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Riddle-Master, Fantasy, Fiction in English, Fiction, fantasy, general
First in the Quest of the Riddle-Master trilogy. 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.
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Epic, plot-driven, richly built and earnest.
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“Morgon of Hed met the High One's harpist one autumn day when the trade ships docked at Tol for the season's exchange of goods.”
Patricia Anne McKillip is an American author of fantasy and science fiction novels. She grew up in Oregon and England. She received a BA in English in 1971 and an MA in 1973. She is a past winner of the World Fantasy Award and Locus Award, and she lives in Oregon. McKillip's stories usually take place in a setting similar to the Middle Ages. There are forests, castles, and lords or kings, minstrels, tinkers and wizards. Her writing usually puts her characters in situations involving mysterious powers that they don't understand.
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