mass market paperback, 229 pages
English language
Published Jan. 5, 1978 by Ballantine Books.
In seeking the answer to the riddle of the three stars on his forehead and the three stars on the enchanted harp and sword, Morgan, Prince of Hed, goes ultimately to the High One, himself.
I had a hard time getting into the Riddle Master of Hed. I think I was beyond the half way point before I began to appreciate it, and only at the end did I really understand why it receives so much praise.
A glorious and wondrous journey with a loud climax.
I got the same thrill from reading this book as the first time I read Earthsea. It's so rare to stumble across a fantasy novel that really seems to borrow nothing from the rest of the canon -- to be entirely unique, and wonderful.
I loved how it was written in riddles.
