The War of the Flowers

I just finished reading this book by Tad Williams and enjoyed it. I'm not a big fantasy fan, but my son recommended it (he reads a lot of fantasy). Without giving too much of the plot away, The War of the Flowers follows the adventures of Theo, a down-on-his-luck thirty year old musician who really hasn't done much with his life. That all changes when he is dragged into events on an alternate Earth that will have consequences for both worlds. As he stuggles to adapt to the other Earth he discovers things about himself that he never could have imagined before, as well as love and friendship like nothing he has ever had.

There is the usual magic (called science), fairies, goblins, nymphs, giants and other beasties you would expect to find in such a book, but the world they inhabit is really not that different from our own - Politics and power, murder, class warfare, even power outages. Theo's great-uncle even makes an appearance on the alternate Earth, but in an unexpected way.

Overall, it's a fun book to read, with plenty of action and a multi-dimensional main character. I give it about a 7 out of 10.