The Riddle
"Maerad’s tale continues, luminous, desperate, and bold. . . . Brimming with archetypal motifs but freshly splendorous in its own right." — KIRKUS REVIEWS (starred review)Maerad is a girl with a tragic past, but her powers grow stronger by the day. Now she and her mentor, Cadvan, hunted by both...
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"Maerad’s tale continues, luminous, desperate, and bold. . . . Brimming with archetypal motifs but freshly splendorous in its own right." — KIRKUS REVIEWS (starred review)Maerad is a girl with a tragic past, but her powers grow stronger by the day. Now she and her mentor, Cadvan, hunted by both the Light and the Dark, must unravel the Riddle of the Treesong before their kingdom erupts in chaos. The quest leads Maerad over terrifying seas and glacial wilderness, until she is trapped in the icy realm of the seductive Winterking. There, Maerad must confront what she has suspected all along: that she is the greatest riddle of all.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780763634148 (076363414X)
ASIN: 076363414X
Publish date: July 10th 2007
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Pages no: 490
Edition language: English
Series: The Books of Pellinor (#2)
Status Updates: This is the second in Croggon's epic fantasy The Books of Pellinor. There are obvious homages to Tolkien's masterworks. The world of Pellinor shares commonalities with Middle Earth, but it is not a cheap copy of Tolkien. She has taken care to develop an extensive mythology for Pell...
This one started out good, but started to drag for me after that. I can understand why this needed to happen, but I think, with some careful editing the last three books of this series could have been two. But then again, that's how I felt about Brisingr, so...Still a good read, but not as much as...
Amazing series! I just can't get enough of it.
VERY good. Alison Croggon did a great job continuing the story.
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