A history-tragic-comedy all rolled into one, Rotherweird is intricate and crisp, witty and solemn: a book not unlike other books, but with special and dangerous properties. Line by line, silent and adroit, it opens a series of trap-doors in the reader's imagination
* HILARY MANTEL, two-time Man Booker prize winner *
Baroque, Byzantine and
beautiful - not to mention
bold. An
enthralling puzzle picture of a book * M.R. CAREY, bestselling author of The Girl With All the Gifts *
Beautifully handled sequel that cooks up
a banquet of dark delights. Once again, we are captivated by the
compelling alchemy of plot, place and people: the quirks, the mysteries, the saintliness and the sheer bloody evil * Daily Mail *
To his lawyerly eye for detail he adds a
conjurer's flourish in
Wyntertide, the
darkly hypnotic sequel to last year's
bestseller Rotherweird . . . Rotherweird, Caldecott's fictional English town, has antecedents in Mervyn Peake's
Gormenghast, C S Lewis's
Narnia books and, inevitably, a certain
bespectacled boy-wizard * Sunday Telegraph *
Darkly hypnotic -- Ed Power * The Daily Telegraph *
I
loved every single thing about it.
Wyntertide perfectly continues the journey that began in
Rotherweird. Highly recommended * The Eloquent Page *
Wyntertide builds on all the best parts of its predecessor, introducing the reader to the wider history of Rotherweird, while relishing its small town drama * SciFiNow *
Even better than the first book . . . Seamlessly structured and reads at a galumphing pace . . . As Wynter's go, this is
one cold snap that's very welcome indeed. 10/10 * Starburst *
I'd strongly recommend you to read it, and to keep reading * Blue Book Balloon *
Fiendishly plotted and carefully crafted * SFCrowsnest *
Caldecott's writing is literally
spellbinding * The Digital Fix *
Well-written, an
intriguing world and premise * Cannonball Read *
Enjoyable and
highly original * Pile by the Bed *
Wonderfully inventive once again with that
Heath Robinson feel that I noted last time. The characters are
rich and vivid * Books and More Books *
Rollicking blend of historical fiction and fantasy, mixed together with an abundance of intricate (often word-related) puzzles,
Wyntertide is a
wonderful sequel to
Rotherweird. I
loved the characters, and found the curious mix of Elizabethan and modern setting and sensibility
very appealing * Boffins Bookshop *
Compelling . . . the love child of
Gormenghast and
Hogwarts * Guardian on ROTHERWEIRD *
This novel is a
remarkable achievement. It's also
extremely funny, in a typically British sort of way . . . a delightful
Harry Potter for grown-ups * Sunday Independent on ROTHERWEIRD *
Sublime . . . Call me greedy, but I'm already
itching to return to Caldecott's universe * Irish Times on ROTHERWEIRD *
Truly, sinisterly magical. 10/10
* Starburst on ROTHERWEIRD *
I
LOVE this book. It just did something to me. I was
utterly immersed from page one . . . This is a novel of
magnificence and
detail, of
science and
nature * FANTASTICAL LIBRARY on ROTHERWEIRD *
What an enjoyable read! So vividly written, I could visualise every winding street and twisting chimney of Rotherweird . . . If you like Ben Aaronovitch, Neil Gaiman or Susanna Clarke, this book is for you!
* Book Geek Girl on ROTHERWEIRD *
Highly recommended, I think novel will eventually be viewed as a
modern classic * The Eloquent Page on ROTHERWEIRD *
