Reissued to coincide with the release of its sequel "Wyntertide", the first book in the "Rotherweird" series introduces the distinct tone comparable to "Gormenghast" with a dash of Neil Gaiman through the story of an outsider arriving at...

Intricate and crisp, witty and solemn: a book with special and dangerous properties,' Hilary Mantel said of Rotherweird, the first book in the series; M.R. Carey called it 'Baroque, Byzantine and beautiful - not to mention bold'.The town...