by Patricia McKillip
My favourite set of books. Ever. The greatest influence upon my life and my inspiration to become an author. The books are fantasy, with a fascinating world. But above all the story is about love, and hate, and love despite betrayal.
A long time ago in a decade far, far away . . . I was a teenager! Not only that, I was a fairly arrogant one, who believed that he knew everything, had seen everything worth seeing, done everything worth doing, and had read every fantasy series that mattered. When admitting that, I realize how i...
The first book, The Riddle-Master of Hed belongs to the title character, Morgon of Hed, Riddle-master and Farmer-Prince who finds the most challenging riddle of all is his own identity and destiny. The next book is the story of Raederlie, Morgon's love, who in Heir of Sea and Fire goes in search of ...
Superb fantasy, following the king of a small island in his quest to answer the riddle behind a name that has been given to him.This book is all three novels in one. The first concentrates on Morgon of Hed, book 2 brings other characters to the fore, and the third wraps everything up neatly.Characte...
Superb fantasy, following the king of a small island in his quest to answer the riddle behind a name that has been given to him.This book is all three novels in one. The first concentrates on Morgon of Hed, book 2 brings other characters to the fore, and the third wraps everything up neatly.Characte...
The Lord of the Rings meets A Wizard of Earthsea.
by Patricia McKillipI linked to a full-sized cover for this one out of habit, but believe me, you don't want to click on it. It is terrible. TERRIBLE. Which is a pity, because I really like this trilogy. It's McKillip's, for lack of a better term, 'questy' set. Lord of the Rings, Crown of Dalem...
I admire Patricia McKillip's dialogue style in this trilogy. It's somber, cerebral, and quiet. (Note that I didn't say the narration; McKillip doesn't sound like Ernest Hemingway.) I have studied it, even, because as an aspiring novelist, I would like my characters to sound somewhat like McKillip's ...
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