Ahead lies strange encounters and terrifying adventures. Beside him goes Deth, the High One’s Harper.

So Morgon is forced to flee to hostile kingdoms, seeking the High One who rules from mysterious Erlenstar Mountain. Shape changers begin replacing friends until no man could be trusted. But now ancient, evil forces are threatening him. 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. Long ago, the wizards vanished from the world, and all knowledge was left hidden in riddles. Why I Chose It: To be honest, I got this one off of a list of “Best Classic Fantasy” and since I’ve always wanted to read something by Patricia A. Series: Book One of the Riddle Master trilogy The very last classic for this year is The Riddle-Master of Hed by Patricia A. White, let’s just say these will be my reactions to books that have shaped the science fiction and fantasy genres in one way or another. Since I feel weird saying I’m “reviewing” giants like H.G. I decided that this meant reading six science fiction and six fantasy books written before 1980 by authors that were completely new to me. Mostly because they should be good books, but also to be better informed about my genre and its history.

This year I resolved to read more classic science fiction and fantasy, hopefully making a dent in that stack of books I really should have read by now.

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