The RiddleMaster of Hed eBook Patricia A McKillip
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Long ago, the wizards had vanished from the world, and all knowledge was left hidden in riddles. Morgon, prince of the simple farmers of Hed, proved himself a master of such riddles when he staked his life to win a crown from the dead Lord of Aum. But now ancient, evil forces were threatening him. Shape-changers began replacing friends until no man could be trusted.
Morgon was forced to flee to hostile kingdoms, seeking the High One who ruled from mysterious Erlenstar Mountain. Beside him went Deth, the High One's Harper. Ahead lay strange encounters and terrifying adventures. And with him always was the greatest of unsolved riddles; the nature of the three stars on his forehead that seemed to drive him toward his ultimate destiny.
The RiddleMaster of Hed eBook Patricia A McKillip
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The RiddleMaster of Hed eBook Patricia A McKillip Reviews
As other reviewers have said, "The Riddle Master of Hed" is an extremely complex book with many plots. The book is a short novel but due to the amount of plots, characters, and scenes this book seems like it is much longer as it feels like a massive epic. The novel goes by very quickly and it will seem that you're done with the book in absolutely no time. The novel is the first book of an epic fantasy series, titled "The Riddle Master Trilogy," and due to my fondness of this book I will most definitely read the next to books of the trilogy.
Morgon of Hed is a Riddle Master (read the book to see what these are) that has three stars on his head. Morgon has no clue what the stars represent and when he takes a trip and discovers that he is the only one that can play a harp with the same three stars that are on his forehead, he is curious to see what the stars mean. Meanwhile, darkness is brewing in the world and shadow figures that look like people he knows are trying to kill him. Morgon takes a quest with friend Deth to see what Morgon's stars are about. Along the way Morgon learns a lot about the world that he lives in.
As with other books by Patricia McKillip the world in the book is very original and is not cliched with elements from other novels. Everything in her world is astoundingly original, especially the Riddle Masters. Morgon's quest in the world is very believable and does not seem like a dumb quest with no purpose. I'm sure that the next two books of the series will advance on the importance of Morgon of Hed's quest.
Morgon is a hero that everybody can relate to. He is in a world where there are problems and things that happen to him have effects on him, good and bad. Morgon is developed very well and is very, very believable. Other characters that pop in the book, such as Deth, are believable as well and are well developed.
McKillip's descriptions and prose are, as always, superb. It is a true pleasure to read about what is going on because of McKillip's easy to read writing style. Children and adults will enjoy "The Riddle Master of Hed" equally. This is a very original fantasy novel that any lover of the genre will appreciate. This is easily one of the better fantasy novels that have been written.
Happy Reading!
Like the best of fantasy, The Riddle-Master of Hed reads like a beautiful dream. And the reluctant warrior at its center, fated to be a powerful figure of prophecy despite all his wishes for a quiet life back home, makes for a compelling hero. But the worldbuilding is maddeningly opaque here, such that the reader can feel the subtleties eluding us every time a character speaks. It adds to the hazy dreamlike quality of the text, but it's frustrating for anyone trying to actually follow the plot.
I read this partly in a paperback copy and partly in an e-copy borrowed from the library (the e-copy was Riddle-Master with all 3 books in the trilogy put together). I think that readers with a paper copy may be at a slight advantage as there are some nicely drawn maps in the paperback edition that might help you follow the geography/path of travel if this is something that matters to you.
I struggled to keep going with this book. It's actually fairly short, weighing in at just around 200 pages, which seems tiny by today's standards. Despite that, this book read very slowly to me as a result of the author's style. She likes to describe things that are happening rather than telling you. Normally I enjoy this, but in this case she uses a lot of metaphysical/imagery type language rather than just laying out what's going on. It makes it hard to follow the action on more than one occasion.
The basic premise is we meet Morgon who is the Price of Hed. Hed is a pretty small, rural kingdom and so being a prince there doesn't seem to be that big of a deal. Until Morgon inherited Hed he was studying at the college of the Riddle-Masters and was an exceptional student there. Riddles in this context really seem to just be history and the lessons you learn from those historical events.
Anyway, as the book goes on, you discover Morgon has a Fate that he doesn't want to pursue but he ends up having to follow anyway. He spends the vast majority of the book wandering from kingdom to kingdom and picking up random helpful skills. There's a big plot twist/reveal literally on the last two pages of the book which set up the sequel.
I had several problems with this book that I haven't already touched on 1) The protagonist spends an inordinate amount of time wandering from location to location without really advancing the plot a whole lot; 2) Everywhere he goes, magically he immediately finds the king of whatever land he's in and they know him and can't do enough to help him out. There are apparently 5 commoners in the entire kingdom and a whole slew of traders and then just lots of kings and queens; 3) Why is everyone bending over backwards for this guy? His supposed "fate" was hidden from him and everyone else, so there seems to be a real disconnect in the logic; 4) The author seems really enamored of having things happen in mystical dream sequences and then surprise, the character wakes up and some part/all of the dream really happened.
Despite all my complaining, something about the book did appeal to me and after the big plot reveal I went ahead and started book 2, Heir of Sea and Fire (which, incidentally, is moving along a little faster though it does so far have some of the same wandering around the landscape for no reason issues).
A poorly written book with no redeeming qualities.
Couldn't seem to get back into it. One of these days. I suppose you have to be in the right mood.
This is simply one of the best books out there. Read it today!!
It is an old series that has some real twists and turns. I have read them several times over the years.
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