Just what is the WyrmeWeald?
If you haven’t succumbed yet to the spectacular WyrmeWeald: Returner’s Wealth, then you’ll be curious as to what all this fuss is about.
Allow me to enlighten you.
WyrmeWeald is the latest fantasy creation of Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, they of the Edge Chronicles. The setting is a dust-bowl of a planet, a kind of SF-Fantasy-western, with dragons, or ‘wyrmes’.
Returner’s Wealth is the first of a trilogy. The young hero of the piece is Micah, eager to make his mark on the world. He sets out from his homestead, his heart set on making his fortune – the returner’s wealth of the title – and heads into the arid desert wastes of the WyrmeWeald. He is driven on by the desire to impress Seraphita, daughter of the master of the small hamlet where Micah and his older, meaner brother, Caleb, live and work as plough-hands. After Seraphita spurns his advances – earning Micah a beating in the process – our young hero steps out into the weald. Before he has truly begun his journey, he is injured in a surprise attack from a mysterious whitewyrme and the strange girl riding it. Micah, left for dead, is rescued by Eli Halfwinter, a wyrmekith: essentially a frontiersman, a wanderer in the weald, dealing in wyrmepelts. He takes Micah into his care and it is here that the youngster’s true adventure begins…
I’m loathe to tell you more as I don’t want to ruin the fun for you. The story is gripping, a page-turner of the best kind. Micah’s tale draws you in but it is the wonder of the WyrmeWeald, and all its creatures and inhabitants, that keeps you reading and that, ultimately, will pull you back for more.
WyrmeWeald: Returner’s Wealth is out in paperback now, priced £6.99. Do the sensible thing and buy it…
Andy Jamieson, Editor
Please note: This article is taken from the forthcoming special edition release of the free newsletter, The Edinburgh Geekzine, due out in September. If you would like a copy sending to you please get in touch with the editor.
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