Sea of Silver Light is the epic conclusion of the Otherland saga, a journey back to the bizarre world of virtual realities. Here, characters discover multifaceted pathways to immortality, available to those willing to pay a dangerous price.

Authored by the brilliant Tad Williams, known for his works such as City of Golden Shadow, River of Blue Fire, and Mountain of Black Glass, this book is a grand finale that blends the wildest dreams and darkest nightmares of its users and creators.

In this last installment, the conspiracy threatens to sacrifice our Earth for a far more exclusive place, claiming the Earth's most valuable source: its children. Sea of Silver Light promises a magnificent conclusion to this epic saga.

When struggling riverboat captain Abner Marsh receives an offer of partnership from a wealthy aristocrat, he suspects something’s amiss. But when he meets the hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York, he is certain. For York doesn’t care that the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of Marsh’s dilapidated fleet. Nor does he care that he won’t earn back his investment in a decade. York has his own reasons for wanting to traverse the powerful Mississippi. And they are to be none of Marsh’s concern—no matter how bizarre, arbitrary, or capricious his actions may prove.

Marsh meant to turn down York’s offer. It was too full of secrets that spelled danger. But the promise of both gold and a grand new boat that could make history crushed his resolve—coupled with the terrible force of York’s mesmerizing gaze.

Not until the maiden voyage of his new sidewheeler Fevre Dream would Marsh realize he had joined a mission both more sinister, and perhaps more noble, than his most fantastic nightmare...and mankind’s most impossible dream.

Here is the spellbinding tale of a vampire’s quest to unite his race with humanity, of a garrulous riverman’s dream of immortality, and of the undying legends of the steamboat era and a majestic, ancient river.