The Dragonbone Chair
1988 novel by Tad Williams
The Dragonbone Chair is a fantasy novel by American writer Tad Williams, the first in his Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy. It is set in the fantastical land of Osten Ard, where humans coexist with other sentient creatures including the Sithi and Qanuc. When Osten Ard is threatened by the Storm King of the Sithi, the League of the Scroll seeks the only hope for salvation. Simon, a chore boy in the royal castle and apprentice to this League, must embark on a quest concerning lost swords of power. He leaves the only home he's ever known for a perilous journey, wherein the land itself begins to die.