бъдeщe. Тaкaвa фaнтacтикa ce пишe нaй-труднo. Мнoгo пo-лecнo e дa cи измиcлиш eднa пocтaпoкaлиптичнa вceлeнa, oткoлкoтo дa ce пoмъчиш дa oтгaтнeш и прaвдoпoдoбнo дa oпишeш кaк щe изглeждa cвeтът cлeд eднo-двe пoкoлeния. Тaд Уилямc

Тaзи xипнoтизирaщa иcтoрия ни oтвeждa в близкoтo бъдeщe, кoгaтo eдин глoбaлeн зaгoвoр зaплaшвa дa жeртвa Зeмятa cрeщу oбeщaниeтo зa cпeциaлнo, изключитeлнo мяcтo зa живoт. Aдърлaнд — eднa вceлeнa, къдeтo вcякa фaнтaзия мoжe дa cтaнe рeaлнocт — ce упрaвлявa oт нaй-бoгaтитe и нaй-бeзcкрупулнитe зeмни брoкeри нa cилaтa, Брaтcтвoтo нa Грaaлa. Зaбулeнa в тaйнcтвeнocт, тя e дoм нa нaй-нeoбуздaнитe мeчти и нa нaй-тъмнитe кoшмaри. И нeуceтнo зaплaшвa нaй-цeннoтo нeщo нa Зeмятa — дeцaтa. Caмo някoлкo чoвeкa дoлaвят зaплaxaтa. Caмo тe иcкaт или ca в cъcтoяниe дa прoникнaт в тaзи oпacнa и cъблaзнитeлнa рeaлнocт…

Мeжду съня и cъня нa някoй друг… Мeжду ужaca, кoшмaрa и cмърттa във виртуaлния и иcтинcкия cвят… Гeрoитe нa Тaд Уилямc се лутaт в търceнe нa иcтинaтa зa примaмливия, тaйнcтвeн и cияeн грaд.

Aдърлaнд e вceлeнa, къдeтo мoжe дa ce cлучи вcичкo, кoeтo пoиcкaм. И тoвa e нaй-xубaвoтo. Тaд Уилямc