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The Riddle-Master of Hed

Riddle-Master Trilogy, Book 1

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The Riddle-Master of Hed

By: Patricia A. McKillip
Narrated by: Simon Prebble
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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. So 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.

©1976 Patricia A. McKillip (P)2011 Audible, Inc.
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A good, classic fantasy

The concepts introduced were interesting, the story moved along nicely, and the narration of a good quality. I think the characters could be a little less 1d.

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Fantastic trilogy

This is a fantastic trilogy, one of my all-time favourite fantasy books. I was so delighted to discover that it is available as an unabridged audio book, and read by the wonderful Simon Prebble, that I downloaded the entire trilogy and immediatly started listening to it.

This is not to be missed - a great story that keeps you on the edge of your seat right up to the end.

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Not what I expected. Fairly disappointed.

I got this book because of its good reviews but I finished the book rather disappointed.

The story boils down to a guy wondering about a lightly described fictional world accomplishing very little. The only interesting thing about the book came at the end where a big twist happens.

Compared to other audiobooks I’ve listened to this book has little description of the environment, leaving much to the imagination. In comparison, I feel other authors take time to describe/introduce places to the reader/listener. If there is an unpleasant city the author will describe exactly why/how it is unpleasant, whereas this book only gives the slightest, smallest description of something then whisks the main character off to a new location.

Similarly, it felt like there were so many non-essential characters introduced that very little time was spent building the main characters. I understand this book is part of a series and some of these characters might return with greater significance but I was left not invested at all in the main characters. So much so that I will not be listening to the sequels.

Finally, I might be splitting hairs or just crazy but it felt like the word “said” was used a lot. Few other verbs were used when in dialogue.

The narration was clear and audible but it was monotone at times. So many characters and very little differentiation in the voice made it difficult to tell who was talking.

I found this book rather disappointing after seeing such positive reviews. Be wary when reading.

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