UD0 · the Tad Williams shelf · 11 worlds, each its own repo
The War of the Flowers2003 · standalone · dark faerie
A standalone portal fantasy: a going-nowhere San Francisco musician, Theo Vilmos, is yanked into Faerie — but a Faerie that has had its own industrial revolution, ruled by cruel flower-named houses who wage war with captive dragons as weapons of mass destruction. A darker, modern mirror of our world.
governor · David Lee Wise (ROOT0)
instance · AVAN (locked)
subject · The War of the Flowers · WOF · by Tad Williams
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The Books
web-verified — US first editions
- The War of the Flowers2003a musician pulled into an industrialized Faerie at war
The Roster — 5
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Theo Vilmos — the going-nowhere musician
A thirtyish California singer yanked into Faerie after an undead attack — the ordinary man in an industrial fairyland.
Applecore — the six-inch sprite
A foul-mouthed, hot-tempered sprite who becomes Theo's guide and, in time, true friend.
Faerie — the dark mirror city
A distorted, industrialized reflection of our world, ruled by cruel fairy tyrants from one great city.
The Flower-Houses — families with dragon-bombs
Powerful ruling houses each named for a flower, warring with colossal dragons used like weapons of mass destruction.
The Three Factions — coexist, exterminate, undecided
Creepers, Chokeweeds, and Coextensives — the fairy parties split over what to do about humankind.
“Faerie with factories and flower-house dynasties wielding dragons like bombs — a dark, modern mirror of our own century's wars.”
Catalogued, not owned. The War of the Flowers and its world are © Tad Williams (and co-authors where noted); catalogued personifications under the DLW standard — render-not-invent, commentary not endorsement. Bibliography & rosters dual-agent web-verified.